Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

[rayc1971]

i think they should move to thanksgiving or cristmas it would do fine there and make tons of money without the summer comicbook invasion!

 

[Sawyer]

I've been thinking. If they wanted to revive DS on television without stepping on any toes, should WB/Burton want a sequel, and also without retreading the same waters once again, they could always do a continuation set in present day (with the occasional flashback to the 70s era), that could serve as a continuation to both the original series and new film. Barnabas could still be around, getting into his usual shenanigans, and the youngest boy David would probably be in his early to mid-fifties, now with a family of his own. With good writers behind it, I think it could work.

 

[mongoose-mania]

These pictures were reportedly found on Tumblr some time today. I'm not sure exactly what they're from (they look like scans from a magazine), but it's something, I guess.

And here's the members of the original cast hanging out with Alice Cooper:

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Grrr... double post.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Interesting article... and I can certainly see some truth in it, but the guy is basically acknowledging the flaw in this approach while applauding it at the same time:

There’s a new Tim Burton movie coming out from Warner Bros. in just over two months. Aside from a couple stills and some half-hearted interview statements from the cast and Mr. Burton, we haven’t heard or seen a thing from it. No posters, no trailers, no TV spots, nothing. It’s October of 1996, and I’m of course referring to Mars Attacks!. Many of my readers are too young to remember way-back-when, but the near-absence of marketing materials for Tim Burton’s $80 million private-joke (which today plays like half-blockbuster deconstruction and half-right wing political fantasy) was a source of frustration for a 16-year old Tim Burton fan who was eagerly awaiting that first preview. Today we stand in the same boat with another Warner Bros-funded Tim Burton ‘comedy’. But just over fifteen years later, what was a source of frustration is now a pleasant surprise.

Nine weeks to go, and I really don’t need to see an onslaught of spoiler-filled marketing materials for the upcoming Dark Shadows. Ten weeks to go, and I have absolutely no idea what kind of film Tim Burton and his merry band have delivered. I don’t know what it looks like, what the tone is, or all-that much about the plot. And in this era of ‘spoil the movie a year in advance’, that’s a special thing indeed.
Whether because Warner Bros. didn’t know how to sell the sci-fi horror/comedy or because they saw the writing on the wall and tried to limit their financial losses, the studio waited until 4 weeks prior to release to unleash that first Mars Attacks! trailer. Attached to Space Jam, the 2.5-minute trailer was pretty much all we saw of the film in America, aside from a TV spot or two until Thanksgiving weekend, when Warner Bros. held a national sneak preview. I attended that sneak preview, loved the hell out of the movie, and spent the next two weeks trying (in vain) to convince friends and peers that it was absolutely worth checking out. But, in retrospect, it was a pretty stupid idea for Warner Bros to sneak a genuine cult film so that the few die-hards could see it two weeks early and not contribute one dime to the box office (all ticket sales went to Space Jam, which played for free afterward). But come what may, the ad campaign only got serious the week before release, with a single TV spot playing in heavy rotation before it (not surprisingly in hindsight) crashed and burned with just under $9 million on opening weekend.


I hope Dark Shadows drops a terrific trailer on March 30th, attached to Wrath of the Titans and then doesn’t do a damn thing outside of nuggets in the usual Summer Movie Preview pieces until the last weekend or so in April. I hope the film opens huge and plays well during the summer, justifying the hide-and-seek marketing strategy. If Dark Shadows is a bit hit, it will be a promising sign that you don’t have to blow your wad months in advance while no one is looking. After all, it can only be a good thing if studios feel confident enough to spend less of their overall capital on marketing and more on the movies they make.

http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2012/03/04/warner-bros-hides-tim-burtons-dark-shadows/

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

I understand this isn't as exciting for the rest of you as it is for me... but... Pfeiffer.

Oh and theres actually more...

 

[Majik1387]

Absolutely beautiful.

 

[Victarion]

I've no idea what Dark Shadows is, but the architecture is wunderbar.

 

[Crockett]

The production design is staggering, and I loved that pic with Barnabas and Willie.

 

[mongoose-mania]

Great pictures! Collinwood looks simply immaculate.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

This is exactly how I imagine Burton's actual mansion to look like.

 

[dark_b]

I've no idea what Dark Shadows is, but the architecture is wunderbar.

t:

 

[Drz]

I understand this isn't as exciting for the rest of you as it is for me... but... Pfeiffer.

Oh and theres actually more...

Oh god that Pfeiffer <3

Thanks alot for sharing!

 

[Sawyer]

I wanna live on that set.

 

[Majik1387]

This isn't meant to be negative, but Pfeiffer has the best plastic surgeon ever. I'm sure she'd age gracefully with no work, but even she's admitted she's no stranger to the knife. But I adore that she didn't go crazy with brow lifts, cheek implants, bubble lips, etc like the rest of Hollywood her age.

 

[mclay18]

This isn't meant to be negative, but Pfeiffer has the best plastic surgeon ever. I'm sure she'd age gracefully with no work, but even she's admitted she's no stranger to the knife. But I adore that she didn't go crazy with brow lifts, cheek implants, bubble lips, etc like the rest of Hollywood her age.

She still looks her age, but she didn't go overboard with the plastic surgery. That said, she's still hot. Although her costumes in Dark Shadows aren't as flattering as the one she wore in Stardust. t:

 

[flickchick85]

Those shots look very Bruno Delbonnel-esque, which is always a good thing.

EDIT: LOL, so I just immediately had to look up who the DP was after making this observation, and duh, it's Bruno Delbonnel. Considering he's my favorite DP, I'm embarrassed that I didn't know this earlier. (and that I didn't look it up before making the comment...)

 

[Homer J. Fong]

Those shots look very Bruno Delbonnel-esque, which is always a good thing.

EDIT: LOL, so I just immediately had to look up who the DP was after making this observation, and duh, it's Bruno Delbonnel. Considering he's my favorite DP, I'm embarrassed that I didn't know this earlier. (and that I didn't look it up before making the comment...)

Nah, don't be embarrassed that you didn't know before you commented, be glad that you recognized Delbonnel's photography without knowing it was his work. I didn't know it was him, that's good news, Delbonnel is a master.

 

[flickchick85]

Nah, don't be embarrassed that you didn't know before you commented, be glad that you recognized Delbonnel's photography without knowing it was his work. I didn't know it was him, that's good news, Delbonnel is a master.

Well, turns out I may have known on a subconscious level. I just found a comment from myself back near the beginning of this thread all excited about his involvement. Which means I totally forgot about it, making me an even worse Delbonnel fan than I thought!

 

[Crockett]

A new pic, this time of Helena Bonham Carter.

 

[Doctor Jones]

God, I love the look of all this. Delbonnel photographed this? Well no wonder it looks incredible. Perfect team up I say.

I need to see this in motion.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

Do we really have to wait till March 30th for the damn trailer?

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Do we really have to wait till March 30th for the damn trailer?

So it's playing in front of Wrath of the Titans then?

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Some Tim Burton sketches and possibly the official logo (?) of the movie from the French exhibiton...

 

[Crockett]

As some who've speculated, I do hope now that the trailer is shown to the public at the Paris exhibition tomorrow, if more have seen hopefully it wouldn't be long until the rest can.