>>18447 (OP)
>And will the mouse raise this franchise from the grave
Sequels have been made in the form of a couple video games in 2005, one for the PS2 and the other for the GBA, and a book recently released in August. The video games were developed by Japanese companies, Tose and Capcom, and the book is a YA novel that I hadn't even heard of until a few weeks ago. The book and video games did not have any major involvement from Burton or the original production crew. Not sure about the book since it was so recently released, but the video games received negative to average reviews at the time.
As for a film sequel, the biggest obstacle is simply that the original was stop motion. Disney actually considered a CGI sequel back in 2001 but Tim Burton talked them out of it. A major part of the original's charm and popularity was both the stop motion and Tim Burton's influence. In other words for it to be financially successful it would require both Tim Burton on board and also be stop motion as the original. Quality stop motion is time consuming and expensive compared with CGI and 2D animation today which is why it's rarely done by major studios anymore. There are a few studios now that work primarily in stop motion, such as Laika and Aardman, and even they use some CGI in their films. Yeah, there's other studios that have produced stop motion films in the past couple decades, but it's not their main focus and it's common to use CGI with stop motion to cut down on labor. Most stop motion works now are shorter in length and lower quality compared with their mainly 2D and CGI counterparts simply because of time, labor, and money
It seems unlikely Tim Burton would be willing to work on a sequel to Nightmare Before Christmas unless it was stop motion as the original was. Even if Disney agreed to make it stop motion Tim Burton would still probably be reluctant considering the first movie had various production and development problems. Disney didn't even want to release it under their main studio originally and only acknowledged it as part of the Disney brand after it became majorly successful. It was originally under Touchstone which was for Disney productions considered more adult oriented and not fitting with Disney's family image. Disney would likely have to give Burton more creative control than he had on the original film which has some issues with modern Disney.
There's also they would probably need Danny Elfman onboard which would likely be easier, but he rarely does personal singing or voice work anymore. He hasn't done singing in a new film since Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride in 2005. Apart from that the only major thing he's done with his own vocals that wasn't narrator or documentary work has been some primarily orchestral concerts for Nightmare Before Christmas's soundtrack and a single album, Big Mess, in 2021. The reason Danny Elfman has done very little work that isn't orchestral or sound track based since his Oingo Boingo days is because he stated he had developed hearing damage from live work. So, there might be some problems in getting Elfman to voice Jack because they would likely have to pay him significantly for any voice work due to the above reasons and that Jack is a very iconic character now.
Yes, Disney could make a film without Burton, Elfman, and stop motion, but any execs involved know this would likely be a commercial failure.