It has long been rumored that Johnny Depp will play an old school vampire in the remake of the 60’s television show Dark Shadows and be directed by Tim Burton. Johnny Depp? Playing a vampire? Directed by Tim Burton? Oh be still my wannabe undead heart.
Depp and Burton have been sitting on this project for a few years. The most recent script was handed in by Seth Graham-Smith, who knows a thing or two about vampires. His novel, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, is getting the big screen adaptation. He also wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, so he knows a thing or two about taking other people’s work and adding gore.
For those of us born after the Reagan era, Dark Shadows was a 60’s soap opera, but with vampires. It deals with the 175 year-old vampire Barnabas Collins who has been trapped in his coffin since 1795. When he is finally released he has to adapt to his new surroundings. So its basically like Encino Man meets Twilight. Should be awesome.
Apparently Depp and Burton are long time fans of the show and they’re excited to bring the series to the screen. Which means that in about 30 years there will a super serious movie adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Now THAT is something I would pay good money to see.
Source: comicbookmovie.com