Tim Burton collaborates with Kazuo Ishiguro

Tim Burton, known for directing films such as Ed Wood, Big Eyes, and Sleepy Hollow, is reportedly working on a feature film set in post-World War II Japan with author and screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro. The project is described as an original story rather than an adaptation.

Ishiguro hints at the film at a festival

The collaboration was mentioned by Ishiguro during the premiere of the film adaptation of his novel Klara and the Sun by Taika Waititi at the London Film Festival. Ishiguro, a 2017 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, has previously explored themes of war and its consequences in works such as An Artist of the Floating World and The Remains of the Day.

Film inspired by Ishiguro’s early work

The new film is said to be inspired by Ishiguro's first novel, A Pale View of the Hills, which dealt with life in Nagasaki after the atomic bomb explosion. Ishiguro mentioned that the screenplay was created privately with Burton, who lives in the North of London.

Project remains private and unproduced

He noted that the project has not yet been discussed publicly and that no producer or studio is currently associated with it. Burton is currently attached to a new version of The 50 Foot Woman and has recently finished filming the third season of Wednesday, which stars Jenna Ortega, who is also expected to appear in the upcoming release of Klara and the Sun.

Details about the film remain unclear

The film's title and synopsis remain unknown, and it is unclear when it might be produced.