Shadowdog
2009-12-07 16:23:51 UTC
Filming to start this fall:
http://scifiwire.com/2009/12/confirmed-johnny-depps-da.php
Forget Team Edward and Team Jacob. We've heard that director Tim
Burton and star Johnny Depp are making a feature film version of the
classic 1960s gothic TV soap opera Dark Shadows, and producer Graham
King now confirms that the film will shoot in the fall, with Depp to
play broody vampire Barnabas Collins.
"We're actually going to shoot that film next September/October with
Tim Burton and Johnny," King said in a group interview Friday in Los
Angeles, where he was promoting The Young Victoria.
Burton is still finishing post-production on Alice in Wonderland,
which also stars Depp and opens March 5, 2010. King is already
prepping production on Dark Shadows with screenwriters so that it is
ready for Burton to shoot next fall.
"We've been working on the script a lot, even though he's working on
Alice," King continued. "We've been given a script. John August wrote
the first screenplay. We're making some changes, but the film's going
to be in production, as I say, September or October of next year."
Dark Shadows was a daytime soap opera on ABC from 1966 to 1971
featuring Jonathan Frid as Collins. NBC tried a weekly prime-time
series reboot in 1991. The original was famous for its gothic tone and
setting.
King said the Dark Shadows film would have something to say in the
post-Twilight world of emo vampires, but wouldn't spoil the new take.
"This is going to be Tim Burton and Johnny doing a vampire movie,
right?" King teased. Enough said.
By Fred Topel
8:00 AM ON 12/07/09
http://scifiwire.com/2009/12/confirmed-johnny-depps-da.php
Forget Team Edward and Team Jacob. We've heard that director Tim
Burton and star Johnny Depp are making a feature film version of the
classic 1960s gothic TV soap opera Dark Shadows, and producer Graham
King now confirms that the film will shoot in the fall, with Depp to
play broody vampire Barnabas Collins.
"We're actually going to shoot that film next September/October with
Tim Burton and Johnny," King said in a group interview Friday in Los
Angeles, where he was promoting The Young Victoria.
Burton is still finishing post-production on Alice in Wonderland,
which also stars Depp and opens March 5, 2010. King is already
prepping production on Dark Shadows with screenwriters so that it is
ready for Burton to shoot next fall.
"We've been working on the script a lot, even though he's working on
Alice," King continued. "We've been given a script. John August wrote
the first screenplay. We're making some changes, but the film's going
to be in production, as I say, September or October of next year."
Dark Shadows was a daytime soap opera on ABC from 1966 to 1971
featuring Jonathan Frid as Collins. NBC tried a weekly prime-time
series reboot in 1991. The original was famous for its gothic tone and
setting.
King said the Dark Shadows film would have something to say in the
post-Twilight world of emo vampires, but wouldn't spoil the new take.
"This is going to be Tim Burton and Johnny doing a vampire movie,
right?" King teased. Enough said.
By Fred Topel
8:00 AM ON 12/07/09