SHORT TAKES : ‘Scissorhands’ Shear Fantasy
TAMPA, Fla. — “Batman†and “Beetlejuice†director Tim Burton is being deliberately vague about his latest project--â€Edward Scissorhands,†a suburban fantasy film about a man created with shears of metal for fingers.
“It’s very different,†Burton said. “We’re going to sort of make it up as we go along.â€
Burton and stars Johnny Depp, Dianne Wiest and Winona Ryder arrived here Thursday to start three months of production on the film, scheduled for Christmas release.
According to 20th Century Fox, “Scissorhands†is about a man who was created, not born. He was given everything he needed to lead a full life, except one thing: His inventor’s untimely death left Edward with sharp shears of metal where his fingers should have been.
He lives in seclusion until he is discovered by an earnest Avon lady and his life changes forever.
Preparations for filming have been made in a Tampa neighborhood, where several homes have been painted garish colors to create a surreal suburban atmosphere.
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