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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.
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Luigi's Mansion: Crown of Darkness is a 2022 American fantasy science fiction action film based on the game franchise Luigi's Mansion. It is the first installment in the Luigi's Mansion film series. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Bradley Cooper and Emma Watson as Luigi and Daisy alongside Jonah Hill, Jack Black, Jennifer Lawrence, and Gerard Butler. Set 5 years after Luigi and his friends left Hellen Gravely's Luxury Hotel, King Boo (Butler) managed to free himself, as well as Hellen Gravely (Halle Berry), and traps Luigi, Mario (Black), Toad (Hill), and Peach (Lawrence), only Daisy escapes and eventually manages to free Luigi and give him the Poltergust G-00. Professor Gadd, (Danny DeVito), revealed to be the only one who wasn't found by King Boo, invents a Lightning + Fire ability for the poltergust G-00, to fight King Boo. If it's powerful enough, it may just kill him. Crown of Darkness was released internationally in the United Kingdom on February 6th 2022, and theatrically in the United States 7 days later. The film was met with largely positive reviews, with critics praising the visual effects, story, tone, faithfulness to its source game, performances (particularly Cooper, Watson, and Butler) direction, musical score, action sequences and emotional depth. It was also a box-office success, grossing over $479 million worldwide. A sequel entitled Phantom is the Night was released 2 years later.
