New! Images From Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows

Warner Bros has indicated that the first trailer for Tim Burton’s big screen remake of cult TV show “Dark Shadows” will make its debut next week. I’m quite curious to see how he handles it, especially when it comes to the tone. Will it be more campily comedic or will it go for a more sinister feel? One can only hope for an old school gothic experience rather than the faux-hipster creepy chic bullshit that Burton has been inflicting on us with his recent efforts. Based on this fresh batch of pics, it does seem like that’s what he’s going for. Especially with the mod 60s fashions and hair. I must say Michelle Pfeiffer looks pretty groovy in these shots. And the set design is certainly very Burton-esque. One can only hope…

Here’s the official description of the film: “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 (Jackie Earle Haley) and David’s new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.”

“Dark Shadows” premieres 11th May in the US.