Vampire Movies & Books

Johnny Depp to Star in Tim Burton’s Adaptation of Dark Shadows

The long-rumored film adaptation of the ’60s Gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows, has been confirmed as a new collaboration between star Johnny Depp, director Tim Burton, and screenwriter John August (Go, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon at #3 in All Time Opening Weekends

The Twilight Saga: New Moon arrives with an opening weekend box office of an estimated 140 million. The number places the second film in the Twilight series at third place in the All Time Opening Weekends chart, below The Dark Knight at the number one spot and Spider-Man 3 at second place.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Breaks Records Already

More than five days before its release, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the second movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s series of vampire novels, already broke all previous records for advance ticket sales in Fandango’s ten year history. Its Thursday night midnight showings are already sold out across the US.

Anne Rice Speaks on Robert Downey Jr as The Vampire Lestat

Anne Rice speaks on the possibility of a new film adaptation of her Vampire Chronicles series of books and the rumors of Robert Downey Jr. as the vampire Lestat.

Robert Downey Jr as The Vampire Lestat?

Universal Pictures is looking to develop a new film adaptation from Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles series of novels with Robert Downey Jr up for the role of the vampire Lestat.

Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga Hits Theaters

The movie adaptation of Twilight, the first in Stephenie Meyer’s series of bestselling young adult vampire novels, hit theaters this weekend with a domestic box office tally of $69,637,740. The film was shot with an estimated budget of 37 million and roughly broke even on its opening day with over 35 million in the US.

A Movie Adaptation of Anne Rice’s Pandora?

Anne Rice is presently pursuing a film adaptation of her 1998 book, Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires. Pandora was to be the first in a new series of Rice’s vampire novels which was followed by Vittorio, before she began to focus on her Christian works.