Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride drew inspiration from a 17th-century Jewish folktale, which Joe Ranft introduced to Burton while they were finishing The Nightmare Before Christmas. Work on the film started in November 2003 when Burton was completing Big Fish. He continued with production on his next live-action feature, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was produced simultaneously with Corpse Bride. Production of the stop-motion animation feature took place at 3 Mills Studios in London. It was shot with Canon EOS-1D Mark II digital SLRs, rather than the 35 mm film cameras used for The Nightmare Before Christmas. Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Depp, Carter and Danny Elfman aboard. Corpse Bride is dedicated to executive producer Ranft, who died during the film's production.

Corpse Bride premiered at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival on September 7, 2005, and was released in theaters on September 23 in the U.S. and on October 13 in the UK to critical and commercial success. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature in 78th Academy Awards. She is a corpse all blue, with long blue corpse hair, and corpse veins and corpse wedding dress.