Everything You Need to Know About Dark Shadows Movie (2012): Jan. 2, 2013 - added the US Blu-ray release date of October 2, 2012 - Movie Insider (original) (raw)
Who's Involved:
Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Jackie Earle Haley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bella Heathcote, Thomas McDonell, Graham King, John August, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Kennedy
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned MPA
Rating Reason: comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking
Runtime: 2 hrs, 0 m
Language: English
Plot: What's the story about?
In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.
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Who stars in Dark Shadows: Cast List
Who's making Dark Shadows: Crew List
A look at the Dark Shadows behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Tim Burton last directed Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Dumbo. The film's writer John August last wrote Aladdin and Frankenweenie.
Producers
Johnny Depp
David Kennedy
Graham King
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Production: What we know about Dark Shadows?
Key Facts
- Based on the ABC soap created by Dan Curtis that aired from 1966 - 1971.
Filming Timeline
- 2012 - April: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2012 - March: The film was set to Post-Production status.
- 2011 - September: The film was set to Production status.
- 2008 - December: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
Dark Shadows DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
Dark Shadows was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 .
Q&A Asked about Dark Shadows
Jan. 2, 2012
Will this movie have the same storyline as the TV soap opera?
Jan. 10, 2012
Will anyone from the original have a cameo?
Jan. 30, 2012