Depp/Burton DARK SHADOWS Is In Production!!

[Mysterious Benefactor]

interesting that burton says its not a comedy but et says its a gothic comedy.

Which is interesting because not much of what they showed was humorous. Then again, ET also says that Barnabas is released during disco's heyday. However, as many of us who lived through the era know, 1972 was hardly disco's heyday. Disco was in its infancy then and didn't reach its heyday until the mid-to-late '70s. But then, the person who wrote the copy and the person who read it most probably weren't even born in '72, so what do they actually know? 

I also don't understand why Angelique says Barnabas was only chained for 196 years. The Warner Brothers Press Release lead us to believe he was chained away in 1772 - but 196 years would make it 1776. 

14 days 22 hours 8 minutes 4 seconds until the day the Depp/Burton Dark Shadows is released(ET)!!

[Cousin_Barnabas]

I really have come to believe that a lot of people who produce this information for mass consumption know very little about anything. 

I was stunned when they said "Disco's Heyday."  I am fairly sure that 80% of the population over 40 is aware that 1972 was not Disco's Heyday... And 60% of the educated population is also aware of this fact.

And, as pointed our earlier, I was even more stunned that 1772 is considered Victorian...  The woman for whom the period is named was not even born yet. 

Please... make it stop.  At least the people who created this movie are intelligent, witty human beings.  As much as I may disagree with some of the stuff I am seeing, I thank goodness creative control was not left up to the people mindlessly spreading misinformation about history...  The argument could be made that the people making these ads fit into the latter of the aforementioned categories... which gives me hope.     

Thanks again for the screen caps, MB!

[Gerard]

As a historian, the historical reference innaccuracies have also annoyed me.  The Victorian Era did not start until almost 3/4's of a century later, and the "heydey" of disco wasn't until about five years later.  Quite often, in pictures that try to "capture" the reality of a certain time period, they get things wrong.  That's because, I believe, movie studies (like most other corporations) don't find utilizing historians as necessary.  Even the movie Titanic, where Cameron wanted everything to be "factual" about the voyage (he had the light sconces in the set mock-ups of the ship's First Class corridors replaced because they had the wrong number of screws holding them to the walls), there were several faux pax's, including showing passengers promenading and sitting about outside decks with no coats.  The mid-Atlantic, in April, would not have been condusive to comfortably enjoying fresh air in nothing more than short sleeves.  The scene of the star-crossed lovers at the very bow, enjoying the sunset, wearing just shirt, pants and a flimsy dress while in the blast of 22-knot April winds would have been more accurate if it would of shown them with their teeth chattering and bodies shivering rather than sharing a romantic kiss and embrace.

Gerard

[michael c]

i seem to recall reading an interview with miss moretz where she called barnabas "elizabethan".

[Sara Monster]

Facebook has the ET feature on DS up:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150825607580479

on the DS 2012 group,
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150825607580479#!/groups/DarkShadows2012/

[jimbo]

I don't think David calling Barnabas Uncle is cute at all. I understand there is a special bond between the two characters but Barnabas revealing to ten year old David that he is a vampire is just way out there IMO. That also goes if David accidently discovers his vampirism.

There seems a new trailer (3) will be released soon with The Raven. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=89486

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Though just because David appears to rescue Barnabas after Angelique chains him doesn't necessarily mean David knows Barnabas is a vampire - or that he will even remember afterward that he rescued Barnabas. How often on the original show did Barnabas somehow summon someone to save him? And how often did he wipe away people's memories when they'd seen or done things he didn't want them to remember? 

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[Mysterious Benefactor]

Here are the fist 5 screen captures from the new and/or behind the scenes stuff shown on ET:

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[Mysterious Benefactor]

Here are the next 5:

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[Mysterious Benefactor]

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[Mysterious Benefactor]

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(Notice Barnabas' apparent double to the right.)

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[Mysterious Benefactor]

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[Mysterious Benefactor]

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(Is it me, or does it look like Barnabas may have been imprisoned in his coffin in a mausoleum? Remember - we did see a photo of the stonework done for Joshua's plaque...)

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[Mysterious Benefactor]

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(It's odd the Helena never got an onscreen graphic of her name during her interview.)

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[Mysterious Benefactor]

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