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Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Dark Shadows (2012), as well as the television series Wednesday (2022). Burton also directed the superhero films Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), the sci-fi film Planet of the Apes (2001), the fantasy-drama Big Fish (2003), the musical adventure film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and the fantasy films Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016). Burton has often worked with actors Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp, Lisa Marie (former girlfriend), Helena Bonham Carter (his former domestic partner) and composer Danny Elfman, who scored all but three of Burton's films. Burton also wrote and illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, published in 1997 by British publishing house Faber and Faber, and a compilation of his drawings, sketches, and other artwork, entitled The Art of Tim Burton, was released in 2009. A follow-up to that book, entitled The Napkin Art of Tim Burton: Things You Think About in a Bar, containing sketches made by Burton on napkins at bars and restaurants he visited, was released in 2015. His accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards and three BAFTA Awards, and wins for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
In the remote outback of a small, tight-knit town, whispers spread about a strange sickness unlike anything seen before. Locals claim it begins with a voice: soft, motherly, and hauntingly sweet—singing the old tune “Daisy, Daisy". Those who hear it wander off, entranced, only to return…different. They come back smiling, their faces locked in an unnatural cheerfulness. They talk with a disturbing warmth, as though every word is meant to comfort, yet beneath their cheer lies a violent unpredictability, lashing out without warning. The townsfolk call it “The Daisy Virus,” but no one knows if it’s biological, psychological…or something older and darker. As paranoia spreads, a small group of survivors must uncover the truth: is this an infection born of science gone wrong, or are they being manipulated by something far more sinister that craves to mother and consume them all? Every day the chorus of “Daisy, Daisy” grows louder in the fields, threatening to drown the town in its eerie lullaby.
