The vampire trend in movies isn’t over but Dark Shadows is a completely different vibe.

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton team up again for a campy, humorous version of the bloodsucking mythology that was once a nighttime soap opera.

Depp plays Barnabas Collins, a vampire who is cursed for two hundred years and wakes up in the 70s to find a world he doesn’t recognize. Funky clothes and an even funkier soundtrack set the mood for the film’s dark humor.

Costarring Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz, Eva Green and Helena Bonham Carter, Dark Shadows opens May 11th.

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Thank you Jerry Bruckheimer!

The super producer gave fans a twitter peek at the often stalled, but now moving forward flick The Lone Ranger.

The photo shows Johnny Depp in full make-up and costume as Tonto, standing behind Armie Hammer‘s suave-looking Lone Ranger.

Depp, 48, has spoken of his Native American heritage and how he wanted this version of Tonto to be more accurate and less of a stereotype than the original TV series character.

“I liked Tonto, even at that tender age, and knew Tonto was getting the unpleasant end of the stick here,” Depp said. “That’s stuck with me. And when the idea came up [for the movie], I started thinking about Tonto and what could be done in my own small way try to — ‘eliminate’ isn’t possible — but reinvent the relationship, to attempt to take some of the ugliness thrown on the Native Americans, not only in The Lone Ranger, but the way Indians were treated throughout history of cinema, and turn it on its head.”

Depp rallied for his Pirates and Rango director, Gore Verbinski to helm this although it hit a script snag. The movie was temporarily shelved in August of 2011 but the film is back on track.

[image: Jerry Bruckheimer's twitter]

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Vanessa Paradis is tired of the speculation that she and longtime partner Johnny Depp have ended their relationship.   People claimed last week that the two were “all but officially over,” and earlier this month Radar Online had Depp consulting an attorney to figure out how to deal with custody issues surrounding the couple’s children, Lily Rose (12) and Jack (9).

Paradis appeared on Le Grand Journal on Tuesday to promote her new movie Cafe De Flore, and took the opportunity to address the gossip.  She told host Ariane Massenet that while she’s accustomed to gossip about her relationship, the break-up buzz simply goes too far.

“People say we are buying houses in the middle of nowhere, or that we have fifty-two houses in France. And that is along with saying we split up every winter and get married every summer, and that I’m on my twelfth pregnancy.

All that is not too serious, but this latest one is a rumor, which could cause a lot of harm to my family and my children.”

Host Michel Denisot directly asked her:

“Why don’t you respond to the rumor and put an end to it? Is the rumor false?”

Paradis then firmly stated: “Yes it’s false.  Of course it’s false.”

Well, alrighty then. If you speak French (or just like to listen to folks speaking French), check out the video below and hear Paradis’ denial for yourself.  Her clip starts at about 5:10.

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Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are teaming up again to for this year’s upcoming Dark Shadows.  The movie is an adaptation of the 1960s TV show of the same name, and focuses on the vampire Barnabas Collins.  He was cursed by a witch and turned into a vampire.  When he escapes his tomb 200 years later, in 1972, he finds his hometown very changed, and his descendants dysfunctional.

You really get a sense of Depp’s character from these recently released stills.   It’s a different type of role for Depp – proving that he can pretty much do anything – and yet it also seems familiar, reminiscent of both Willy Wonka (Charlie & The Chocolate Factory) and The Mad Hatter (Alice In Wonderland)… both also Burton films, by the way.  Oh, and speaking of Burton films, you know who else is in this movie:  Helena Bonham Carter, of course.

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Johnny Depp was on the red carpet in Los Angeles for the premiere of The Rum Diary at LACMA on Thursday, October 13th.

The 48 year-old actor was given quite a nice gift for his work on the film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson‘s novel of a journalist in Puerto Rico in the late 50s.

Producer Graham King gave Depp the stunning ’59 Chevrolet Corvette just like the one shown in the film as a thank you for his work.

“He worked so hard on the film and why not?” King says. And Depp’s reaction? “He was pretty blown away by it.”

Director Bruce Robinson was also enamored of the classic vehicle.

“It’s an amazing car,” he says. “It’s so powerful, like 500 horsepower. You can just fishtail in that thing.”

Depp’s next projects include The Lone Ranger and a Dr. Seuss biopic.

The Rum Diary opens in theaters on October 28th.

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Johnny Depp can add another great author to his acting resume.

Depp, who has portrayed authors and writers Hunter S. Thompson and J. M. Barre, is producing and starring in a new film of the life of children’s author Dr. Seuss.

The Cat in the Hat author, born Theodor Geisel, was an illustrator in the late 1920s who drew magazine ads for big corporations like General Electric and NBC. He started working on political cartoons shortly after and then began his foray into children’s books.

Seuss went on to write classics Green Eggs and Ham, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Fox in Sox and Horton Hears A Who among so many popular works.

Geisel died in 1991 after succumbing to throat cancer.

Depp’s next film, The Rum Diaries, will release October 28th.

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Johnny Depp has found himself in some hot water for comments he made in the November issue of Vanity Fair.

The 48 year-old actor discussed how he felt “raped” after doing a photo shoot with the magazine.

“Well, you just feel like you’re being raped somehow,” Depp said. “Raped … It feels like a kind of weird — just weird, man… Whenever you have a photo shoot or something like that, it’s like — you just feel dumb. It’s just so stupid.”

Comparing an intrusive photography session to a violent act of rape has upset victim’s groups with RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) speaking out against the actor’s choice of words.

“While photos may feel at times intrusive, being photographed in no way compares to rape — a violent crime which affects another American every 2 minutes,” Katherine Hull, spokesperson for RAINN said in a statement.

“RAINN welcomes the opportunity to speak with Mr. Depp and educate him about the real life experiences faced by survivors every day, and ways that he can work with RAINN to help.”

Depp finds himself in the same category Kristen Stewart did in the spring of 2010 after her remarks to British Elle where she compared rape to the way she felt after the intrusive paparazzi took photos of her.

The analogy is off-base and Johnny will likely apologize. He has never come across as a thoughtless celebrity so I imagine he will issue a statement regretting his choice of words.

[image: Terry Richardson/Vanity Fair]

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Disney‘s The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer was cancelled back in August, now it’s looking to get back on track to shoot this January.

The studio looks like it is ready to re-commit to the project with Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp. The green light hasn’t been given yet, but the current word is that Disney will probably flash that signal next week, leading to an early 2012 shoot…

…The end result is that we might get a version of Lone Ranger that ditches some of the supernatural elements (that is, werewolves) that were once part of the script, but hopefully keeps the perspective-flipping ‘Don Quixote from Sancho Panza’s point of view’ approach that was originally said to be the spark that got Gore Verbinski ready to make the film.

The movie definitely has the Johnny Depp action pull which has been huge for Disney‘s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, I’m sure this movie will be a big hit too. Westerns are a hard sell, but I’m betting this one will be pretty easy, given the action epic nature of the concept. The delays mean the movie probably won’t grace theater screens until late 2013 though, so don’t get too excited yet.

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Here’s the first trailer for the upcoming comedy The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp.

This movie really looks funny, the trailer has some great laughs. Hopefully it didn’t show all the funniest scenes already. Depp is great at comedy, I do wonder how much of a serious tone this movie may strike, or if it’s pure insanity. The Rum Diary is in theaters on October 28th; nice to see it won’t just be horror films that weekend.

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Here are the first images of Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton‘s upcoming film Dark Shadows.

The Dark Shadows cast includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green,Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller (a new announcement for the cast), Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz, and Gulliver McGrath.

This is quite a look, clearly very Tim Burton. This isn’t the first time Depp has gone pasty white for Burton, something tells me this will be another memorable character. The cast is great, and the story is fun and offbeat so I’m really looking forward to this one.

Source: /Film

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