Tim Burton invests in a 'dinosaur garden' at his Oxfordshire home

ALISON BOSHOFF: Tim Burton invests in a ‘dinosaur garden’ complete with a 25ft T-Rex at his Oxfordshire home

Edward Scissorhands famously created a topiary dinosaur with his bare hands. 

And that film’s director, Tim Burton, is clearly fascinated by the beasts — he has a ‘dinosaur garden’ at his home with a dozen life-sized, hand-painted Jurassic creatures… including a 25ft Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The garden (and its oversized occupants) are concealed behind high walls at Burton’s Oxfordshire country home, but the writer of his new TV project, Wednesday, caught a glimpse during a chat with the director recently. 

Quirky: Tim Burton is clearly fascinated by dinosaurs— he has a ‘dinosaur garden’ at his home with a dozen life-sized, hand-painted Jurassic creatures… including a 25ft Tyrannosaurus Rex

Alfred Gough, showrunner of the forthcoming series about the youngest member of the Addams family, reveals: ‘We FaceTimed — and Tim, in a classic Tim Burton frame, was outside in his dinosaur garden!’

Multi-millionaire filmmaker Burton, 64, moved into the £2.9million Grade-II-listed 18th-century Mill House with his partner at the time, Helena Bonham Carter, in 2008. 

Wednesday is the film director’s first venture into television and Netflix want the show to feel like an eight-hour Tim Burton movie.

Home: Multi-millionaire filmmaker Burton, 64, moved into the £2.9million Grade-II-listed 18th-century Mill House with his partner at the time, Helena Bonham Carter, in 2008

For his part, Burton has been taking a hands-on approach with the production. His go-to costume designer Colleen Atwood created the clothes, including an iconic Morticia dress for actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.

And he’s been directly involved with details ranging from the big (the main monster is based on one of his drawings) to the small (Jenna Ortega, as the teenage Wednesday, sports a fringe… which Burton trimmed himself).

Explaining his love for the creepy clan, the director said: ‘I think all families are strange and the Addams Family is very symbolic of how I feel about them, because I’ve never met one that doesn’t have some strange qualities.’

He added: ‘I particularly love Wednesday. 

‘I’m obviously not a teenage girl, but I think in a past life I might have been, because when I read this, I just felt like she shares my world view.’

The series starts on Netflix on November 23.

One to watch: Wednesday is the film director’s first venture into television and Netflix want the show to feel like an eight-hour Tim Burton movie

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