Screenwriter John August first made a name for himself with 1999’s hyperkinetic Go, which hop-scotched back and forth in time in colorfully detailing intertwining stories surrounding a drug deal gone bad. Plenty of other high-profile work followed, including a series of lucrative polishes on studio flicks, but August has become most synonymous with director Tim Burton, working with him on five films over the past decade. Their latest collaboration is the 3-D, stop motion-animated Frankenweenie, a delightful little curio about a boy, Victor, who endeavors to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life following his untimely death. I recently had the chance to speak to August one-on-one, about Frankenweenie, his history of collaboration with Burton, his eponymous website, and his years of work on the book for the stage musical version of Big Fish. The conversation is excerpted over at ShockYa, so click here for the read.