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2010-07-25 03:25:36 UTC
Seth Grahame-Smith On 'Dark Shadows' As Tim Burton Pic Gets Closer To
Start Date With Johnny Depp As Vampire Barnabas
By MIKE FLEMING
EXCLUSIVE: Seth Grahame-Smith, who made his Hollywood entry writing
novels that put a macabre twist to literary classics and historical
figures, has just snagged the high profile job of writing the new
draft of Dark Shadows. The Tim Burton-directed adaptation of the 60s
daytime serial will star Johnny Depp as the vampire Barnabas Collins.
The film is slated to begin production in January at Warner Bros.
Depps Infinitum Nihil and Graham Kings GK Films are producing.
Warner Bros has been trying for several years to get to the starting
line on the movie adaptation of the TV series that ran on ABC from
1966-71 and had legions of fans frightened by the moody and
atmospheric storyline. (Tim Burton May Push Back 'Dark Shadows' Start
Date) Barnabas Collins (played by Jonathan Frid) was the central
figure in the groundbreaking supernatural soap. As for Tim Burton's
version, John August was the first writer hired to script the project,
based on the Dan Curtis-created characters. Grahame-Smith will be
writing a new take under Burton. He got the job on the basis of his
own bestselling novel, Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Burton and Timur
Bekmambetov bought that project out of their own money as producers,
and I hear that Bekmambetov is likely to make the film his next
directing effort.
Lionsgate has optioned Grahame-Smiths book Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies, with David O. Russell circling as director, and Natalie
Portman starring as Elizabeth Bennett and producing a film that
injects bloodthirsty zombies into Jane Austens mannered literature.
Grahame-Smith also co-created with pal David Katzenberg the MTV series
The Hard Times of RJ Berger. Grahame-Smith's repped by WME.
Start Date With Johnny Depp As Vampire Barnabas
By MIKE FLEMING
EXCLUSIVE: Seth Grahame-Smith, who made his Hollywood entry writing
novels that put a macabre twist to literary classics and historical
figures, has just snagged the high profile job of writing the new
draft of Dark Shadows. The Tim Burton-directed adaptation of the 60s
daytime serial will star Johnny Depp as the vampire Barnabas Collins.
The film is slated to begin production in January at Warner Bros.
Depps Infinitum Nihil and Graham Kings GK Films are producing.
Warner Bros has been trying for several years to get to the starting
line on the movie adaptation of the TV series that ran on ABC from
1966-71 and had legions of fans frightened by the moody and
atmospheric storyline. (Tim Burton May Push Back 'Dark Shadows' Start
Date) Barnabas Collins (played by Jonathan Frid) was the central
figure in the groundbreaking supernatural soap. As for Tim Burton's
version, John August was the first writer hired to script the project,
based on the Dan Curtis-created characters. Grahame-Smith will be
writing a new take under Burton. He got the job on the basis of his
own bestselling novel, Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Burton and Timur
Bekmambetov bought that project out of their own money as producers,
and I hear that Bekmambetov is likely to make the film his next
directing effort.
Lionsgate has optioned Grahame-Smiths book Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies, with David O. Russell circling as director, and Natalie
Portman starring as Elizabeth Bennett and producing a film that
injects bloodthirsty zombies into Jane Austens mannered literature.
Grahame-Smith also co-created with pal David Katzenberg the MTV series
The Hard Times of RJ Berger. Grahame-Smith's repped by WME.
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It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.