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WRIGHT AND DEPP TEAM UP FOR THE NIGHT STALKER
Johnny Depp is obviously living out his childhood dream of playing all the bad-ass characters he must have grown up watching on television. I damn well know he's living out mine.
Putting all controversy and preconceived opinions aside, Depp is playing the iconic vampire Barnabas Collins, in the upcoming Tim Burton adaptation of the hallowed Dan Curtis (RIP) gothic-horror soap opera, Dark Shadows.
Depp is also playing Tonto, arguably the single most recognized Native American character in film, in the big budget Lone Ranger. With Armie Hammer as the masked rider, you can bet this is going to be Depp's, and Tonto's, film all the way.
Then it looks like Depp goes from blood starved velvet clad anemic, to wielding a stake and mallet as the monster hunting news reporter, Carl Kolchak, in the big screen take on the classic television horror film/series The Night Stalker. While I am not sure how to take that - Depp in my opinion has been hit or miss - the potentially great news is Edgar Wright has signed on to direct.
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http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/02/wright-and-depp-team-up-for-the-night-stalker.php
This should be interesting. I wonder who they'll cast as Gail, the Carol Linley character, and Vincenzo, Kolchek's prickly boss?
ifyoucantfixit:
It will be nice to see Johnny in films, that are pure entertainment again. Instead of a blatant ploy for cash.. He is too talented for that.
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