Warner Bros. Tim Burton Collection

Warner Bros. has finally got all of their Tim Burton films on blu-ray and they're available to pre-order now as The Tim Burton Collection!

The set includes:

Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Beetlejuice

Batman

Batman Returns

Mars Attacks!

Corpse Bride

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The pre-order price is $44.99 which works out to about $6.50 per film.  A bargain!  The set also includes a "premium hardcover book."  The cover art looks pretty cool and this is obviously a must-have for Burton devotees.

Profiles in History Hollywood Auction 44

Profiles in History is gearing up for their 44th Hollywood Auction which takes place May 14 and 15, 2011.  The auction has many Tim Burton items including original artwork and props!

Oogie Boogie has always been a favourite of mine so I've been drooling over the Oogie Boogie puppet and his skull die from Nightmare Before Christmas.  There are a lot of small props and puppet pieces from that film available for auction. There are also several pieces of concept art by Tim Burton and some original storyboards.

The auction also includes several original pieces of art by Burton for The Corpse Bride.  Some of these are really beautiful.

Possibly the greatest Burton treasure in the auction is a series of original drawings from the short film Vincent.  I love this short and I think it would be amazing to have one of these in my collection.

It will be interesting to see the prices some of these fetch.  Tim Burton art is immediately recognizable and it tends to sell at very high prices.

RIP Michael Gough

Michael Gough was an actor best-known for his appearances in the Tim Burton Batman films, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Alice in Wonderland but he had a long and distinguished career beginning in the 1940s.  Gough was born in Malaysia in  1917 and passed away today.

We are fortunate that so many of Gough's memorable performances have been captured on film and television.  He's appeared in a wide range of films from horror to Shakespeare and he was truly wonderful as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films.  He will be sorely missed.