So Tim Burton is doing a much-anticipated adaptation of cult TV Show “Dark Shadows”, because of course he is. And it’s starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, because otherwise how would we know it’s a Tim Burton film? Check out the reasonably rad trailer after the jump.

Synopsis:

In 1752, the Collins family sails from Liverpool, England to North America. The son, Barnabas (Johnny Depp), grows up to be a wealthy playboy in Collinsport, Maine and is the master of Collinwood Manor. He breaks the heart of a witch, Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green), who turns him into a vampire and buries him alive. In 1972, Barnabas is accidentally freed from his coffin and returns to find his once-magnificent manor in ruin. It is occupied by dysfunctional Collins descendants and other residents, all of whom have secrets.

I mean I’m not sure how they’re going to work clay-mation into that, but Burton’ll find a way.

The film, which also stars Helena Bonham Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Lee Miller & Chloë Moretz is set to open wide May 11th.

[Source: /film]