A few things:
The new issue of Entertainment Weekly has an article written by Anthony Breznican about Seth Grahame-Smith and his producing team partner David Katzenberg. We'll all recall that Breznican famously tweeted that in the actual film Depp's Barnabas doesn't look like the paparazzi photos, then premiered that cast photo on EW's Web site, and also wrote the companion article for the print issue. So, it's probably no surprise that the fact that Grahame-Smith co-wrote the screenplay for DS is mentioned in the Grahame-Smith/Katzenberg piece. Though unfortunately, that's the only reference to DS. But then, the article is really about what they have coming up, not what they've done in the past. (Though the fact that Grahame-Smith is referred to as having co-written the screenplay is also another indication that the people who've said John August was fired and his contributions to the film have been thrown out have no idea what they're talking about.)
It's really interesting how many people are still just learning about the DS film. Quite a few people on Twitter are tweeting about how Depp mentioned on last night's Letterman that he did DS over the summer as if it's breaking news. Though I suppose it is breaking news to anyone who hasn't heard about it. And it's never a bad thing for more people to become aware of the film. Which just goes to show how valuable appearances on these talk shows can really be when it comes to getting the word out about films.
And speaking of Twitter, literally hundreds of people have been tweeting over the past two days about Alice Cooper's remarks about doing DS. Actually, even more so today than yesterday because a lot of other sites have picked up his remarks and are sharing them. And ever since first reading his remarks I've been thinking about how his appearance in the film could actually be used to an interesting advantage. I can certainly see where one might fear that his participation could come off as campy and funny. And who knows, it may turn out that way. But I can see a way that it could be anything but - and that could be if Cooper's performance of "No More Mr. Nice Guy" is intercut with, well, Barnabas acting out violently against some character or characters, as in attacking them for whatever reason. Several Web sites are questioning why Cooper is performing that particular song and not one of his that's more horror themed. Well, perhaps if the plan really is to do some sort of intercuting sequence between his performance and some other action in the film, the title of the song itself could be the answer. But I suppose we'll see...
195 days 11 hours 10 minutes 21 seconds until the day the Depp/Burton Dark Shadows is released(ET)!!