News: Dark Shadows Returns

In 1966 ABC aired a soap called Dark Shadows, a gothic horror tale that centered around a main character, vampire Barnabas Collins. Even today the soap still has a fan base, though the show itself went off the air in 1971.



Years later, NBC tried to bring back the show with a prime time spin. It was duly titled Dark Shadows The Revival. Sadly, the night time soap didn't fare too well and was canceled after only 12 episodes, though fans - approximately 50, 000 of them - fought valiantly to keep it on the air. Barnabas was laid to rest once more.



Now, some forty years later, good ol' Barnabas is back again, at least that's the official rumor. This time however we get to see the enigmatic vamp on the big screen. And none other than Johnny Depp will be playing the character.

BUT...

At the present moment, all talks about production have been put on hold because dear John has run off to play pirate again.... Captain Jack Sparrow that is. Yep, we got a fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series coming out. So Barnabas hasn't crawled out of his coffin just yet, at least not until Depp works his way through his other film projects first.



Depp claims that it has been a dream of his to play Barnabas Collins since he was just a kid. Let's hope his childhood dreams will eventually become a reality so that the rest of us can once again enjoy Dark Shadows and its menagerie of monsters and creatures of the night.

Oh, and just to throw you another little bone to pick at, Tim Burton's name has also been attached to the film. Who better to direct a remake of such gothic proportions?

Cheers ~