Burton and Depp to Sink Fangs into “Dark Shadows”

Dark Shadows Up Next for Depp and Burton

by Katey Rich 2008-12-04 15:06:34

Of all the weird projects Johnny Deep has had his name attached to in recent months, Dark Shadows was one I figured wouldn’t get going for a while. An adaptation of a cult 1960s soap opera about vampires, werewolves, witches, ghosts, and much more paranormal stuff than ever fit into the plot of The Munsters, Dark Shadows isn’t exactly the kind of bona-fide hit adaptation most studios go for.

But apparently what Johnny and Tim Burton want, they get, and the movie’s producer Richard Zanuck says it’s next up for the pair once they wrap up on Alice in Wonderland.

“I’m doing, next summer, with Tim Burton and Johnny Deep, Dark Shadows,” Zanuck told Collider during interviews for Yes Man. Talking about Depp’s attachment to the material, Zanuck said “He was obsessed as a young person.  He used to sneak out of school to get hom and turn on the television set.”

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South Bend Tribune Impressed by “Little Spirit” and Leopoldo Gout!

They call it:

one of the best original animated Christmas programs to be released in years.

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“Little Spirit” Shows Big Potential!

By Jeremy D. Bonfiglio

Leopoldo Gout is a name that may be more familiar with fans of graphic novels and suspense fiction, but that is about to change.

Gout, who co-wrote “Daniel X, Alien Hunter” with novelist James Patterson and the supernatural thriller “Ghost Radio,” which hit bookstores in October, also is the man behind “Little Spirit: Christmas in New York.”

The hour-long holiday special, which airs Dec. 10 on NBC (a Spanish-language version also will be broadcast Dec. 13 on Telemundo), is without a doubt, one of the best original animated Christmas programs to be released in years.

Gout, who was born and raised in Mexico and now lives in New York, has not only attracted an all-star voice cast that includes Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu and Brian Williams, but he also has managed to stylistically blend the look of traditional painting with contemporary 3-D technology to create an aesthetic that is both classic and innovative.

“What we wanted is to imagine a Marc Chagall or a Frieda Kahlo painting and then make it move,” Gout says by telephone on a conference call with reporters. “You want it to express something that had the feeling of a moving painting.”

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Listen to Leopoldo Gout on Hi-Sci-Fi!

Listen to the author of Ghost Radio, Leopoldo Gout, on the Canadian Science Fiction podcast Hi-Sci-Fi.

The interview begins about 21 minutes into the podcast.

You can check out their website here.

And, of course, you can check out reviews of Ghost Radio in the “reviews” link in the categories tab on the main page.

Another Sneak Peak at “Little Spirit”

Make sure to check out other info on “Little Spirit” here.

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