{"id":91596,"date":"2023-10-22T17:22:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=91596"},"modified":"2023-10-22T17:22:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:22:14","slug":"the-nightmare-before-christmas-director-shares-his-interest-in-launching-a-prequel-to-this-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/the-nightmare-before-christmas-director-shares-his-interest-in-launching-a-prequel-to-this-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Nightmare Before Christmas&#8217; director shares his interest in launching a prequel to this movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The movie &#8216;<strong>The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/strong>&#8216;, based on a tale by the acclaimed Tim Burton and directed by <strong>Henry Selick<\/strong>, celebrates thirty years since its release in theaters. It has been positioned as a success since its release and has become a classic of the festivities.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is true that three decades have passed since its release, this amazing stop-motion that has become an icon of the industry is considered to have a <strong>sequel<\/strong>. This film has had a great generational impact on many viewers, who have been asking for a second installment for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>The director said in a recent interview for <strong>People<\/strong> magazine that &#8216;The Nightmare Before Christmas&#8217; is &#8220;<em>a perfect movie, which came out at the perfect time, only to become something much bigger over the years<\/em>&#8220;, confirming that he would not be interested in making a sequel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Henry-Selick-discusses-with-the-star-of-The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-ideas-for-a-successful-prequel.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Henry-Selick-discusses-with-the-star-of-The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-ideas-for-a-successful-prequel.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Henry-Selick-discusses-with-the-star-of-The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-ideas-for-a-successful-prequel-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Henry-Selick-discusses-with-the-star-of-The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-ideas-for-a-successful-prequel-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Henry-Selick-discusses-with-the-star-of-The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-ideas-for-a-successful-prequel-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Henry-Selick-discusses-with-the-star-of-The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-ideas-for-a-successful-prequel-750x500.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Henry-Selick-discusses-with-the-star-of-The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-ideas-for-a-successful-prequel-1140x760.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, he clarified that the idea of a <strong>prequel<\/strong> seems more interesting to him. &#8220;<em>There could be a more interesting story about how Jack became the King of Halloweentown<\/em>&#8220;, said the director, suggesting that the public would be more interested in knowing the origins of Jack.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, <strong>Chris Sarandon<\/strong>, who voices the main character, supports the director&#8217;s idea by saying that he is absolutely interested and available if an agreement is reached. Henry also confessed to people the willingness he has: &#8220;<em>If there was a prequel, I&#8217;d be there in a minute<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimBurtonDaily\/status\/1712947168678699287\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Henry Selick on a prequel\/sequel for The Nightmare Before Christmas: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might be interesting to do a prequel. There might be a more interesting story there about how Jack became the King of Halloweentown.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>(Via: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cX3YnMw1WN\">https:\/\/t.co\/cX3YnMw1WN<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KmAlZh1Hor\">pic.twitter.com\/KmAlZh1Hor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Burton Daily (@TimBurtonDaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimBurtonDaily\/status\/1712947168678699287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sarandon would have no problem repeating his <strong>role<\/strong> since, from the moment the film was recorded until today, he continues to provide the voice for the character, whether for a video game, a commercial, live programs, or any other event that requires Jack.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the director&#8217;s idea of making a prequel to &#8216;The Nightmare Before Christmas&#8217;?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movie &#8216;The Nightmare Before Christmas&#8216;, based on a tale by the acclaimed Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick, celebrates thirty years since its release in theaters. It has been positioned as a success since its release and has become a classic of the festivities. Although it is true that three decades have passed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2817,"featured_media":91608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1399],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-91596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-movies"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}