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Why aren't they releasing this movie for Halloween?

Who the hell wants to see "Dark Shadows" in June?

[romantico]

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/309282/20120305/johnny-depp-barnabas-collins-dark-shadows-photos.htm

[Jordan Catalano]

A June theatrical release date means a probable late September/October DVD release so they could be banking on the whole summer movie crowd plus Halloween DVD sales.

[Kad]

They probably aren't releasing this in October because Tim Burton has the Disney-backed Frankenweenie coming out then.

[EricMontreal22]

Ugh I guess there was a reason they delayed the trailer, etc. It looks to be awful--as some blogger pointed out ALL of the jokes in the trailer are references to Barnabas havign trouble adjusting to 1960s technology. It's like Austin Powers with vampires. So disappointing as a fan of the show and a fan of much of the cast.

[romantico]

There is no trailer. This is early March and the film was slated to open in May. A film of this size having only 2 months to promote it is unheard of these days. Hollywood wants you to know about a movie a good 6 months or more before the film is released. I'm sure the producers and filmmakers know this by now so just come out an announce it is being pushed back a year or 6 months. There is simply no way this film can come out by May. Pushed until August or September? Possibly but my guess is this is a summer or Christmas movie. Next May Johnny Depp will have THE LONE RANGER out in theaters so waiting until next spring sounds like a long shot to me.

[EricMontreal22]

There is a trailer out there--but it's only been shown to test audiences (which seems weird--test audiences for a trailer?). You can find a bad bootleg from the DShadows mailing list (yes, I'm a member lol).

[FindingNamo]

"There is simply no way this film can come out by May."

Of course there is. I'm not saying it's going to, but it's a movie, not the Great Wall of China.

[MrMidwest]

test screening review

[SNAFU]

Oh boy, Die hard Dark Shadows fans are going to be PO'd!

Sounds like another Burton crap fest.

[romantico]

Could be Burton's next MARS ATTACKS (which I LOVED by the way!)Trailer debuts tomorrow (FINALLY!) I'll be sure to post it when it is made available.

http://darkshadowsmovie.warnerbros.com/

[EricMontreal22]

Booo. I hate to sound like "one of those fans", but WHY bother even licensing the property? Couldn't he have just done his own gothic 60s comedy? I mean any DS fan who doesn't admit that a big part of the appeal was the (intentional and non) camp, is IMHO a fibber, but... The main part of its appeal was that the focus was still on at least trying to do things seriously and scary--this isn't like remaking the Brady Bunch, or even the recent comic movie of Starsky and Hutch.

I loved one of the comments on that thread: "^big budget COMEDIC versions of Breaking Bad, Mad Men, the Sopranos, and The Walking Dead twenty to thirty years from now "

[Mister Matt]

If there's any justice in the world, The Sopranos will be adapted as an opera.

[SNAFU]

"Could be Burton's next MARS ATTACKS" … could be more then likely typical Burton crapfest though. No longer a fan at all.

[EricMontreal22]

I thought Sweeney Todd was ok--I admit it was better than I expected from Burton at this stage in his career, but that largely excepted, I used to be a big fan (i even found Mars Attack fun), but the usual Burton/Depp thing has become really dull--if not annoying to me. Sigh. Oh well at least this has caused them to release a box set of all the episodes for $500 dollars (yes it's nuts, but I can actually justify that unlike the individual sets)( and for Warner Bros to finally release the two great films from the early 70s this Fall.

BTW there's a trailer for the trailer (which seems to be the new thing) doing the rounds. I won't bother linking--but yeah the trailer premiers on Ellen, Thursday.

[Mister Matt]

I love Mars Attacks! When I saw it, a new 21-screen theatre just opened in my neighborhood and on opening day, all movies were 21 cents all day. I thought the film was hilarious. I think the only Burton film I truly enjoyed since Mar Attacks was Corpse Bride. I am looking forward to the animated Frankenweenie, but nothing about this Dark Shadows interests me in the least.

[EricMontreal22]

I find Corpse Bride a big let down--to me it sorta confirmed that the brilliance of Nightmare was due to Henry Selick (it drives me crazy how many people still think Burton directed it, but...). I did overall like Big Fish, and I enjoyed Sleepy Hollow despite myself, but it really seems in hindsight to have set the template for so many of his movies that followed.

[Mister Matt]

See, I don't like Nightmare at all. I watched it many times trying to figure out what everyone was raving about, but other than it's gorgeous designs, I was bored by everything else. As for Burton directing, it's an easy mistake. The title on all the promotional materials reads "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas".

[EricMontreal22]

Oh it definitely was marketed as his film--I believe he even did the major press promo. And I get that--it's like how everyone is marketing Cabing in the Woods as Joss Whedon's.

[ErikJ972]

They just showed the trailer on Ellen. I'm more interested in seeing it now than I was when I saw the pictures.

[romantico]

Here is the trailer. I think it looks like it might be a lot of fun. I HATED ALICE IN WONDERLAND and that film made tons of money.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/darkshadows/

[SNAFU]

Just as I thought. another Burton sh*tfest. I will remember the original with fond memories and pass on this crap.

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"Austin Collins: The Soap What Scared Me"


This Burtonized version will probably do really well.

[Reginald Tresilian]

I just saw a funny tweet that said "You know Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter sit around dreading the day they'll have to play each other."

[FindingNamo]

There is historical precedence for this. One of the Dark Shadows tie-in paperbacks was called "Barnabas Collins in a Funny Vein."

[best12bars]

LOL

I want them to play all the famous couples in a single movie now.

Anthony and Cleopatra
Scarlett and Rhett
Ricky and Lucy
Shields and Yarnell

EDIT: By the way I love the glimpses of Helena in her baritone barfly voice and bouffant red wig, paying homage to Grayson Hall. I always loved that boozy psychiatrist on the TV show.