Tim Burton is no stranger to revisiting his old movies, but The Nightmare Before Christmas won’t be one of them. The beloved director recently discussed the possibility of developing a sequel or a reboot of this iconic animated movie and took a firm stance against that idea.
The Nightmare Before Christmas celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, and Burton told Empire he’s not interested in revisiting this world by making a sequel.
“I’ve done sequels, I’ve done other things, I’ve done reboots… I don’t want that to happen to this. It’s nice that people are maybe interested, but I’m not… I feel like that old guy who owns a little piece of property and won’t sell to the big power plant that wants to take my land,” said Burton.
Contrary to popular belief, Burton didn’t actually direct The Nightmare Before Christmas. Henry Selick made his feature directorial debut with this film, drawing inspiration from Burton’s story, who also served as one of the film’s producers.
Burton repeatedly spoke against the potential sequel to The Nightmare Before Christmas and said he was always protective of the original movie. Selick, on the other hand, said he’d like to see Jack Skellington’s origin story, but he’d only hop on board if Burton was interested.
