Hi MirandaD and thank you MB. I was aware of the fact that Pirates was jockeying to beat out DS. But the fact that Pirates 4 may shoot before the DS movie makes my blood boil. DS has been two years in the making and now with a completed script, and Pirates 4 without a script and director somehow has pulled in front of the DS movie. If this is the case then its just disgraceful in my opinion. Tim Burton would have then single handily delayed the DS movie for over a year and a half. I realize that things often change in the movie industry. If this is the case here, Tim Burton should have asked to pull out of the DS movie and JD being any good producer should have honored his request. There are other visionary directors out there. I understand the relationship between TB and JD but JD needed to act as an independently competant producer. I said it way back that it was not imperative that TB be the director for the DS movie. It's no wonder that we have yet to hear from WB because they don't know themselves when Tim Burton will have completed his beloved Alice movie. I am all for TB to fulfill his dream project but not at the cost of the DS fans. TB just admitted that he has not had the time to even think about Dark Shadows or what direction he may take it in. Amazing. I am still keeping hope that TB and JD will do the right thing as DS is deserving of better treatment. If people are ok with waiting another year for TB to get his act together I respect that. I just don't agree with it.