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New 'Dark Shadows' Still Gives A Close-Up Look At Johnny Depp

Posted 1/20/12 5:21 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in News, Photos

With every new awesome image revealed of Johnny Depp in "Dark Shadows," we feel more and more guilty about reacting negatively in our first look at his make-up in the upcoming Tim Burton film. A new shot of Depp as vampire Barnabas Collins shows him looking a bit more kid-friendly than we came to think of the character in the cult TV series, but we're still digging the look.

Up until now, the images we've seen from the film have seemed to imply that Burton was taking a darker route, but could it be that "Dark Shadows" will have kid-friendly components as well? We'll just have to wait for the first trailer to get a better sense of what the movie has in store.

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Chloe Moretz Calls 'Dark Shadows' 'Revolutionary'

Posted 1/13/12 12:56 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Interviews, Video

On the red carpet for the People's Choice Awards, Chloe Moretz took some time off from teasing "Kick-Ass 2" news to explain why "Dark Shadows" will be the movie to see this year.

"Because it has everything. It has a little bit of camp," Moretz said. "It has a little bit of danger. It has the supernatural features, vampires, witches, all the fun stuff."

So far, "Dark Shadows" has done more than enough to convince fans it's a movie worth seeing. The Tim Burton-directed adaptation of the cult classic soap opera pulled off a stunning upset victory over "The Amazing Spider-Man" in the first round of MTV Movie Brawl 2012. It will certainly face some stiff competition from a man who knows a thing or two about shadows, when "Dark Shadows" goes head-to-head with "The Dark Knight Rises" in the next round.

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MTV Movie Brawl 2012: 'Dark Shadows' Vs. 'Dark Knight Rises'

Posted 1/12/12 2:25 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Poll

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The MTV Movie Brawl 2012 is officially on! After the initial play-in, wild card and Sweet 16 rounds, only eight movies remain to compete in a series of head-to-head single elimination matches in our March Madness-style bracket. In the end, only one of these flicks can be crowned the can't-miss movie of the year, and the choice is entirely up to YOU. Which movie will win the brawl for it all? Vote at MTV Movies Blog and make your choice known!

Darkness falls on this second match in the MTV Movie Brawl's Elite Eight. Batman bested Earth's Mightiest Heroes for a continued place in this tournament… but it's also the only remaining comic book in the competition, as "The Amazing Spider-Man's" web was cut short by the ferocious "Dark Shadows," Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's big screen adaptation of the cult classic gothic soap.

While "The Dark Knight Rises" came into the Brawl without the powerful punch we initially expected, Christopher Nolan's final trip to Gotham City has picked up steam in the last few days. But is that new surge of momentum enough to topple "Dark Shadows," which has been a frontrunner since the earliest days of the competition? Only one of these "Dark" films will move on to see the light of the Final Four. The choice, as always, is up to you.

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MTV Movie Brawl 2012: 'Dark Shadows' Vs. 'Amazing Spider-Man'

Posted 1/9/12 4:29 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Poll

Dark Shadows The MTV Movie Brawl 2012 is officially on! After the initial play-in and wild card rounds, 16 films have been selected to compete in a series of head-to-head single elimination matches in our March Madness-style bracket. In the end, only one of these flicks can be crowned the can't-miss movie of the year, and the choice is entirely up to YOU. Which movie will win the brawl for it all? Vote at MTV Movies Blog and make your choice known!

It's Spider-Man versus a bat man, but this isn't a superhero showdown. This is an all-out fight to the finish between Tim Burton's latest collaboration with his go-to leading man and the return of one of the most famous New Yorkers of all time.

(7) "The Amazing Spider-Man" vs. (2) "Dark Shadows"
It's an unlikely battle, but only one movie will leave standing. Will it be Andrew Garfield's debut as your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man? Or will it be Johnny Depp as the vampiric patriarch in this big-screen adaptation of the classic soap opera? Superhero flicks have struggled throughout the play-in round, and the power of Depp is hard to deny. It's up to you to decide whether you're more excited for swinging around the New York skyline or the occasional Captain Jack drinking something a little bit deadlier than rum.

Watch our MTV Movie Brawl 2012 analysis!

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'Dark Shadows,' 'Dark Knight Rises': Previewing The MTV Movie Brawl 2012 Competitors

Posted 1/3/12 7:00 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Commentary

The MTV Movie Brawl 2012 is officially underway! But before you vote for the movie you're anticipating most in the coming year, why not familiarize yourself with all of the players?

Over the next few days, we'll be highlighting the 32 movies currently competing in the Brawl, eight flicks per day. Today's first look includes a trip to Gotham City, a voyage aboard a battleship and a vampire tale that has nothing to do with "Twilight."

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'Breaking Dawn,' More: What's The Most Anticipated Movie Of 2012?

Posted 12/16/11 11:49 am EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Poll

Next year will be a great one for films. The blockbusters alone have us with too many movies to be looking forward to. With epic superhero flicks, returns to old franchises and the ending of others, we are in for a real treat next year.

But we need your help. We want to know what movie you can't wait to see next year. Vote in the poll below to help decide which is the film to beat next year.

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'Dark Knight Rises,' More: Best Set-Stalking Of 2011

Posted 12/13/11 5:00 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Poll

Plenty of great movies came our way in 2011, and even more awesome ones are on the horizon for 2012. But even though some of these films feel far away, we've gotten plenty of advanced looks at some of the upcoming year's hottest projects through trailers, posters and even the considerably more shady set-stalking.

From leaked set photos to leaked set videos, here are five of the movies most worthy of set-stalking in 2011. Vote for which one was your favorite beyond the break!

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Michelle Pfeiffer Hoping For 'Dark Shadows' Sequels

Posted 12/7/11 10:59 am EST by Kara Warner in Interviews, News, Video

Let's face it, any news about "Dark Shadows" is good news. Even if it just involves the stars gushing about the project.

Piggy-backing off last week's most excellent chat with Helena Bonham Carter, who admitted that while she loved her character, she thinks the film might be a tough sell, we recently had another "Dark Shadows" cast member encounter with star Michelle Pfeiffer, who had nothing but positive remarks for her time spent on set, director Tim Burton and her hope for "Shadows" sequels.

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Helena Bonham Carter: 'Dark Shadows' Will Be 'Impossible To Sell'

Posted 12/1/11 5:02 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Interviews, News, Video

Helena Bonham Carter might have loved her role in Tim Burton's upcoming film "Dark Shadows," but she was incredibly frank about the project when MTV News caught up with her before last night's Britannia Awards.

Between saying that the movie will be "impossible to sell" to making a hilarious commentary on the original TV show from the '70s and '80s, Bonham Carter gave us an honest taste of what's to come with the film. What she didn't say, though, was that it's a return to vintage Burton. Instead, she clarified that it's a return to his passion projects.

"This is a thing he raced home to see when he was about age 10, so it's returning to his childhood roots of what he loved watching," Bonham Carter said of the original "Dark Shadows." "It's actually a really bad, hilariously bad soap opera, and because it's so bad, he felt he had to make a hugely expensive movie."

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Chloe Moretz Says 'Dark Shadows' Gets Back To Vintage Tim Burton

Posted 11/22/11 12:21 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Interviews, News

Judging by the early promotions for Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows," it should come as no surprise that the "Edward Scissorhands" director is going back to his gothic roots in this film. The remake of the cult classic TV series stars all his regular actors and, judging by the set photos released, is a return to form for Burton after "Alice in Wonderland" and "Sweeney Todd." That's why it should come as no surprise that leading lady Chloe Moretz is thrilled to be working on the film with him, especially because Burton is her dream director.

"It straddles the typical Burton line: camp and drama," Moretz explained. "This is a really good role for Johnny [Depp] I think because he totally sold it because it's so weird. It's such a weird character and he can do weird. He does so much with his hands."

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