My days with Disney are done: Tim Burton

Filmmaker Tim Burton is ending his long relationship with studio Disney. The legendary filmmaker began his career with the Mouse House as an animator straight out of college.

He subsequently made Disney blockbusters such as 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', 'Alice in Wonderland' and its sequel, 'Alice Through the Looking Glass.'

Burton recently opened up about his experience of directing Disney's 2019 movie 'Dumbo'.

The film, which was a reimagining of Walt Disney's 1941 animated feature, was a "horrible big circus", Burton told the entertainment news website Deadline.

"My history is that I started out there. I was hired and fired several times throughout my career there," said the filmmaker, known for Disney blockbusters such as 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', 'Alice in Wonderland'and its sequel, 'Alice Through the Looking Glass'.

"The thing about 'Dumbo' is that's why I think my days with Disney are done: I realised that I was Dumbo, that I was working in this horrible big circus, and I needed to escape. That movie is quite autobiographical at a certain level," he added.

Featuring a star-studded cast of Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green and Alan Arkin, "Dumbo" performed poorly at the box office and was panned by the critics.

Burton also criticised how Disney has shifted away from smaller projects in favour of focusing on its more established Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars franchises.

"It's gotten to be very homogenised, very consolidated. There's less room for different types of things," he added.