New pictures of Corpse Bride toys!

McFarlane toys have released some pictures of their upcoming Corpse Bride action figure range. You can see them at Spawn.com. The toys will be released in September.

Early review of Corpse Bride

Aint it Cool News has posted a sneak review of Corpse Bride. The review is fairly positive, but be warned that it contains some plot information.

CatCF remains number one for second week!

Box Office Mojo has the estimates for this weekend and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stayed at number one at the box office, earning another $28.3 million. It's total box office is now $114.1 million, so it's well on its way to becoming one of Burton's most successful movies ever!

Results of the CATCF Art Contest

Hello folks, the results for our Charlie and the Chocolate Factory contest can be found here:

http://www.timburtoncollective.com/catcf_artcontest.html

Thanks everyone for taking part in this contest! The quality of all the entries was really good, so don't be disappointed even if your entry didn't make it to the top-5 :)

Remember that the deadline for our Oompa Loompa song contest is tonight.

CatCF weekend box office

Box Office Mojo has the estimates for the weekend and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory grossed an amazing $55 million! To put that into perspective, that's only slightly less than Burton's last film, Big Fish, grossed in its entire run!

CatCF box office and review

According to showbizdata, Charlie grossed an estimated $20.8 million on its opening day, which is the second highest opening day box office for a Burton film after Planet of the Apes. We'll keep you updated when estimates for the whole weekend come in.

We also have our very own review of the film available for you to read.

CatCF now on release!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is now on release all across North America. Look for an exclusive review coming soon, as well as news updates on the film's box office and other developments as they happen!

Charlie Soundtrack and more

Just a reminder that the official Charlie and the Chocolate Factory soundtrack was released just yesterday.

The cd can be bought from Amazon through this link:
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Soundtrack at Amazon

If you want to discuss the soundtrack, or anything else related to the movie, pleaes visit our Charlie
forum . If you have already seen the movie, feel free to share your thoughts about the film, or even write a review of your own. But remember not to include any heavy spoilers (and if you haven't yet seen the movie, beware the spoilers). Thank you!


As an additional tidbit, here is a link to an interview with Johnny Depp about CATCF: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10312

CatCF Kid's Meals at Wendy's

For those of you who love collecting cheap plastic toys with fast food meals (and who doesn't?), Wendy's restaurants in the U.S. have five different Charlie and the Chocolate Factory toys available with their kid's meals.

CatCF Contests Reminder

Just a little reminder for all those who want to participate: our Charlie and the Chocolate Factory contests will be ending soon. Contest #1 ends this coming week(July 14th)!

Go here and also see the topic about it at our forums for more info on both of the contests.

Inside the Mind of Tim Burton

Coming Soon! has just published a great new interview with Tim Burton.

In the interview Tim Burton answers many interesting new questions about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which is coming out in just 5 days.

You can read the interview here: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10288

New Corpse Brider trailer and Charlie clips!

Yahoo movies has an exclusive new trailer for Corpse Bride! And you can also find some new clips from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Yahoo.

Scissorhands musical update

We have some more information about the long-rumoured musical based on Edward Scissorhands. It's now been confirmed that it will begin its run in November in the U.K. Read more about it here.