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Tim Burton Talks DARK SHADOWS
The news of Tim Burton's big screen adaption of the famous soap opera, DARK SHADOWS has been on the minds of Burton fans alike for some time now and finally Tim Burton is slamming into production of his obviously dark and inevitably visually stunning take on the vampire soap opera. Read on for the official plot synops as well as what Tim had to say about the 3D-less project:
In the year 1752 Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England, 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, and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet — or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Brouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, 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 and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.
Also reding in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well brother, Roger Collins (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter, Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.
Heres what Tim Burton had to say: "It’s been hard to kind of come here because I’m just starting, and it’s a weird tone and it’s a lot of actors and, you know, we’re not starting with the mple stuff; we're sort of getting right in there. You like to kind of sneak up on it a little bit, but this one we just kind of slammed right into it," he explains, also talking a bit about the soap opera qualities. "Yes, I don’t know. I’m early into it because it’s a funny tone, and that’s part of what the vibe of the show is, and there’s something about it that we want to get. But when you look at it, it’s pretty bad. I’m hoping that it will be -- it’s early days, let’s put it -- I’m very intrigued by the tone. It’s a real ethereal tone we’re trying to go for and I don’t know yet."
Catch Tim's latest flick in theatres on May 11th, 2012 packed with a star-studded and slightly Burton-esque cast including Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Carribean and every other Tim Burton movie), Michelle Pfeiffer (Scarface, Batman Returns), Helena Bonham Carter (Terminator Salvation as well as every other Tim Burton movie) , Eva Green (Cano Royale), Jackie Earle Haley (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Watchmen), Jonny Lee Miller (Dexter, Trainspotting), Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz (Kickass, Let Me In), and Gulliver McGrath
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Source: Dread Central
In the year 1752 Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England, 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, and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet — or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Brouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, 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 and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.
Also reding in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well brother, Roger Collins (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter, Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.
Heres what Tim Burton had to say: "It’s been hard to kind of come here because I’m just starting, and it’s a weird tone and it’s a lot of actors and, you know, we’re not starting with the mple stuff; we're sort of getting right in there. You like to kind of sneak up on it a little bit, but this one we just kind of slammed right into it," he explains, also talking a bit about the soap opera qualities. "Yes, I don’t know. I’m early into it because it’s a funny tone, and that’s part of what the vibe of the show is, and there’s something about it that we want to get. But when you look at it, it’s pretty bad. I’m hoping that it will be -- it’s early days, let’s put it -- I’m very intrigued by the tone. It’s a real ethereal tone we’re trying to go for and I don’t know yet."
Catch Tim's latest flick in theatres on May 11th, 2012 packed with a star-studded and slightly Burton-esque cast including Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Carribean and every other Tim Burton movie), Michelle Pfeiffer (Scarface, Batman Returns), Helena Bonham Carter (Terminator Salvation as well as every other Tim Burton movie) , Eva Green (Cano Royale), Jackie Earle Haley (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Watchmen), Jonny Lee Miller (Dexter, Trainspotting), Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz (Kickass, Let Me In), and Gulliver McGrath
Source: Dread Central
tjonahue
Tuesday 5/31/2011 at 08:32 PM | 76993
Exciting news for sure!!!!
ny ghoul
Wednesday 6/01/2011 at 02:31 PM | 77023
