Burton will be directing from a screenplay re-written by AbrahamLincoln: VampireHunterauthorSeth Grahame-Smith, asJohn August (Big Fish, Corpse Bride, The Nines) wrote the first draft.
Mr. Burton liked Mr. Grahame-Smith's work so much that he hired him to rewrite his gothic movie "Dark Shadows, " starring Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Finally, they get to "Night of the Living, " a stop-animation monster movie that Mr. Grahame Smith is writing and co-producing with Mr. Katzenberg and Mr. Burton.