“Dark Shadow” Set Pics Leaked; See Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are teaming up once again to remake the 1960s gothic soap opera, “Dark Shadows.” Depp, who is playing the vampire Barnabas Collins, said before filming that his character’s look wouldn’t be much different from the original Barnabas. But judging by a few photos that were recently leaked from the “Dark Shadows” set, Burton is going in a slightly different direction.

As you can see, Depp’s Barnabas is a little more… caked in makeup than the original. But what did you expect? It’s a Tim Burton movie.

“Dark Shadows” premiered on ABC in 1966 and ran for 1,255 episodes. The strange soap opera blended gothic elements with romance, time travel, ghost stories and general weirdness, which is probably why Depp was such a big fan of the original show.

Depp, who will be filling the shoes of Jonathan Frid, the original Barnabas, in the “Dark Shadows” remake, said:

“For me, even the conversations I’ve had with Tim, what Jonathan Frid did with that character and that classic look he created, I find it very difficult to stray very far from that. I think it’s going to be somewhere in that arena, with maybe just a couple of different touches here and there.”

Burton’s view on “Dark Shadows” was a little bit different. Burton said that he wouldn’t be interested in doing the remake unless he was able to change it and make it his own. Burton told MTV News:

“For me, it’s about trying to go back to the original drawings and kind of capture that spirit a little bit more of what the drawings are. It feels different even though it’s a similar story, but we’re kind of expanding it a bit.”

What do you think of Barnabas’ new look?

When Burton and Depp teamed up for the Willy Wonka remake a lot of people couldn’t get passed Depp’s bizarre look. Will “Dark Shadows” have the same problem?

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