"IN 1976, I WENT TO A HIGH-SCHOOL PROM - IT WAS THE YEAR 'CARRIE' CAME OUT..."
After reading a pilot script written by showrunners Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, Tim Burton quickly decided to join the production of the Netflix series Wednesday, which stars Jenna Ortega in the title role. Burton is a hands-on executive producer of the series, and directed the first four episodes. The fourth episode, "Woe What a Night," pays clear tribute to Brian De Palma's 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie. An article by Olly Richards in the November 2022 issue of Empire magazine begins with Burton himself bringing up De Palma's film:
"In 1976, I went to a high-school prom," says Tim Burton, with a tone far from nostalgic. "It was the year Carrie came out. I felt like a male Carrie at that prom. I felt that feeling of having to be there but not being part of it." He gives a big, rueful smile. "They don't leave you, those feelings, as much as you want them to go."We tell this little story not to make your day a bit sadder, but to illustrate just why Burton decided to direct Wednesday, his first TV project. Despite years of fans clamouring for Burton - cinema's patron saint of the macabre - to make an Addams Family project of some sort, he has never really been interested. It was only when presented with the chance to tell the story of a lonely teenager who hates school and doesn't understand her parents that he felt he'd found something that click-clicked. "You know," he grins, "Wednesday and I have the same worldview."
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Updated: Thursday, December 29, 2022 10:46 PM CST
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