Based on the popular Gothic Horror television series, Tim Burton will direct a big screen adaptation of the black comedy Dark Shadows. With writing expertise from Dan Curtis, who contributed to the original series, this movie remake is looking promising. Not least owing to a rather impressive cast, including (of course) Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, with Michelle Pfeifer and Eva Green alongside fresh-faced talent the likes of Chloe Moretz (Kick Ass, Let Me In) and Australian soap star Bella Heathcote.
For those unfamiliar with the plot, Warner Brothers Pictures recently released a short synopsis that doesn’t skimp on intrigue.
‘In the year 1752 Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas (Depp) set sail from Liverpool…to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass…Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Brouchard… Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb…’
With Burton in the director’s chair it is highly unlikely that this will follow in the footsteps of recent teenage-angst driven vampire romances. Instead, the film will have a dark humour to it that will be reminiscent of the original television show. Burton told Collider: “It’s a funny tone, and that’s part of what the vibe of the show is, there’s something about it that we want to get”
Humour it appears will be teamed with a ghostly atmosphere that only the director of titles such as Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice could execute with resonance. He claims: “it’s a real ethereal tone we’re trying to go for”.
Set to hit the cinemas around May, Burton revealed that contrary to rumour, he has absolutely no plans to release the film in 3D: “I think people should have a choice. I don’t think it should be forced on anybody.”
Dark Shadows will be filmed in England and will feature a haunting score by composer Danny Elfman whose credits include Tales from the Crypt and Corpse Bride.
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