he plays circus owner max medici in tim burton's live-action adventure "dumbo." it opens in theaters march 29th. please say hello to danny devito. [ cheers and applause ] . >> hey, everybody. how you doing, jim jim. good to see you. really good. >> jimmy: you fell, i saw in mexico. >> you saw me tumble? >> jimmy: i did. >> so did 110 press people. the cameras. it was amazing. >> jimmy: do you mind if i show the clip? >> oh, i'd love to see it again. it was in mexico. >> jimmy: yeah. you went down pretty hard. but look at that guy, he's laughing, like, immediately. who is that guy? >> yeah. that guy's laughing. >> jimmy: yeah. we don't know who that is. >> i'm fine. i'm fine. >> jimmy: you made it up okay. you recovered nicely. >> it was the first thing happening in mexico. it was the first press tour for "du "dumbo". it's really exciting. there were 100 people out there. the media, they have the cameras on everything. and the people were going crazy. and i just try to act like "dumbo" except my ears are not big enough. i surfed. i swear. it was amazing. >> jimmy:

[ cheers and applause ] >> so sweet and tim burton. >> tim is just -- >> your final words of working with that master. >> he's got a wow in the background there. good timing. tim is extraordinary. he's just magic. every cell of his body vibrates with creative energy. and he's the sweetest e, kindest e man. but just a visual genius. he creates -- certainly a fan of film. not even an actor, i have loved his work for 30 plus years since i saw "pee wee's big adventure" and everything he's done since and i hope this is transportive for any audience. >> i'm pretty sure it will be. and congratulations. we love having you here. >> it's good to be here. >> everybody, "dumbo," [ applause ] live in the theaters friday. oh, there he is. where is he? you can catch colin on "strahan & sara" as well. >> thank you. imbo fly righ buy us. >>> good morning. i'm "abc7 news" metrologist mike nicco. a mix of clouds and sunshine, just a random shower today, 50s and 60s for high. notice at 9:00 the chance of a shower >>> and now i'm here with a broadway star making history. just 16 years old, this is andrew

tim burton, one of the greats. >> i loved working with him. >> jimmy: had you worked with any of those three guys before? >> no, i had met danny a little bit. >> jimmy: he's a lot of fun, danny devito. >> he walks into a room and people feel better about their life. >> jimmy: he is. there's something about him delightful. >> there's something about the santa claus about him less the creepy. >> jimmy: did santa do anything to you? what's the story? what happened on your lap! we have a young lady coming out here who is 14 years old who just produce add movid a movie. what were you doing when you were 14? >> i certainly wasn't producing a movie. i was playing football. >> jimmy: the real football? >> the one where you use your feet. that one. soccer. >> jimmy: many, many conversations with people about this. no one has ever quite put it that way. >> yeah, it just seems, yeah. kind of obvious, isn't it? >> jimmy: but what's on your feet? >> cleats. >> jimmy: what's under the cleats? >> grass. >> jimmy: no, on your feet. >> socks. >> jimmy: mm-hm. >> what about socks? >> jimmy: soccer. >> o

burton putting his own other worldly spin on the children's classic set in 1919, a baby circus elephant discovers his ears enable him to fly. >> let me have a turn. >> you have magic. >> come with me. together we can soar on an elephant's wings. >> "dumbo" stars colin farrell, danny devito and michael keaton. critics are citing a complicated plot. and ty burr rights, "dumbo" flies but the movie sadly never soars. >> ouch. >> but michael o'sullivan says "dumbo" will make you a child again. >> that's what we want, right? >> yeah. >> it's for kids as well as the parents to enjoy something. it's nice when the parents can also enjoy the movie. >> or at least not dread it. >> that's true. >>> next, to something that is completely different, a comedy starring matthew mcconaughey. the "beach bum" follows a guy who is facing a surprise deadline to finish his book of poetry. >> i am trying to uncover my connection with the world. >> just follow me, my friend. >> let's go, man. >> is he a good pilot? >> he got glaucoma in both his eyes. >> perfect! >> also starring snoop dogg, zac efron and jonah

. >> you work with -- basically i'm working with tim burton who is like the genius. [ applause ] so tim lays the whole thing out, it's all amazing, the sets and the costumes, colleen atwood, you know, colin farrell is in it with me who is terrific and also michael keaton who i've worked with three times plus "batman," "batman returns." and so, you know, the thing is you don't really see the elephant, okay, so it's kind of weirdy actory kind of thing. like, you know, you're going along and they have this big green frame, aluminum frame that tim moves around and that's mrs. jumbo, okay, so you're looking at her like, whoa, this is a big elephant but it's not there. you know it sounds like -- then, of course, with the baby elephant, with dumbo, when dumbo was born she has the baby, we had a guy, he's very athletic, ben, who is in a green suit, so he did things like when the baby elephant cuddles with the momma elephant, the guy in the green suit cuddles with the big green frame. you know, so it's like kind of like you have to use your imagine face and it's really cool and then finally what