Frankenweenie Spawns Short Film Captain Sparky vs. the Flying Saucers

Fans of Tim Burton's animated offering Frankenweenie will be thrilled to know that there is more 'weenie to come.

An all-new short film, "Captain Sparky vs. the Flying Saucers," is going to appear on the January 8th Blu-ray and DVD release of Frankenweenie.  You can get a sneak peek via two images after the jump.

According to USA Today: "Captain Sparky is another movie-within-a-movie, which finds Sparky recruited into duty when the most low-budget alien spacecraft ever begins attacking the planet."  Frankenweenie's animation supervisor Mark Waring helmed the short.

Meanwhile, Frankenweenie - if you missed the news - was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Animated Film.