Those pics all look great.
Eva Green cast as female lead in Dark Shadows
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Well, there's no doubt it's going to look great.
Yes I meant if there was an original cast scoop. Selby is behind Michelle in one of those pictures, too ^
I don't know. Depp and HBC still look somewhat carnival to me where the rest of the cast looks period subdued. I think everything looks great but them.
Ahhhh!!!
I don't know. Depp and HBC still look somewhat carnival to me where the rest of the cast looks period subdued. I think everything looks great but them.
Ahhhh!!!
These last two pictures of Depp have been the best. I think he'll look less carnival in the actual movie than in the posed stills.
You mean Chloe Moretz? According to imdb she never appeared in Leverage, but she was e.g. in last year's Hugo.
And, of course, played a vampire in the remake of Let the Right One In.
Guess I was mistaken. I didn't recognize her with that wig!
I totally forgot about this...but just remember that Seth Graham-Smith who also authored "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and adapted the screenplay for that film, also wrote the script for "Dark Shadows". That raises my confidence level even more...hopefully the script wasn't altered too much by Burton.
plus he's working on the possible Beetlejuice sequel.
The trailer is finally nearly here, it debuts on Thursday:
http://darkshadowsnews.blogspot.com/2012/03/dark-shadows-movie-trailer-debuts-this.html
http://darkshadowsnews.blogspot.com/2012/03/dark-shadows-movie-trailer-debuts-this.html
See...told you guys March 
Patience!!!
Patience!!!
^^^ That doesn't sound too good to me. 
Me, either. 
I'll reserve judgment until I see it, but I don't think a more overtly comic take is inherently sacrilegious. The problem with a doing straight, faithful adaptation of Dark Shadows is that it's not the 1970s's anymore. What was fresh and exciting back then (a moody soap opera about an angst-ridden vampire) is now somewhat cliche. You can't just recreate the original show (for the third time!) and expect an audience raised on Anne Rice, Buffy, Angel, True Blood, Vampire Diaries, Being Human, and Twilight to react the same way audiences did back when we were kids. Just having a soulful vampire hero is no longer unique or surprising.
Yes, I know, Dark Shadows came first and it's not particularly fair that later vampire franchises have eclipsed it in the the popular imagination. But you don't get box office points for seniority (as John Carter seems to proving).
It's not enough to recycle the old tv show one time. They had to find some sort of new and interesting take on the material.
Yes, I know, Dark Shadows came first and it's not particularly fair that later vampire franchises have eclipsed it in the the popular imagination. But you don't get box office points for seniority (as John Carter seems to proving).
It's not enough to recycle the old tv show one time. They had to find some sort of new and interesting take on the material.
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I wouldn't mind humor or camp, I just don't want it to be parody or burlesque.
Well, I'm not expecting the Mel Brooks version!
Here's hoping they strike the right tone. I remember seeing an off-Broadway stage version of Dark Shadows that suffered from the fact that the cast didn't seem to be on the same page. Some of the actors were playing the melodrama more or less straight, while others were camping it up as though they were doing The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As I recall, it didn't quite work.