One of the projects that Depp and Burton have had on the boil for a while now is a film based on the 1966 gothic soap opera Dark Shadows.

Featuring everything from witches to werewolves and vampires, it sounds like the perfect pitch for the duo and especially for super fan Depp, who wants to play main vamp Barnabas Collins.

"When Tim is done with Alice and we get the script, which is very, very close, in order we’ll probably attack it next year," he says.

"It’s exciting, very exciting. It’s like a lifelong dream for me. I loved the show when I was a kid. I was obsessed with Barnabas Collins. I have photographs of me holding Barnabas Collins posters when I was five or six. I’m very excited to do it.”

Okay, so we're not sure there are any actual zombies in the original, but based on his film history, wouldn't you want to see how Tim Burton would craft a zombie?

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