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Inside the 'Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail': Tim Burton’s Latest Haunting Spectacle (Ep. 280)

The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Fine Tooning, Jim Hill and Drew Taylor dive into the magical world of Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail. Hear all about Jim's recent visit to this dazzling event at the New York Botanical Gardens, where he experienced life-sized sculptures, fog-filled forests, and stunning light displays that bring Burton's eerie, whimsical vision to life. Also in this episode: The Wild Robot still dominates the box office, edging closer to $300 million worldwide. D23 Brasil’s big animation reveals, including a new Ice Age film and Toy Story 5 updates. Behind the scenes on Skydance and Netflix's Spellbound promotion in Times Square. Updates on Marvel’s animated lineup and what’s in store for 2025. Get ready for all this and more on this week’s Fine Tooning! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:36.2

Welcome back to fine tuning with Drew Taylor, your one-stop shop when it comes to animation, news, and commentary.

0:40.3

I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and Mr. Taylor,

0:46.2

whose writings on the industry you can regularly read over on the rap, and his musings on the Mission Impossible movies you can listen to on Light the Fuse, the official Mission Impossible podcast.

0:52.5

He and I are recording this week's show on Monday, November 11th,

0:57.3

which is Veterans Day here in the States. So thanks to all of you who have served. It's been a week

1:05.5

full of news, right, Drew? Yes. You know, news that is good, news that is bad, it's all here, Jim.

1:15.7

It is.

1:16.2

We've had quite a week, yes.

1:17.4

It is.

1:18.1

And I would imagine that one of the reasons that you, the listener, have selected this podcast today is you're looking for a bit of a break from the other news of the day. I know I

1:30.2

certainly needed something like that last week, which is why I climbed into my car last Thursday

1:36.2

afternoon and then drove down to New York City and where I'll tell you what, we'll get to that,

1:40.9

what I did on the second half of today's show, but first, some,

1:45.1

some animation-related news. And as always, the news portion of fine-tuning is brought to you by

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Turingplans.com. If you're headed down to Central Florida anytime soon to sample one of the

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