European Premiere of Dark Shadows! Interviews with Tim Burton, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley and more:

Premiere Scene's Claire & Anthony Bueno were fangful of the opportunity to interview the stars as the red carpet transformed to purple for the European Premiere of Johnny Depp's vampire movie Dark Shadows. Join us as we talk to actors Eva Green (Angelique Bouchard), Jackie Earle Haley (Willie Loomis), Bella Heathcote (Victoria Winters/Josette DuPres) and Gulliver McGrath (David Collins) about their experiences working on the film as well as with the screen icon. Director Tim Burton shares with us how filming on the rugged South Devon coastline helped fulfil his vision.

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Tim Burton's Dark Shadows actually looks rather fun! With Johnny Depp as the coolest vampire ever! New trailer:

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green).

A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin.

The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.

New Alice in Wonderland Concept Art and Film Stills!

Released just a few minutes ago are lots of brand new Alice in Wonderland concept art and film stills!

Is anyone else as excited about this movie as we are? Which character are you most looking forward to seeing?

The animation progression of the Cheshire Cat - ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Here is a look at the development and progression of the Cheshire Cat from the Walt Disney Pictures and Tim Burton new movie ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

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1 of 4. The iconic shot of Alice’s first meeting with the Cheshire Cat, who’s grinning at her from his tree limb, begins with what’s similar to a storyboard sketch, using an assemblage of low-resolution character stills.

2 of 4. The scene moves to animation, where the character is dropped into a low-resolution environment—the images are kept low-res to allow Imageworks’ animators to create the Cat’s performance without having a lot of data to manipulate.

3 of 4. The biggest challenge is to create a realistic cat that can generate the trademark exaggerated grin. Here, the all-important hair has been added, ensuring it behaves as it should, where it should be, with the Cat now curled on his limb.

 

4 of 4. Here, final lighting is added, along with a full-resolution environment behind the Cat, including the flora and atmosphere added for visual effect.

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