Last week Entertainment Weekly magazine gave us our first official look at the new Tim Burton-directed reboot of Dark Shadows but this week, Empire magazine bring us our second look from the set. As you can see in the photos below, Burton has created his own Dark Shadows world and IMHO, it look pretty sweet. While I think Johnny Depp will make a fantastic Barnabas Collins, I am really excited that Michelle Pfeiffer is in this film as well. Check out the photos below and read some deets from the film set.

It’s Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s eighth collaboration, a big-budget film based on a TV show that no-one remembers (at least outside the US) and which features a motley crew of vampires, witches and supernatural weirdos. Dark Shadows, in other words, is a perfect subject for both star and director, and from these photos it looks like we can expect more of their particular brand of off-kilter charm. Empire was on set, and learned a little about the 1972-set film version. The story focuses on Barnabas Collins (Depp), who was transformed into a vampire by a jilted lover (Eva Green’s witch Angelique) way back in the 1700s and buried. He’s just been dug up, and attempts to reintegrate with his descendants, led by Michelle Pfeiffer’s Elizabeth and Jonny Lee Miller’s Roger – despite the fact that Angelique is still around and still not in a forgiving mood. Said screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith, “Tim and Johnny took a long time explaining exactly why it had to be 1972. 1969 was too early and 1973 was too late. 1972 is right at the time when the hippie movement and all its peace and love is dying out and being replaced by this me-me-me generation in the ’70s who are all about showing their wealth and having everything.” There’s also good news for those who didn’t love Alice In Wonderland’s 3D – this will be firmly 2D. Says producer Richard Zanuck, “We discussed this quite a bit. We didn’t want to be categorised as another 3D extravaganza, because this isn’t. We have action sequences, but mostly it’s interaction between characters, and that’s where the humour and the story come from.” Dark Shadows is out on May 11, 2012.

The more I hear about this film, the more excited I get. I am loving that Seth Grahame-Smith wrote the screenplay. He did a fantastic job with creating Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He’s a very clever writer, I trust that he will do a great job with Dark Shadows. I think the fact that the film will not be offered in 3D will actually get more people to want to see it. The 3D craze is really starting to wear thin on people (even tho I still love 3D movies). I am loving everything I’m hearing/seeing about this reboot film. I’m excited, y’all.

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