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Dark Shadows

Release Date: Friday, May 11, 2012 Theaters

Director: Tim Burton

Starring: Johnny Depp Jackie Earle Haley Bella Heathcote Eva Green Helena Bonham Carter

PG-13 Comedy 2 hrs, 0 m

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Plot – What's the story about?

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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.
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Who stars in Dark Shadows – Cast List

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Who is making Dark Shadows – Crew List

A look at Dark Shadows behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Tim Burton last helmed Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Dumbo. The film's writer John August last penned Aladdin and Frankenweenie.

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Tim Burton
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Production – What we know about the Dark Shadows

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Key Facts

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

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Parent Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking
Runtime
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Tagline
Every Family Has Its Demons
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Language
English
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Dark Shadows Release Date: When was the film released?

Dark Shadows was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, May 11 , 2012. The film was released in approximately 3,755 theaters. There were 16 16 other movies released on the same date, including Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, The Cup and Girl in Progress.

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Q&A: Asked about Dark Shadows

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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