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Johnny Depp To Play Barney The Dinosaur!! Err Barnaby Jones!! Err Barnabas Collins?! DARK SHADOWS Movie Coming!!
Merrick here...
Warner Bros is allying with Johnny Depp to realize a DARK SHADOWS movie - based on the supernatural soap opera which ran on ABC from 1966-71.
Depp, who will produce the project, has repeatedly expressed a desire to play the series' vampirical lead Barnabas Collins.
Over 1,225 episodes, "Dark Shadows" was a highly atmospheric, spooky soap that featured gothic horror staples like vampires, monsters, witches, werewolves, ghosts and zombies. The show has a continuing rabid fan base that populates Dark Shadows Festival conventions.
...says THIS ARTICLE.
There have been several iterations of DARK SHADOWS since it left the air. Barnabas was most recently played by Alec Newman. Geeks may remember Newman as Paul Atreides / Muad'Dib.
That Variety quote above inadvertently evokes images of VAN HELSING - whose concept also allowed for many supernatural characters and conceits. As long as Depp & Co. avoid the same self indulgence and excess Stephen Sommers fell into with that film...this could be a lot of fun.
I like the voice over on this trailer. He talks like Moriarty.
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all right!
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Depp is always mixing it up, I can't wait to see this project.
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You`ve obviously never seen the show (my mom used to watch it). It`s a totally different animal than 'Van Helsing'. This will be more along the lines of Coppola`s 'Dracula' or Tim Burton.
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Sounds weird
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Though I will agree with Sommers' production designer, Alan Cameron, that he always does things big. :) And I'm still promoting my petition to stop Universal from screwing over VH fans with their direct-to-DVD plans-
http://tinyurl.com/ywpgsw (If you leave negative comments, I will delete signatures! That's how serious it is!) -
Depp can be an extremely entertaining actor, but he's everywhere, and the more I see of him, the less he does for me. I don't find a lot of his performances particularly multi-layered; it seems like he develops a high-concept set of mannerisms that work for the part, and then he sticks with the schtick throughout the film without ever really going through any kind of changes. I'm trying to think of the last time I was wowed by any kind of character development in a Depp film, and nothing immediately springs to mind. If anybody can name something huge and explain how it's not a one-note performance, I would genuinely like to hear about it. Maybe it'll change my opinion.
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You just have to know where to look. :D -Continues listening to Moi Dix Mois-
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That's Patton Oswalt's character to you and me, Russ. Yaaawn. Vampire flicks are tired enough, much less the talky, romantic ones.
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Great voice. So this is a comedy, yeah? ;)
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don't forget it
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with Depp in the lead; I'm sure he can't wait to sink his teeth into the role bwah hah hah
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oo I bet they're kinky
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kidding, leftover from Watchmen tb.
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Sleepy Hollow was on last night and he got that one right. Also I liked him in BLOW.....insert gay jokes as you wish.
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They must all be in their 50s and 60s by now!
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or Hulk Hogan. Either way, this better fucking have werewolves in it.
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Angelique was hot!!!
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Could have been one of the coolest geekfests ever. Had a good cast and access to all the great Universal monsters. But something horribly, horribly wrong happened along the way.
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RECOGNIZE!
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RECOGNIZE!
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RECOGNIZE!
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Just to see Depp throttle Harry from within a chained coffin.
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Good for Mr Depp- if playing Jack gives him the pull to make what he wants to- films/tv geeks dream I'd say!
On a personal note my brother spent half of last year doing sfx and music for several official Dark Shadows Audio plays and he had a blast.
http://web.mac.com/dreamscapethemovie/iWeb/Site/Crew/3B72229E-57C1-4D65-9B10-4992EC8C5DE8.html
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Nice of Hollywood to wait until he died of brain cancer (last year) to make this, depriving Curtis of further lining his pockets.
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I'd rather they leave in Laura and omit the werewolves and the whole Adam/Eve/Frankenstein business. If they do the time-travel schtick to deal with Angelique, they'd be able to do a little with her. And Count Petofi.Yes, to the poster above, Dark Shadows still has fans.
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It is not some bullshit quasi-horror mostly action vehicle. The show was just balls-out craziness. At one point in 1970, they came back from the 19th century only to have a storyline involving a cult of Lovecraftian demons from the sea ("The Leviathans"), a werewolf, immortals making deals with Death (who had a parlor with a disco ball in it), ghosts, vampires, a zombie army, and a witch - all at the same time. THAT's Dark Shadows - craziness all at once. It's perfect for Depp.
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Does that banner ad get any one else hot?
Just the glipse of her hair and eye and you can tell she is a hottie. God I am a horny bastard. -
12 old dudes with plastic vampire teeth makes it a "rabid fan base" that populates Dark Shadows Festival conventions? Come'on, don't over hype it. "Betty Boop" has a bigger fans base.
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how awesome would that be?
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NBC were dicks to cancel it
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It sure seems like it. I wasn't a fan of "Dark Shadows" but I know it has a huge following. It could be interesting but I'd like to see Depp do something else.
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90s version had me locked in as a teen. LOVED IT. Not to many shows did that for me in the teen years -- except 90210 of course. I knew Dylan's Dad wasn't dead!!!
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I could play me with gusto !
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Depp as Barnabas Collins... How cool is THAT! Shame the 1991 series got steamrollered by the Gulf War, and shame the WB series didn't fly. The guy they had for Barnabas in that one would've been awesome too. Damn, I can't remember his name...! Alec Newman, yeah. Phew, almost hit POST.
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Hope this happens.
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I really liked that show then all of a sudden it was gone. They promised a season finale and we were left cold. Fuckin' NBC!!
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I have been to one of Jonathan Frid's fabulous one-man-shows (NOT Dark Shadows related except for souvenir photos...he does one or two a year for charity events and they highlight his Shakespearean theater backround)and the place was packed. Quite a few more than "12 old dudes with plastic vampire teeth". Mr. Frid was very talented as well as extremely gracious. He stayed for hours to meet with every person who wanted to talk, shake hands, or pose for pics. If this project does happen, I hope that they DON'T give it the "Van Helsing" treatment.
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Vicki came back from the past, apparently knowing Barnabas' secret. In the original series, when this happened he just put the bite on her to keep her quiet, then she had her memory wiped later on.
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I run into a lot of women who like the Sommersverse, myself included. I'm thinking it's because he's surrounded by women (his family, of course) that it does well with us gals. And some of you being guys, you don't quite understand. Though a lot of guys I run into liked "Deep Rising", which I think was a terrible film after the first five minutes.
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I recall this only because of the irony of his last name.
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don't even put van helsing and dark shadows in the same sentence. I am not sure what the intent of evening mentioning helsing was unless you really just want to bomb this movie before its been .."embraced."
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This gay fan is not impressed. And again, I can assure you Dark Shadows is about 1000x removed from Stephen Sommers' work.
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The 90's series was great too bad they ended it when they did. It was getting really good.Thanks to The war taking all the viewers is why it got canned. We need a good movie about Dark Shadows and, I hope Depp does play Branabas.
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