Johnny Depp IS Barnabas Collins!

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Fri Jul 27, 2007 — by Mike Gold

Johnny Depp IS Barnabas Collins!

Fangs for the memories

Yep, you read that headline right. Johnny Depp will be playing the Barnabas Collins role in the upcoming Dark Shadows movie. Turns out, he's fulfilling a life long dream. (Editor's note: originally Mike typed "live long dream", which may or may not be a typo.)

According to Variety, Warners (who produced the failed revival pilot two years ago) will be handling the drudge work.

No word on the availability of a part for the original Barnabas, Jonathan Frid, who is currently doing a one-man turn as Richard III.

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Jazzy (6:32 PM on Sat Jul 28, 2007)

This is way to freaking awesome. I loved Dark Shadows. Johnny Depp is my favorite actor. This is a match is perfect. Johnny will do a great job because of his character acting.

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