DARK SHADOWS will shoot next year, Tim Burton tells MTV News

Confirming comments made by Johnny Depp during the Public Enemies junket, Tim Burton told Eric Ditzian of MTV Movies Blog that he will begin work on Dark Shadows just as soon as his current project, Disney’s 3D Alice in Wonderland, is complete. “That’s something that [Johnny and I] both love and are excited about,” Burton told MTV. “When I’m done with this [Alice] I’ll definitely focus on that.” Dark Shadows will be based on the 60s TV show “that incorporated elements of gothic romance, science fiction and supernatural phenomena like ghosts, zombies and vampires.” JD will play vampire Barnabas Collins, the iconic role created by Jonathan Frid.

Dark Shadows is famous for its unique tone that could effortlessly juxtapose genuine horror and suspense with campy melodrama. “Part of the energy of it was the tone and weirdness of it,” Burton said. “That’s our challenge, to try to capture that vibe.”

And will he emphasize the suspense, the horror . . . or the humor? “It’s always a fine line,” Burton told MTV. “That remains to be seen. That’s a question and a challenge we talk about a lot. I haven’t arrived at the answer,” he said frankly. “That’s definitely a main issue, the tone and the vibe of it because as we all know melodrama can cross over [into camp]. It’s one of the more interesting things about it.”

The Zone thanks FANtasticJD for the MTV Movie Blog interview with Tim Burton. You can read more about Dark Shadows on the Zone’s News & Views forum; to read the MTV article, CLICK HERE.–Part-Time Poet

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