Burton is the King of Halloween and made his name with cult works like ‘Batman’, ‘Edward Scissor-hands’ and of course ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’. His dark undertone is a far cry from his early work on films created by the family studios of Disney and Warner Brothers. But despite learning the business and reality of knockbacks in the film industry, he maintained the ambition to break-away from these safe sets and challenge the conventions of childhood entertainment.
He held the view that it was adults who read too deeply into his works and that it is essential to show darkness to children so they can learn: Like the essence of fairytales, a moral can always be read in Burton’s off-the-wall characters.
So as he embarks on his next ghoulish endeavour, remaking the 1960s TV show ‘Dark Shadows’, it seems inevitable that he will take a far less sparkly approach to the vampire leads. And with an all star cast including Chloe Moretz, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Jonny Lee Miller and of course Burton’s staple Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. We have heard from many of those involved in early production that the film harks back to Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice’ days where he constantly blurred the lines of reality and fantasy and in doing so takes a humorous approach to the darkness of human kind. However, we will have to wait and see if the King of Halloween can keep his reign as ‘Dark Shadows’ is set to released in May 2012.
