Tim Burton predecessor. Burton produced, but did not direct, due to schedule constraints on "Batman Returns", "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993) for Disney, originally meant to be a children's book in rhyme. The film was directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson, based on Burton's original story, world and characters. The film received positive reviews for the stop motion animation, musical score and original storyline. It was a box office success, grossing $50 million.Because of the ruling nature of the film, it was not produced under Disney's name, but rather Disney owned Touchstone Pictures. Disney also fought for the protagonist
Tim Burton's unrealized projects Tim Burton's unrealized projects The following is a list of unproduced Tim Burton projects, in roughly chronological order. During a career that has spanned over 30 years, Tim Burton has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Burton was originally attached to direct the 1985 film "After Hours", but Martin Scorsese read the script at a time when he was unable to get financial backing to complete "The Last Temptation of Christ", which was finally completed in 1988; Burton gladly stepped aside when Scorsese expressed interest in directing "After Hours". After