Dark Shadows

[SDcomics]

I looked but I couldn't find a thread for Tim Burton's Dark Shadows movie.  If we already have one, please feel free to merge.

Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer in New Dark Shadows Still

Source: Entertainment Weekly, ComingSoon

January 12, 2012

Italian fan site Johnny Depp Italia managed to get their hands on the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly and scanned the below image of Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer on the set of Tim Burton's Dark Shadows.

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet--or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.

Dark Shadows hits theaters on May 11th.

[Marv-El]

Are we sure Michelle hasn't been buried for 200 years?

[SDcomics]

Check Out a New Close-Up of Johnny Depp in His Dark Shadows Makeup

Source: ComingSoon

January 19, 2012

Last week, one of the first clear images of Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows came online. Now, French site CineHeroes has debuted another new image, this time a straight-on view of the Barnabas Collins makeup that you can check out below.

[poisonpenpals]

I'm assuming by the looks of the photo, Helena Bonam Carter is going to be turning in a campy performance.  With her orange hair it's like a family photo with Bozo clown unexpectedly showing up.

[Gardner Grayle]

I was pretty well expecting camp from this movie anyway.  In a good way.

[JSayonara]

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/02/10/i-like-french-dark-shadows-poster/

[SDcomics]

A Photo of Eva Green, Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows

Source: Luces Carmara Blog, ComingSoon

February 13, 2012

Eva Green and Johnny Depp come face to face in a new image from Dark Shadows, opening in theaters May 11. In the film, Green plays Angelique Bouchard, a witch driven by her love/hate relationship with Barnabas Collins (Depp). Perhaps you can see a bit of that in the gaze she's giving Depp.

Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath star in the film, directed by Tim Burton and written by Seth Grahame-Smith.

When our brother site, ShockTillYouDrop.com caught up to the film's writer over the weekend, he told them the film is going to be incredibly weird and quite the unusual summer movie.

[SDcomics]

New Images From Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

Source: ComingSoon

March 5, 2012

Three new images from Tim Burton's Dark Shadows have been released and feature new shots of Johnny Depp, Jackie Earle Haley, Michelle Pfiefer and the interior of Collinwood Manor.

Dark Shadows comes to theaters on May 11th.

   

[Year6Robin]

Holy crap!  I can't wait to see this!

[SDcomics]

New Photo of Helena Bonham Carter in Dark Shadows

Source: ComingSoon

March 6, 2012

A new photo of Helena Bonham Carter in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows has come online and can be viewed below. You can check out the full gallery of photos released so far by clicking here.

Opening in theaters on May 11, the big screen adaptation also stars Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath.

[measle]

I missed this thread, this looks awesome.  My missus is gonna freak, she LOVES the show and loves Johnny Depp.

[Year6Robin]

If life was fair, I'd look like Johnny Depp, I'd draw like George Perez, I'd play drums like Neal Peart, I'd be a computer genius, and I'd write highly successful Sci-Fi novels.

[Coffee Joe]

I'm not sure how I feel about this.  I loved the original when I was a kid.  Hated the early 90s remake. 

Will this feel British enough?  Will they use the eerie theme music?  Will Johnny Depp NOT be over the top?

Because boy, am I getting sick of seeing him in just about fucking everything.  Tim Burton has GOT to find a new leading man.

[Hyperion]

Will Johnny Depp NOT be over the top?

No.  Depp does not play Barnabus Collins.  Depp plays Depp under the name of __________ (insert character name here) in everything he's done of late.  The man defines "camp".

[SDcomics]

MPI To Release Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series on DVD

by ShockTillYouDrop

March 09, 2012

Before you head into theaters to see Tim Burton's Dark Shadows, get schooled on the original series.  MPI is collecting 1,225 episodes in a massive 131 DVD collection.  Wowzers.  This doesn't come cheap, kiddies.  Here are the official details:

The vampire romance is one of today’s hottest genres in movies, television and novels, from the Twilight and True Blood to The Vampire Diaries, Underworld and Interview With the Vampire, but it all started with DARK SHADOWS, the ABC daytime series that brought tormented hero Barnabas Collins into the homes of devoted fans every weekday for five years. Now, in an unprecedented event, the entire series – 1,225 episodes on 131 discs – will be released in a single deluxe set. On May 8, 2012, MPI will release DARK SHADOWS: THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SERIES in a custom coffin shaped box with bonus, in-depth interviews and other video extras, a commemorative booklet and more. The SRP for this collector’s set is $599.98.

The creation of Dan Curtis (The Winds of War, The Night Stalker), DARK SHADOWS premiered in 1966 as a unique series in TV history – a gothic daytime serial set in a forbidding, mist-shrouded Maine estate inhabited by a wealthy extended family as well as ghosts, demons and, most frightening of all, vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid). For five years, 200-year-old Barnabas and his Collins family relatives made their way through hauntings and possessions, jumped through time, mysterious parallel worlds and were the victims of other eerie events. Add in a vengeful witch, a horrifying werewolf, a count with mystical powers, a female doctor obsessed with Barnabas and young, beautiful women encountering love and other dangers – all framed by haunting music – and you have a series that became a nationwide cult sensation.

Now, 41 years after the series went off the air, the cult continues to flourish. DARK SHADOWS has spun off novels, audio dramas, feature films, a Grammy-nominated hit song (“Quentin’s Theme”) and soundtrack album, DVDs, television reruns and regular fan conventions attended by original cast members. On May 11, 2012, director Tim Burton’s hugely anticipated reimagining of the show will hit the big screen, with lifelong “DS” fan Johnny Depp portraying Barnabas Collins. Original series cast members Jonathan Frid (Barnabas), Lara Parker (Angelique), David Selby (Quentin) and Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie/Josette) make cameo appearances in the new film.

DARK SHADOWS: THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SERIES includes more than 100 bonus interviews with the actors and production personnel – its cast included Kate Jackson, Oscar nominee Grayson Hall and Hollywood Golden Era movie star Joan Bennett, plus a 96-page booklet with photographs and episode summaries, DVDs of bloopers, behind-the-scenes documentary and cast reunion – all housed in a coffin-shaped box.

DARK SHADOWS truly lives on in this remarkable release sure to thrill longtime fans and create a new generation of enthusiastic followers.

For fans who do not get the opportunity to purchase the $600 box set, MPI is releasing FAN FAVORITES and THE BEST OF BARNABAS on April 10th. Priced at $14.98, each release offers 9 complete episodes that are among the most popular in the history of the show, serving as an ideal introduction to new viewers as well as an enticing overview for devotees of the series. Included in FAN FAVORITES are Barnabas’ return to Collinwood after being release from his chained coffin; Barnabas and Dr. Julia Hoffman (Grayson Hall) discovering the secret of the werewolf; Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott) becoming the victim of a vampire, and more. THE BEST OF BARNABAS includes Julia’s attempts to cure the cursed Barnabas; eerie trips back in time to 1795 and 1897; the popular Parallel Time story line, and more. Each set includes informative new introductions by Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker (Angelique).

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