The Addams Family is Headed to Hollywood!

The Addams Family is apparently headed to Hollywood!  

Deadline.com is reporting that Tim Burton has his eye on The Addams Family for his next animated 3D project, following the success of Alice In Wonderland, now playing.

Writes Deadline.com: “[Burton] will direct a stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams’ original ghoulish cartoon drawings of The Addams Family. Illumination Entertainment, the Universal-based family film unit headed by Chris Meledandri, has acquired the underlying rights of the Addams drawings, once a staple of The New Yorker magazine.” Burton’s film, like the Broadway in previews musical starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, will be inspired by these original drawings and will be unrelated to the previous film and television imaginings of the famous goth family.

The production is currently seeking a writer. The film will be produced by Meladandri, and Kevin Miserocchi of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation. Burton’s additional animated features include Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie.  He additionally wrote and produced The Nightmare Before Christmas and produced 9.

Click here to read Deadline.com article.