BREAKING NEWS: Johnny Depp to Star in Big Screen Adaptation of "Dark Shadows"
By Jamey Giddens on June 03, 2008
HUGE news for the daytime television industry! IESB.net is reporting that ABC Daytime's cult classic vampire soap Dark Shadows is being made into a feature film with Tim Burton rumored to direct and Johnny Depp attached to star! Although Dark Shadows was short-lived (1966-1971) the show was groundbreaking due to its mix of the supernatural with the traditional elements of serialized dramam and was a forerunner to such supernatural themed soaps as Port Charles and Passions and even primetime's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
To my knowledge, although some movies were later turned into daytime soaps-Peyton Place begat Return to Peyton Place- this will be the first time a daytime soap will be adapted for the big screen. Although to be fair, DS, was also made into a blink-and-you-missed it primetime serial for NBC starring Ben Cross as Barnabas and Another World's Joanna Going as his gothic love Victoria, but I am betting it's the daytime original that is being used for basis.
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16 August 2007
50 min 49 sec
Never watched Dark Shadows but this is AWESOME news. It sure is nice to see a soap get this kind of a nod.
22 January 2008
55 min 56 sec
Luke you should check out the re-runs. I think they still come on somewhere. I know Sci-Fi had them for awhile. It was awesome, cheesy organic music, long shots on facial reactions! LOL The good old days!
3 October 2007
19 weeks 1 day
OMG This is soooooooo cool! That must be why Johnny got his hair cut! He looked so hot at the MTV awards he was all 21 Jump Streetish! Anyway, I used to watch the reruns of Dark Shadows on PBS it was so cool! Back then everything was scarier without the special effects, so lets hope Tim Burton keeps it that way.
14 November 2007
16 weeks 6 days
I watched Dark Shadows when they aired it on Sci-Fi and LOVED it!!! Even with the cheesy music, the seriously cheap sets, the awful lighting, the clumsy camera work (maybe this is what inspired TPTB at GL, LOL!) it was so much fun to watch and I really got into it! I just bought the first 35 eps on DVD and I'm so excited to watch it.
Burton and Depp are an awesome team, so this should be really interesting!
19 December 2007
1 year 30 weeks
Hey Jamie do you go to the TFO forums?,
We have been discussing this there
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I have never watched Dark Shadows but I will go and see it when it comes out
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4 May 2008
45 min 10 sec
This gives me hope that one day they will make a Passions movie!
22 May 2008
2 days 14 hours
OMG OMG OMG!!!!
I watched Dark Shadows when it began in '66. (Yeah...I'm that old.LOL) Came back from high school and watched it everyday.
Cheesy but LOVED it...Barnabus Collins...oh damn, this is SO cool.
Depp & Burton...an incredible combination.Can't wait!!
5 November 2007
5 hours 52 min
I remember rushing home from school to watch it also. I was very upset when it ended.
I taped all the shows from when it was on NBC at night. I loved Ben Cross as Barnabas.
I just hope they don't make Barnabas evil in this movie.
29 May 2008
39 weeks 3 hours
"with Tim Burton rumored to direct and Johnny Depp attached to star!"
And Danny Elfman to score the music, I'm sure.
19 January 2008
2 weeks 6 hours
ABC DAYTIME ROCKS!!!
The Sci-Fi Channel had Dark Shadows on for a couple years. I seen a few eposodes, and I thought it was a great "campy" soap for its time. I'd watch it over Passions if it was still on! LOL! The only soap that resembled Dark Shadows in my mind was Port Chareles, which I'm still bummed that they canceled. That whould be cool if Dark Shadows went on the big screen!
ABCJunky73
29 April 2008
43 weeks 6 days
oh this doesn't shock me! apparently, depp was a huge fan of the show!
11 December 2007
10 weeks 6 days
You can get EVERY single episode of Dark Shadows on Amazon. It's a little too rich for my blood. I just missed one storyline during its run on Sci-Fi. The werewolf story. I loved that they jumped time periods at times and parallel time was fun too.
Hopefully the can do a really good adaptation.
And to be fair only Johnny Depp could do this on screen. Who knew Officer Hanson (21 Jump Street reference)could make me write that? LOL
14 November 2007
16 weeks 6 days
Oh I know Equarter! I would have never guess "the cute one" from 21 Jump Street would have turned out to be one of the best actors of his generation!
19 January 2008
2 weeks 6 hours
ABC DAYTIME ROCKS!!!
Johnny Depp is a phenominal actor, truely gifted and talented!! ITA Equarter! Depp has turned into a true actor's actor! I can't wait to see this movie!!!
4 June 2008
2 years 12 weeks
I remember watching Dark Shadow's with Petey Pauley in the second grade. That is just awsome, there could have been no better choice for Banabas Collins.
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