Dark Shadows Movie

Every Family Has Its Demons

Dark Shadows movie poster

Who's Involved:

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

Release Date:

Friday, May 11, 2012 Nationwide

PG-13   PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED MPA
comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking
Runtime: 2 hrs, 0 m
Language: English

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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.

official plot version from warnerbros.com


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Who stars in Dark Shadows: Cast List

... Barnabas Collins

Rango, Jeanne du Barry  

... Willie Loomis

Watchmen, Devil’s Peak  

... Victoria Winters

Professor Marston & The Wonder Women, Relic  

... Angelique

The Three Musketeers - Part II: Milady, Dumbo  

... Dr. Julia Hoffman

One Life, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II  

... Elizabeth Collins

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Stardust  

... Young Barnabas Collins

Prom, Fun Size  

... Carolyn
(In Talks)

Texas Killing Fields, Nimona  

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 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

Production: What we know about Dark Shadows?

Key Facts

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

Filming Timeline

  1. 2012 - April: The film was set to Completed  status.
  2. 2012 - March: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2011 - September: The film was set to Production  status.
  4. 2008 - December: The film was set to Pre-Production  status.

Dark Shadows Release Date: When was the film released?


Dark Shadows was a Nationwide release in 2012 on Friday, May 11, 2012 in around 3,755 theaters. There were 16 other movies released on the same date, including God Bless America, Where Do We Go Now? and The Road.

Dark Shadows DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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Dark Shadows was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 .

Q&A Asked about Dark Shadows

Jan. 26, 2012
What will be the next Burton / Depp movie?
Feb. 20, 2012 No movie with both of them is currently in development.

http://www.movieinsider.com/p8558/tim-burton/

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
Who will play the witch?

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