1. Frankenweenie is a remake of Tim Burton's 1984 short film of the same name.
2. Yes! It's stop-motion animated AND in 3D.
3. This is Victor. There were about 18 puppet versions of him made for the stop-motion filming.
4. This is Sparky. His puppet has over 300 parts and 45 moveable joints.
5. This guy is Edgar. He's a play off of Frankenstein's Igor.
6. This is Weird Girl. She is voiced by Catherine O’Hara, who worked with Tim Burton in “Beetlejuice.”
7. Here's Mr. Whiskers. He can tell the future with his poop.
8. Victor's neighbor is Elsa. She's voiced by Winona Ryder. "Frankenweenie" is Ryder's 3rd collaboration with Tim Burton. The last time they worked togeher was 21 years ago for "Edward Scissorhands."
9. Elsa has a poodle named Persephone.
10. Here is Victor's classmate, Toshiaki.
11. Another classmate is Nassor.
12. And this is Bob.
13. The puppets have real human hair!
14. Many of the animation artists and crew from "Corpse Bride" are involved in "Frankenweenie."
15. The motion picture soundtrack is, of course, by Danny Elfman.
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On the soundtrack album, Frankenweenie: Unleashed, there will be music from Karen O, Neon Trees, Mark Foster, Passion Pit, Plain White T's, Kimbra, The Flaming Lips, and others.
16. You can watch the trailer here.
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17. And there will be lots of lovely dog moments from Sparky.
Awww...
