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Because you can read formerly Friday, Tim Burton is developing a balloon for your Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade this year. Spoiler: it seems just like what you'd expect a balloon produced by Tim Burton to look like. But wait, how did the prolific director end up producing this exclusive -- if slightly unforeseen -- recognition? Uncover might four other fun particulars ahead. 1. This product features a fast-food friendly title... Burton named this product "B. Boy," though pals can certainly reference him (it?) as "B." 2. ...along with an intricate backstory imagined up by Burton themselves. Since the 'Alice in Wonderland' relayed to NY Occasions author Dork Itzkoff, "B. Boy" includes a significant history. According to an origin story imagined up by Mr. Burton, B. was created, Frankenstein's monster-style, within the leftover balloons found in children's parties within the Great Ormond Street Hospital london. Forbidden from getting fun along with other children because of his jagged teeth and crazy-quilt stitching, B. retreated with a basement lair, where he obsesses over Albert Lamorisse's film 'The Red-colored-colored Balloon' and dreams he, too, will have a way to fly sooner or later. 3. Parade planners wooed Burton for a long time... Burton is really a sort-of Moby Dick for parade planners, as they've been searching to make him create a balloon inside the parade since 2004. The efforts ramped up after Burton's effective exhibit within the Museum of recent Art in the year of 2010. Eventually, they are able to shown Burton illustrations from Tony Sarg, a balloon designer inside the '20s and '30s who used a visible such as the director. 4. ...after which it only had one request. "Really the only guideline we gave him is: Try to step away from something skinny and sharp," Macy's parade creative director Bill Schermerhorn told the Occasions. 5. The Actor-kaira Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter aren't involved. Yet. [via NYT/ArtsBeat] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook