Saying he always has been obsessed with the TV vampire soap from the 1960s "Dark Shadows," Johnny Depp, through his Infinitum-Nihil company is partnering with Warner Bros. and Graham King's GK Films to make a film based on the long-popular series.
Depp adds that since he was a child he wanted to play the role of Barnabas Collins, the head vampire in the series.
Years after its final episode, the series still enjoys a strong cult following that continue to attend the various events and festivals dedicated to the show.
The show had all sorts of evil characters and creatures in it. In addition to vampires, it had ghosts, witches, numerous monsters, zombies and werewolves.
Dan Curtis, who through Dan Curtis Productions owned the rights to the films, died last year, and the rights deal with his estate has now been closed by the companies. Curtis was the creator of the series.
Johnny Depp is amazingly talented - I'm sure he'd do justice to a vampire jus as he has to a scissorhands guy, a pirate, a psycho killer, etc.
Posted by: Easton Ellsworth | July 28, 2007 1:53 PM | Permalink to Comment