DARK SHADOWS NEWS: DARK SHADOWS LIVES!!!!!!!!!!

DARK SHADOWS NEWS   DARK SHADOWS LIVES!!!!!!!!!!   Upcoming film In July 2007, Warner Bros. (which now owns the two MGM-produced spin-offs from the early 1970s) announced they had purchased the film rights of the Dark Shadows television series from the estate of Dan Curtis (the creator, producer, and director of Dark Shadows). Warner Bros. teamed with Johnny Depp to star in and produce (with his Infinitum Nihil production company) the film. Depp had a childhood obsession with Dark Shadows, calling it a "childhood dream" to portray Barnabas Collins. Depp and Graham King will produce with David Kennedy, who ran Dan Curtis Productions until Curtis' death in March 2006. The following November, John August said he was working "with Tim Burton on a live action project which I almost certainly will be writing post-strike. And yes, I'd love to tell you what it is. But I can't." By June 2008, Burton was signed on as director with August writing the script. Filming is scheduled to begin in fall 2010. Richard D. Zanuck will also produce the film   OMG That is going to ROCK I cant wait I love Johnny Depp and Tim Burton!!!! Here little recap of Dark Shadows history   Dark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis, who tells of a dream he had in which a girl takes a long train ride to visit a large mansion. The story "bible," which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was considered daring (and unprecedented in daytime television) when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began. The series became hugely popular when, a year into its run, vampire Barnabas Collins, played by Jonathan Frid, appeared. In addition to vampires, Dark Shadows featured werewolves, ghosts, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel (both into the past and into the future), and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles and, as actors came and went, some characters were played by several actors. Major writers in addition to Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, who created the character of Barnabas Collins, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles. Dark Shadows was distinguished by its vividly melodramatic performances, atmospheric interiors, memorable storylines, and an unusually adventurous music score   Revivals In 1991, a short-lived primetime remake was produced by MGM Television and aired on NBC, airing from January 13 to March 22. The revival was a lavish, big budget weekly serial combining gothic romance and stylistic horror. Although it was a huge hit at introduction (watched by almost 1 in 4 households according to official ratings during that time period), an untimely international incident would inflict a fatal wound to the show: the onset of the Gulf War caused NBC to continually pre-empt or reschedule the early episodes resulting in viewer confusion and a loss of momentum. It was canceled after twelve episodes. The final episode ended with a cliffhanger—Victoria (played by Joanna Going) learning that Barnabas Collins (played by Ben Cross) was a 200-year old vampire (a secret never discovered by Victoria in the original series). It has been reported that the opening episode for a proposed second season would have had Victoria collapsing, after seeing Barnabas, and losing her memory of his terrible secret. It also starred veterans Jean Simmons as Elizabeth and Roy Thinnes as Roger, British character actress Lysette Anthony as Angelique, Barbara Steele as Dr. Julia Hoffman, and future 3rd Rock from the Sun star Joseph Gordon-Levitt as David. Plans for another revival series (or film) have been discussed off and on since the 1991 series' demise, including a TV miniseries to wrap up the plot lines of the canceled NBC series and a feature film, co-written by Dan Curtis and Barbara Steele, utilizing the 1991 cast. In 2004, a pilot for a new WB network Dark Shadows series starring Marley Shelton as Victoria Winters and Alec Newman as Barnabas Collins was written and shot, but never picked up. The pilot has been screened at the Dark Shadows Festival conventions with Dan Curtis Productions' blessing, but has yet to surface elsewhere. This pilot was produced by Warner Bros. 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