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Tim Burton to Direct Dark Shadows

Source:  IESB.net
While Johnny Depp isn't officially on board yet, it looks like two of his past collaborators have signed on for an adaptation of a horror soap opera. According to IESB.net, Tim Burton has been brought on to direct and John August will be writing an adaptation of the 60s supernatural soap opera, Dark Shadows. The project has been in development at Warner Bros. and Depp's Infinitum-Nihil production company as well as Graham King's GK Films.

Dark Shadows ran from 1966 to 1971 and featured a breadth of horror favorites like vampires, zombies, werewolves and others. The site is reporting that August is switching off between writing that project and Billy Baston and the Legend of Shazam for WB.

No production schedule or cast has been released for the film, but we'll keep you posted on this story as soon as we have more information.


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SWAK1774
June 6th, 2008 7:10am
Wasn't there a remake of the show in the early 90's on NBC?
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ShadowfoxSC
June 2nd, 2008 8:08pm
All the movies that Tim has done r fliping awesome!!!!Tim Burton never dissapoints. Yeah the Alice in Wonderland is bound to be awesome.
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lordotonk
June 2nd, 2008 7:19pm
This will be the greatest movie from TIM BURTON
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CelluloidDreams
June 2nd, 2008 7:01pm
I liked the show "Dark Shadows"...I caught all the re-runs through the years....Barnabas Collins was the coolest vampire....I just hope...just hope Johnny Depp "WON'T" be Barnabas!!!!

Tim Burton could do wonders with this!!
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deeman138's Profile
deeman138
June 2nd, 2008 5:15pm
This sounds like Burton's style.
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SaltyNuTZ
June 2nd, 2008 3:05pm
interesting!
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Shadow Of The Day
June 2nd, 2008 2:14pm
Nice.
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cnote's Profile
cnote
June 2nd, 2008 2:02pm
Look forward to this
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ed_wood
June 2nd, 2008 1:10pm
Tim Burton is awesome, but lets see Alice in Wonderland first. Dark Shadows will be cool though.
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killahmovie24
June 2nd, 2008 12:50pm
sweeny todd rings the bell of disapointment lmao
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moviedirector88's Profile
moviedirector88
June 2nd, 2008 11:57am
This looks extremly sweeeeeet :D

Tim Burton never dissapoints.
I never heard of this show, but it sounds dark and awesome.
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-gameover-
June 2nd, 2008 11:43am
Beetlejuice and Batman,Good tim burton movies.Sweeney Todd was the sickest fucking shit I've seen in awhile.
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Tronticon
June 2nd, 2008 11:37am
I agree ... I wanna see Alice in Wonderland first.. it could be real cool! I remember watching re-runs of Dark Shadows in the early 80's If I remember right .. it's about Vampires and Dracula kinda stuff!
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CDT1013
June 2nd, 2008 11:11am
That would be to cool!
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XJWS79's Profile
XJWS79
June 2nd, 2008 10:40am
I'm sure Johnny Depp will be involved somehow. Can you imagine who dark Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland would be.
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DarkTower19
June 2nd, 2008 10:34am
Never heard of the show, but I'm hoping Burton does Alice in Wonderland before anything else. I mean, come on...
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