Dark Shadows

Release Date: Friday, May 11, 2012 Nationwide

Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, John August, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jackie Earle Haley, Thomas McDonell, Bella Heathcote, Graham King, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Kennedy

PG-13 Comedy 2 hrs, 0 m

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Plot

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Plot
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.
Cited as official plot version from warnerbros.com
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The film's director Tim Burton last directed Dumbo and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. The film's writer John August last wrote Aladdin and Frankenweenie.

Director
Tim Burton
Producers
Johnny Depp
David Kennedy
Graham King

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking
Runtime
2 hrs, 0 m
Tagline
Every Family Has Its Demons
Also known as
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Language
English

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Key Facts

  • Based on the ABC soap created by Dan Curtis that aired from 1966 - 1971.

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Completed

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Post-Production

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Release Dates

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Dark Shadows was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, May 11, 2012 . in around 3,755 theaters There were 16 other movies released on the same date, including Sleepless Night, Girl in Progress and The Cup.



Questions

What will be the next Burton / Depp movie? Jan. 26, 2012

No movie with both of them is currently in development. Link

Feb. 20, 2012
Will this movie have the same storyline as the TV soap opera? Jan. 2, 2012
Will anyone from the original have a cameo? Jan. 10, 2012
Who will play the witch? Jan. 30, 2012

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Wed., Jan. 2, 2013

  • Added a running time of 120 minutes

Thu., Apr. 26, 2012

  • Added a link from darkshadowsmovie.warnerbros.com

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