Archive for the 'Dark Shadows' Category

I was pleased to find an article where Tim and Johnny have commented about the making of the Dark Shadows Movie.  It looks like the movie will be released in 2011, with production starting sometime mid-2010.  I can’t wait to see this rendition of the wonderfully, low-cost production that I eagerly watched every day after school in the late [...]

Depp Does Dark Shadows

Published Date: August 12th, 2007
Category: Dark Shadows, In the News, Television News, Vampires

Rumors have been flying lately that Johnny Depp is interested in playing Barnabas in a screen version of the 1960’s soap opera, Dark Shadows. The beloved television show has been remade once in the 1980’s and a pilot was shot, with no success, in recent years.
For those interested, the annual Dark Shadows convention is held [...]

Vampire TV

Published Date: April 28th, 2007
Category: Angel, Blood Ties, Bones, Dark Shadows, Joss Whedon, SciFi, Vampires

I’ve enjoyed watching vampires on television since the 60s when I watched Dark Shadows after school every day. I liked that show so much I watched the entire series in reruns when the SciFi Channel ran it in the early 90s. Funny how shoddy some of the scenes were, with microphones hanging from [...]