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Depp to do Dark Shadows?

by revgeorge on August 2, 2009

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Saw a report yesterday that Johnny Depp and Tim Burton may be teaming up to do a remake of the classic Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Dark Shadows ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971 and covered a wide variety of supernatural/gothic elements including vampires, of course, but also werewolves, witches, ghosts, time travel, and even a parallel universe.

Burton revealed Dark Shadows to be his next project at the latest Comic-Con, if he ever gets finished with Alice in Wonderland, which also has Depp in it. Depp himself has apparently been fascinated with Dark Shadows since his childhood and has called the opportunity to play Barnabas Collins, played originally by Jonathan Frid, “a lifelong dream…” [click to continue…]

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Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland

by Dave the Longwinded on June 22, 2009

It’s slated to release sometime next year, but some production art and headshots of characters have creeped out online over time, especially in the last day or two.

And if you’re wondering…  Yes, it is most certainly steeped in Tim Burton’s classic vision of the fantastic.

And yes, the image to the left is Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter.

And, again, yes — it is downright creepy!

If you want to check out some other info, a USA Today article offers some concept art and details some of the story here.  And some other production stills are available at Yahoo! here.

The one thing you can always count on with a story that has been Burtonized:  his ideas will stretch far into a direction you never considered.  At minimum, even if the story isn’t especially compelling, he will always create a visually arresting world that you can’t help but look at.

What do THH patrons think?

(HT to Quint @ Ain’t it Cool News)

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