Tim Burton Says He’s “Sure” He’ll Collaborate With Johnny Depp Again

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While auteur Tim Burton doesn’t want to revisit projects like Edward Scissorhands for any potential sequels, he said he feels positive he’ll return to the beloved film’s leading man, Johnny Depp. “There are certain films I don’t want to make a sequel to,” he said at the Marrakech International Film Festival following the box office success of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, per IndieWire. “I didn’t want to make a sequel to [Scissorhands] because it felt like a one-off thing.

I didn’t want to have a sequel for The Nightmare Before Christmas because it also felt like a one-off thing. Certain things are best left on their own and that for me is one of them.” When asked if there would be further collaborations with frequent screen partner Depp — whom he’s directed in a slate of films including Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd and Ed Wood — he answered, “Well, I’m sure there will be.” He continued, “I never feel like, ‘Oh, I’m going to use this and that actor.’ It usually has to be based on the project I’m working on.

That’s what film is all about. It’s collaboration and bouncing ideas off the people around you.” Depp has been making efforts to resurrect his career following a protracted and contentious court battle with actress and ex-wife Amber Heard, during which a jury unanimously found he was defamed.

After Heard filed an appeal of the verdict, the two announced separately that the case had been settled with the money paid by Heard going to charity.