The first official image from Tim Burton's big screen update of Dark Shadows has appeared online.

“I remember seeing a group photograph of the cast of the original series. For me it captured the weird Dark Shadows vibe in a single image,” Burton told Entertainment Weekly .

“I had a brief window of opportunity to have our cast present at the same time, the day before principle photography began. We decided to stage a similar picture instead of rehearsing, to see if we captured the Dark Shadows feeling.”

The small-scree🔥n TV show turned big-budget film sees Johnny Depp play the lead as vampire Barnabas Col🧔lins.

“I do remember, very vividly, practically 🌜sprinting home from school in the afternoon to see Jonathan Frid play Barnabas Collins. Even then, aꩲt that age, I knew - this has got to be weird,” Depp remembers.

From left to right they are: Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter); Carolyn Stoddard (Chloë Moretz); Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green); David Collཧins (Gulliver McGrath); Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote); Barnabas Collins (Depp); Mrs. Johnson (Ray Shirley); Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley); Roger Collins (Jonny Lee Miller); Elizabeth Collins Stoddardꦆ (Michelle Pfeiffer).