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As announced and confirmed a few months ago, Tim Burton’s next job is to resurrect his old short film FRANKENWEENIE, and turn it into a feature. So Dark Shadows is back on the shelf for now. FRANKENWEENIE was his live action short film back in 1984 starring Shelley Duvall and Daniel Stern. And Burton wants to do this new take in stop-motion way plus 3D. Scribe John August (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) is in charge of the script for the movie about a mad scientist kid who brings his dog back to life after it is killed by a car. Production date and location haven’t been decided yet but Disney has started casting call. BloodyDisgusting has the characters breakdown below being sent out to NY actors, apparently the studio is looking mostly for children age 8-11 years old. Just like the original, the movie will also be shot in black and white…

“[EDGAR] A Caucasian Male 8-11 years old. Edgar is a needy little kid who wants desperately to be accepted by the cool kids in his class. Naturally a little nerdy, he gravitates to Victor and basically annoys him until he agrees to let him be his lab partner. He is more than a little gullible and is easily tricked into giving away Victor’s precious secret and unwittingly starting the whole mess with the other monsters.

[TOSHIAKI] A Japanese Male 8-11 years old. Toshiaki is the natural leader of the cool kids in Victor’s class. He is a good athlete, and an avid little league baseball player but Toshiaki has a mischievous side. He is the one that ultimately manipulates E into giving up the secret of Sparky and it is his idea to turn the other animals into monsters. He is Japanese and his monster creation is a little Godzilla lizard.

[BOB] A Caucasian Male 8-11 years old. Bob is the dumb, jockey kid. He has more brawn than brains. He follows Toshiaki and Nassor around even when it means that he has to be the one to test the home made jet pack that Toshiaki has created.

[NASSOR] A Middle-Eastern Male 8-11 years old. Nassor is the star of the little league team and just goes along with Toshiak’s plan. He is a bit more serious than the others but still doesn’t see the impending chaos when he chooses to bring his hamster mummy back to life.

[WEIRD GIRL] A Caucasian Female 8-11 years old. She has a very dark and ominous take on even the most mundane occurrences and jumps at the chance to bring some dead animals back to life.

[ELSA] A Caucasian Female 8-11 years old. Elsa is a sweet girl who likes to follow the rules and not cause too much trouble. A bit of a “goody two shoes,” she is not afraid to speak up and even corrects the teacher when he makes a mistake. She is excited about the festivities planned for the town’s Dutch Day parade and even has a solo dance number in the show.”