ALISON BOSHOFF: Tim Burton is investing in a ‘dinosaur garden’ featuring a 25ft T-Rex at his Oxfordshire home
Edward Scissorhands famously created a topiary dinosaur with his bare hands.
And this film’s director, Tim Burton, is clearly fascinated by the beasts – he has a “dinosaur garden” at his home with a dozen life-size, hand-painted Jurassic creatures… including a 25-foot Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The garden (and its oversized residents) are hidden behind high walls at Burton’s Oxfordshire country home, but the author of his new TV project Wednesday caught a glimpse of it during a recent chat with the director.
Whimsical: Tim Burton is clearly fascinated by dinosaurs — he has a “dinosaur garden” at his home with a dozen life-size, hand-painted Jurassic creatures … including a 25-foot Tyrannosaurus Rex
Alfred Gough, showrunner of the upcoming series about the newest member of the Addams family, reveals: “We FaceTimed – and Tim, in a classic Tim Burton setting, was out in his dinosaur garden!”
Multi-millionaire filmmaker Burton, 64, moved into the £2.9million Grade II listed 18th-century Mill House with his then-partner Helena Bonham Carter in 2008.
Wednesday is the film director’s first step into television, and Netflix wants the show to feel like an eight-hour Tim Burton film.
Home: Multi-millionaire filmmaker Burton, 64, moved into the £2.9million Grade II listed 18th-century Mill House with his then-partner Helena Bonham Carter in 2008
For his part, Burton takes a hands-on approach to production. His favorite costume designer, Colleen Atwood, designed the clothes, including an iconic Morticia dress for actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
And he was directly involved in details ranging from the big (the main monster is based on one of his drawings) to the small (Jenna Ortega wore bangs as a teen Wednesday…which Burton trimmed himself).
Explaining his love for the creepy clan, the director said: “I think all families are weird and the Addams family is very symbolic of how I feel about them because I’ve never met one that didn’t have some weird qualities.”
He added: “I especially love Wednesdays.
“I’m obviously not a teenage girl but I think in a past life I would have been because reading this I just felt like she shares my worldview.”
The series starts on November 23 on Netflix.
One to watch: Wednesday is the film director’s first foray into television, and Netflix wants the show to feel like an eight-hour Tim Burton film