Warner Brothers has released a couple of new images of Johnny Depp (it is him I swear) as Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows.  Actually in the second pic you can tell it's him, albeit 'Burton-ed' up. He looks like a cross between Jack Skellington, Max Schreck and Jonathan Frid. Spot on, in my opinion is Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard.  Filmed in a remote area of Surrey (standing in for coastal Maine) in England, the script is by first-time Burton collaborator Seth Grahame-Smith (author of the "Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter" and "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" novels). Based on the Gothic television show from the 60's, Dark Shadows has had big screen adaptations before, as well as an updated tv version in the late 90's with Ben Cross. (It only lasted one season, but I really liked it.) Burton's film will be less a remake than a re-imagining.  Eva Green will play the witch Angelique. Burton's life partner, baby mommy and frequent collaborator Helena Bonham Carter will appear as Dr. Julia Hoffman.

Here's the official synopis Warner's released back in April:

"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 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 Brouchard. 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, to help with her family troubles."

Overall, I think Burton looks to be paying homage to the goth classic series, and as someone who used to race home to see the black and white television show after school, I’m really looking forward to it.

The rest of the cast includes Chloe Moretz (Carolyn Stoddard), Gulliver McGrath (David Collins), Bella Heathcote (Victoria Winters), Ray Shirley (Mrs. Johnson), Jackie Earle Haley (Willie Loomis) and Jonny Lee Miller (Roger Collins).

Dark Shadows bows in theaters on May 11.

A new red-band trailer (definitely *NSFW*) has hit the web for the big screen version of 21 Jump Street. I didn’t have a huge emotional attachment to the 80’s tv series, but my first reaction to the news that it was being turned into a feature film was a resounding ‘meh’.

The screenwriters, Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrim vs The World) and Jonah Hill, have obviously decided comedy bordering on parody was the way to go, much like the big screen version of Starsky and Hutch. Neither it nor 21 Jump Street bear any resemblance to the original other than the title and initial concept. ( An undercover police unit consisting of young looking officers infiltrate high schools to control youth crime.) This trailer suffers from a complete lack of Johnny Depp, although he is listed on imdb. My guess is a well-placed cameo. Having said that, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum seem to make a pretty good comic duo, with Tatum-tot basically playing  to his strengths:  dumb and pretty.  There are a few genuine chuckles to be had as well. Ice Cube and Ron Swanson, I mean Nick Offerman, both steal their brief moments here.  Check out the trailer. Funny or not?

21 Jump Street leaps into theaters March 16 everywhere.

Here to remind us why Johnny Depp is the most popular actor in the world, The Rum Diary is set to hit theaters on October 28 after a two year wait. In the meantime, Depp gave us the weakest of the Pirates of the Caribbean flicks, On Stranger Tides, as well as the overpriced, overhyped travelog known as The Tourist (which wasn't bad, it just wasn't as good as it should have been.) I've seen the trailer for Rum Diary on the big screen a few times now and all I can say is that Depp and Hunter S. Thompson are a very good match indeed. 

Here Depp is playing a journalist named Paul Kemp, a freelance journalist who finds himself drawn to the Caribbean at a critical turning point in his life and lands at a rundown newspaper edited by bewigged Richard Jenkins. While there he meets the beautiful Chenault (Amber Heard) who is engaged to Aaron Eckhart's Sanderson, but he's once again really a stand-in for Thompson himself (as all of Thompson's "fictional" protagonists were and Depp was when he appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). There's no Benicio del Toro as Thompson's Samoan attorney, instead we get Michael Rispoli and Giovanni Ribisi.

The scenary's great, Depp is charming, Heard is beautiful (in a 1960's Barbie kind of way), Eckhardt is suavely handsome (and has a cool car) and I think this looks like as much fun as a frosty umbrella drink sipped on a sandy beach! Enjoy this punchbowl full of new pics and a couple of clips. 

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We have some cool new images from Tim Burton's Dark Shadows to share with you, courtesy of Empire. The first is a full cast pic and i have to say, as someone who used to race home to see the black and white television show after school, I think Burton looks to be paying homage to that goth classic .

Johnny Depp stars as Barnabas Collins and he definitely looks like his hair and makeup are modeled on that of Jonathan Frid. (I read it in more than one place that Depp looked like Eddie Munster. Which means one person said it and then the web slingshotted it around. Ridiculous) The top photo depicts the main cast from left to right; Helena Bonham Carter (Dr. Julia Hoffman), Chloe Moretz (Carolyn Stoddard), Eva Green (Angelique Bouchard), Gulliver McGrath (David Collins), Bella Heathcote (Victoria Winters), Depp, Ray Shirley (Mrs. Johnson), Jackie Earle Haley (Willie Loomis), Jonny Lee Miller (Roger Collins) and Michelle Pfeiffer (Elizabeth Collins Stoddard).  And all of them are spot on. Compare it to the original cast pic at the bottom. That's the one Burton used to create the "look".

Warner Bros. synopsis: 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 (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 (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… 

Dark Shadows bows in theaters on May 11, 2012. 

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Motherhood looks great on Penelope Cruz as she walks the red carpet for the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides world premiere at Disneyland in Anaheim, California over the weekend.

This Pirates’ instalment sees Jack Sparrow and Barbossa seeking the fountain of youth only to learn that Blackbeard and his daughter are as well.  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opens in theatres May 20. Will you be seeing it?

And what a star-studded world premiere it was. In addition to the main man Johnny Depp there were tons of other stars. Who could resist a premiere and Disneyland all in the same day?

Pictures of these and other stars after the break:

• David Cook
• Kirstie Alley
• Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Eva Longoria
• Keith Richards
• Emma Roberts
• Vanessa Hudgens
• Teri Hatcher
• Eliza Dushku
• Rick Fox
• Steven Tyler
• Lorenzo Lamas
• Chelsie Hightower

(more…)

I just watched the first Pirates of the Caribbean and I still love it as much as I did the first time.  It’s almost time for the latest edition to this lovely pirate family.  On May 20, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opens in theaters and I can hardly wait.  I love me some Johnny Depp.  In fact, I adore me some Johnny.  He’s beyond delicious.  And as Captain Jack Sparrow… I am in love.

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The trilogy of the first three Pirate films came out and they gave us a fresh look at the fourth installment:

Are you ready for more Johnny?  I will admit, I am disappointed that Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley aren’t in this new one. But, it’s not like Depp stepped out.  We will still love it.  No doubt.