Tim Burton Directing Big Eyes

The wheel turns once more for Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander’s long-gestating script Big Eyes. After several attempts, the film may now actually get made with Tim Burton directing Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams.Big Eyes, which the writers scripted years ago, chronicles the story of Walter and Margaret Keane who became known in the 1950s and 60s for crafting one of the first mass-marketed art sensations via slightly creepy paintings of large-eyed people. The works were sold in petrol stations and small stores around the country.Well, more accurately, Walter became known for the paintings, as he parlayed his claims that he created them into TV talk-show stardom. But in reality, it was Margaret who did the work. When the couple split and she tried to get her share of the profits, he painted her (not literally this time) as an eccentric and the whole argument went to court.