Tim Burton Confirms ‘Dark Shadows’ at Comic Con

Speculation on when Tim Burton would finally jump into his long-planned adaptation of ‘Dark Shadows’ came to a head yesterday at San Diego’s Comic Con.   Burton announced that once he is finished with ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ he would be moving on to ‘Dark Shadows’ next.

Johnny Depp – shocker – has already signed on to star in the adapation of the vampire soap opera that ran from the late ’60s to the early ’70s.   The television show featured not only vampires but werewolves, zombies, and even time travel.   The show came back in the early ’90s as a short-lived series.   The televised Gulf War, however, caused the refurbished series to lose momentum early on.

Depp has gone on record as saying it is a “childhood dream” to   portray the film’s lead vampire character, Barnabas Collins.   Burton seems the perfect choice for bringing the film to realization.

Source: Coming Soon