In the category of “you two again?” Johnny Depp and Tim Burton continue their Marvel Team-Up ongoing series with Dark Shadows.
For those of you who might not remember the campy awesomeness that was Dark Shadows, here is a little primer: Shadows premiered back in 1966 and was considered a ‘Gothic soap’ that made the leap into the supernatural a few months into its run by adding werewolves, ghosts, zombies, and various other monsters, and most importantly, a vampire by the name of Barnabas Collins. Numerous TV revivals of the series and feature film adaptations have been attempted, but none have ever lasted despite the strong fan base for the 40-plus year old soap.
So Johnny Depp takes on a gothic supernatural series so it only makes sense that he would have his hetero lifemate Tim Burton tag along.
I am curious however that I am unfamiliar with this series considering that there were “numerous Tv revivals” and feature films attempted and I have yet to have heard of any of them. How could there be this many attempts to bring it back or adapt and still escape my notice?
Looking into it the tv revivals are talking mostly about syndication, all of which failed to show the entire run of the show’s impressive 1225 episodes. A couple attempts at a TV mini-series were made that didn’t come to pass. But Johnny Depp claims to have been a long time fan of the series and it was a childhood dream of his to play the vampire Barnabas Collins.
I have no doubt that Depp could play just about anything, however I am wary considering how little I have heard of this series (which ended before I was born) and its syndication.
I will be keeping an eye out for news of this.
