Johnny Depp and Tim Burton back with vampire comedy © Dark Shadows/Warner Bros. Tim Burton has spoken about Johnny Depp's passion for his character Barnabus Collins in their latest movie Dark Shadows. Burton said: "The thing with this one that was different was that I knew it was something that was important to him." It is their eighth movie collaboration after working on Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sweeney Todd. The comedy is an adaptation of the 1960s gothic soap opera of the same name. Depp plays a vampire who is resurrected into the year 1972 after being buried alive for 200 years. Dark Shadows also features Eva Green and Michelle Pfeiffer and opens in cinemas on May 11th.