Dark Shadows: 3 TV spots for the latest Tim Burton & Johnny Depp weirdfest...

I am an unashamed disciple of Tim Burton films and the Burton Depp dynamic especially. Burton isn’t perfect (whilst I still maintain that those who were disappointed with his Plane of The Apes need look to the money men at Fox much more than Burton) and I get that his particular brand of dark and odd humour may never appeal to some, but a Burton film is always something to look forward to. Just as 7 years ago when we got the very cool double of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (Burton’s faithful, fun and fantastic adaptation of the Roald Dahl book) AND the excellent, Stop motion, Corpse Bride (which committed the apparently heinous crime of not being as good as The Nightmare Before Christmas) we are getting 2 films from Mr. Burton this year.

TV spot 1...

A stop motion version of Burton’s classic short film Frankenweenie (for more details click here) is due out on the 5^th of October, but before that we’ll see the Burton Depp update of “cult” TV show Dark Shadows.

Synopsis...

“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 Bouchard (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 residing 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.”

TV spot 2...

This film definitely feels like it’s in the Sleepy Hollow mould; which for those who loved that film (yes that includes me) for those that didn’t? Well they probably won’t be going to see this anyway.

The 3^rd TV spot is at the end of this look at some more of the interesting character posters for Dark Shadows.

TV spot 3...

Release dates...

Belgium	09-May-12
France	09-May-12
Australia	10-May-12
Germany	10-May-12
Hong Kong	10-May-12
Hungary	10-May-12
Netherlands	10-May-12
New Zealand	10-May-12
Portugal	10-May-12
Russia	10-May-12
Singapore	10-May-12
Canada	11-May-12
Finland	11-May-12
Ireland	11-May-12
Italy	11-May-12
Lithuania	11-May-12
Norway	11-May-12
Spain	11-May-12
Sweden	11-May-12
UK	11-May-12
USA	11-May-12
Denmark	16-May-12
Greece	17-May-12
Romania	18-May-12
Turkey	15-Jun-12
Argentina	21-Jun-12
Brazil	22-Jun-12
Colombia	22-Jun-12