According to SciFi Wire Dark Shadows will start shooting in the fall of 2010. During a roundtable interview for The Young Victoria, Graham King was asked about Dark Shadows he said "We're actually going to shoot that film next September/October with Tim Burton and Johnny,"

"We've been working on the script a lot, even though he's working on Alice," King continued. "We've been given a script. John August wrote the first screenplay. We're making some changes, but the film's going to be in production, as I say, September or October of next year."