Tim Burton directed an adaptation of Ransom Riggs' book "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children", which was released in September 2016, starring Asa Butterfield and Eva Green, in her second Burton film. Burton is in principal production on a live action adaptation of "Dumbo", with Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Eva Green and Michael Keaton starring. Around 2009, Henry Selick stated that he could make a sequel to "The Nightmare Before Christmas" if he and Burton could create a good story for it. In 2012, Shane Acker confirmed that Burton will work with Valve Corporation to create his next animated feature film, "Deep".
Black Jack (manga character) Tezuka's most beloved characters and his popularity is rivaled only by Astro Boy. Other manga artists have paid homage to Tezuka's surgeon. Shūhō Satō's "Say Hello to Black Jack" is named after Tezuka's character. A surgeon, identified only as B.J., appears in Akihito Yoshitomi's "Ray". In the story, B.J. operates on the title character, giving her X-ray vision. The character of former police coroner and serial killer Shingo Zuhaku, whose design is based on Tezuka's Black Jack, appears in horror manga The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka and Housui Yamazaki. Kamen Rider Den-O's Imagin Anime OVA parodized Black