I don't have my hard copy of EW yet  but on advice from another board I checked out the EW iPad app.  With the app, if you have a paid subscription to EW, you can access the issues free!  (You can also pay if you're not a subscriber, but I think it was kind of a lot, like $4.99)  So of course I had to do it!  I saw that the photo was taken by Peter Mountain, Johnny's longtime friend who is the set photographer for most of Johnny's films these days (he also played the "fop" in Sweeney Todd- featured in the song A Little Priest).  He always takes the best set photos!  I'm guessing this is an actual scene (or at least a recreation).  I am absolutely blown away by this photo and can't wait to see more!  (Nice to have a better reaction than I did for those first photos with Bella Heathcote that were leaked, when my reaction was... hmm  )  I'm really surprised that some folks don't like this one, but to each their own.

Weren't Barnabas and Liz sorta in cahoots for awhile during the Leviathan storyline?  It's been so long since I watched it, though.

The same rumor about Johnny's personal life were going around a month or two ago, but this time it seems to have gained traction because it's in 3/4 of the news alerts I've been getting the last couple of days.  Ironically, most of the other 1/4 have them together on New Year's Eve (though the pix only show Johnny and his mom) or buying a new house together in England (also probably balderdash!).  I don't even pay attention to this stuff.  I often feel that they just spin a roulette wheel- oh, we haven't started a rumor about Depp in awhile, what can we make up about him?  Don't worry, next week it'll be Brangelina or Clooney.  Oy. 

Anyway, I'm so happy to see MTV putting the heat on them- maybe it'll push them to get moving on a DS bone to throw us!

Your theory about putting together a special effect is a good one, MB.  Alternatively, like I think I theorized here before, they just may have wanted to get the distraction of the holidays out of the way.  Yeah, so now we're a few days into the new year, so what's keeping them?   But IF my theory has any credibility, maybe we'll be seeing something imminently. 

As an aside, I'm also a longtime diehard fan of a rock musician, for whom there have been rumors this past fall about a new album and tour this spring.  The management eventually had to confirm the tour because some European concerts have already gone on sale, but it seems like they were deliberately refraining from giving any news yet about the album and US tour before the holidays.  Now that they're over, of course, everyone is on pins and needles waiting to hear something any minute!  So it's funny to see the parallels and I'm just continuing to hope that with the new year, there will be new news!

I watched American Horror Story every week, but I don't recall anything about the title sequence that looks remotely like the DS cast photo        About the show itself, I guess Michelle Pfeiffer's hairstyle is a little like Connie Britton's, and Chloe Moretz might be vaguely reminiscent of Taissa Farmiga's, but...I'm grasping at straws!

MB, I think you're probably right that the Eva Green snippet was probably from the earlier press and only just got uploaded to YouTube.  I wish it was a little longer, but it was nice to see, thanks!

^^^ According to the site I mentioned above, her 6th film was Texas Killing Fields.  Hmm, I'm not familiar with that one.

I don't think that Alice was pushed back, but it was filmed wayyyy before the release date and had I think about 15 months of post-production.  But that film was unusual because there was a ton of CGI, and most of it was filmed with green screen.  Most of Tim's films don't take that long in post-production because he prefers to use real effects and real sets when possible.

I'm surprised that no teaser or poster has been released yet, but maybe they just didn't want to compete with the year-end holiday films and Oscar-bait films.  After the holidays there is usually a lull in new releases, and maybe DS could get more pre-release attention that way.  (I know, I'm probably grasping at straws here, but it's just a thought  )

Hopefully, men will still be very interested in seeing DS, too!  It's just that the men's Top Five are all high profile action-ey blockbusters that are understandably highly anticipated.  Heck, I want to see the men's #1 and #3 too!  And even the others if they get good reviews- I loved the other Bournes.  (Whereas I have zero interest in the women's #1, so there!  )

Cathy

I'm sad about Ms. Cody not believing what has been pointed out to her.  It sounds like she is hurt by what she believes is true, and maybe it's just hard to get beyond that.  But it's true that so often, gossip and lies keep getting perpetuated and exaggerated on the internet.  It's off-topic but some of you may have seen another huge lie going on in the gossip sites right now regarding Johnny and a recent musical participation, and just about every single detail is incorrect!  Very aggravating, but all one can do is try to offer the truth and hope it eventually gets out there (if anyone is interested in what I'm referring to, PM me).