It’s been a long wait for Dark Shadows fans since Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton announced their plans to bring the series to the big screen, but now the wait is nearly over! Johnny Depp will play the character of Barnabus Collins in the film, a part immortalised by Jonathan Frid during his run from 1967-1971, and now, for the first time, the actor has spoken about his plans for the movie, and his feelings about taking on such an iconic role:

“For me, even the conversations I’ve had with Tim, what Jonathan Frid did with that character and that classic look he created, I find it very difficult to stray very far from that, I think it’s going to be somewhere in that arena, with maybe just a couple of different touches here and there.”

“There’s something about this vampire coming back after 200 years into this modern world, with a touch of the poetic, with maybe a tendency to maybe wax a little poetic now and again,” he mused. “I have a good feeling about it. But Jonathan Frid’s Barnabas was so special.”

The film is set to roll into production later this year, so expect further updates soon!

Source: MTV.