I haven't followed all of the links on this thread, so I apologize if this info. is old news. I haven't seen it discussed yet on the forum.
A friend of mine who works in the graphic arts industry forwarded me the following story from her animation newsletter (I'm trying to find out the name of the publication):
"The cast for Tim Burton's DARK SHADOWS fills out even more. Deadline.com
first reports that Chloe Moretz (KICK-ASS) is in negotiations to play
Carolyn, the daughter of Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer),
the hermetic owner of the Collinwood mansion.
In another post, Deadline.com writes that Gulliver McGrath (HUGO CABRET)
is set to play David Collins, the cousin of Moretz's potential
character. Michael Sheen will play his father, Roger Collins, who fears
that someone is trying to kill him.
The cast also includes Johnny Deep, Bella Heathcoate, Jackie Earle
Haley, Eva Green, and Helena Bonham Carter. Seth Grahame-Smith penned
the script."
The bit about Roger is one of the first references to the actual content of the script that I've seen so far and it sounded like an interesting shift.
ProfStokes