Heaven forbid, RoboQ!! Although, it could work in a dream sequence.
Changing reels, I was just glancing over some tweets on the Twitter page for Schultz & Wiremu (the company working on fabrics/costumes for the film) and came across this exchange from Sunday:
DJLoopsFruit
@multidyer @mon092010 are u allowed to say who was signed to play Julia Hoffman
15 May
multidyer
@DJLoopsFruit yes its common knowledge played by Helena Bonham Carter!
15 May
So, despite HBC's hedging/backpeddling and IMDb listing her as "rumored," that would seem to confirm it.
Sadly, most of Schultz & Wiremu's other tweets are not as forthright because one often sees the phrase "Sorry can't say more!" with regard to the film. But, of course, that's due to Burton's confidentiality agreement. However, there's also this exchange:
milahermanovski
@multidyer thank you! how is dark shadows coming along over there?
40 minutes ago
multidyer
@milahermanovski filming starts in the morning! We are just plodding along dyeing printing and ageing! So all in all OK thanks!
33 minutes ago
and
Emma20illu
@multidyer @mon092010 Hi do you know when johnny depp will be filming there within the next weeks, what days? want to visit and say hello
8 minutes ago
multidyer
@Emma20illu not at all in the for seeable future!
1 minute ago
Interesting...
359 days 8 hours 46 minutes 39 seconds until the day the Depp/Burton DARK SHADOWS is released(ET)!!