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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.
The Heroes of Olympus follows a prophecy first revealed in The Last Olympian, foretelling that seven demigods must unite to prevent the rise of Gaea, the ancient Earth goddess who is awakening and threatening to destroy the world. As chaos builds across both mortal and mythological realms, demigods from two rival traditions - Camp Half-Blood, home of the Greek demigods, and Camp Jupiter, the Roman counterpart - are forced to confront not only external danger, but also the deep mistrust between their cultures. What begins as uncertainty and division gradually becomes a fragile alliance built on shared destiny. The core group of seven demigods - Annabeth Chase, Leo Valdez, Percy Jackson, and Piper McLean from Camp Half-Blood, alongside Jason Grace, Frank Zhang, and Hazel Levesque from Camp Jupiter - must learn to trust one another while navigating quests that span land, sea, and mythological worlds. Alongside them are key figures such as Nico di Angelo, the son of Hades struggling with identity and fate; Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, the disciplined Praetor of Camp Jupiter; and Gleeson Hedge, a fiercely loyal satyr protector. Together, they face trials that test their loyalty, courage, and identity as they race to stop Gaea’s awakening before the world is consumed.
