World Premiere of Tim Burton’s Frankenwenie @ Austin’s Fantastic Fest

Fantastic Fest has announce that the Walt Disney Pictures’ Frankenweenie will have its world premiere on September 20, 2012 at the opening night of the Fantastic Fest film 2012 festival, in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. Two weeks before it release into theaters! Man I wish I could be there first to see the film. Frankenweenie stars the voices of Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell and Winona Ryder. Frankenweenie comes alive in theaters on October 5, 2012.

“Tim Burton stands as a titan of modern genre cinema. To world premiere the feature adaptation of his early beloved short is a huge honor for me personally and for the festival in general,” said Fantastic Fest Co-founder & Creative Director Tim League.