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Current Talk '24 I / Re: It's official: Dark Shadows returns as a film with Johnny Depp
« on: August 31, 2009, 08:31:49 AM »
Because it is such a romantic period, I'd honestly be surprised if Barn's origin goes too far afield from what we've seen in previous versions of DS. The '91 series moved it back five years to 1790 - but that was a fairly insignificant change - and it was primarily just so that it took place 200 years before the present day setting. But so far as fearing changes might alienate the established DS fanbase, I have to wonder if that would be a top concern because we aren't really the primary audience the film will be targeted at. It will be targeted at creating a whole new fanbase for DS - one whose main exposure to DS will be the film and not any previous versions. They'll hope we'll like the film - but we alone aren't a significant enough group to either make or break the film at the box office.