Monday, October 3, 2011

This month (OCTOBER) in 1989.......

MPI Home Video
in 1989 announced that BARNABAS COLLINS is coming to your store this HALLOWEEN!
The first MPI VHS DARK SHADOWS tape.

The MPI postcard announcement.

The MPI flyer and post card, the flyer folded out to a poster of VAMPIRE BARNABAS COLLINS.
The flyer stated that MPI will be releasing the legendary gothic mystery series DARK SHADOWS which aired from June 27,1966 to April 2,1971: to video outlets throughout North America. The first video THE RESSURECTION OF BARNABAS COLLINS with a three pack of VHS tapes every month. AND the REST is HISTORY!


Sunday, October 2, 2011

Depp! | A Johnny Depp fansite

Depp! | A Johnny Depp fansite

From TGDAILY.com

Johnny Depp resurrects classic horror

Posted on September 28, 2011 - 16:56 by David Konow


Johnny Depp was recently dubbed the biggest movie star in Hollywood with two blockbusters which grossed a billion each back to back: Pirates 4 and Alice in Wonderland.
This is why you can probably feel some relief that he’s headlining the big screen version of Dark Shadows, the ‘60’s vampire soap opera that aired on ABC. Depp will also be bringing bringing back Kolchak, the short lived, but much beloved horror series of the ‘70’s.

Dark Shadows is now being made for Warner Brothers with Tim Burton directing, and Depp starting as Barnabas Collins, a two hundred year old vampire. The first shots that hit the ‘Net of Depp in his vampire make-up initially weren’t promising, but the current photo posted on Empire looks much more like the Barnabas Collins of yore, combined with Burton’s trademark gothic sensibilities.
Johnny Depp resurrects classic horror

The film will also feature Helena Bonham Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jackie Earle Haley, gothic horror legend Christopher Lee, and Alice Cooper. The film’s screenplay was written by Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.

Both Dark Shadows and Kolchak were created by Dan Curtis, who later did the mini-series The Winds of War. Kolchak had Darren McGavin playing a reporter who is constantly running into the supernatural, and his newspaper editor doesn’t believe his stories.
At one point, the Se7en team of David Fincher and screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker were going to do a big screen Kolchak for DreamWorks, which would have been perfect, but now Depp is spearheading the latest effort to make a Kolchak movie. As Deadline reports, this incarnation of Kolchak is set up at Disney.

I’m not sure how much of a built-in audience there will be for a Dark Shadows movie today, but many who grew up in the ‘60’s certainly remember it fondly. As Suzidoll posted on MovieMorlocks, "I remember racing home from school each day to catach tht show at 4:00 pm, sandwiched between the traditional soap opera General Hospital and Dick Clark’s daily rock ‘n’ roll show, Where the Action Is...The appeal of Dark Shadows was the gothic atmosphere that reeked of Romanticism with a capital ‘R.’ Foggy exteriors, gloomy mansions, creepy portraits of revered ancestors - created a mood that lured viewers..."

As far as Kolchak, there’s definitely a lot of strong memories and enjoyment among us geek elite. For example, I have the entire show on DVD, as well as the TV movies that launched the series, The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler.
Although I obviously don’t have the power to speak on behalf of the geeks of the world who would love to see the series return in the right spirit, I don’t think I’d be speaking out of turn to saying the geeks would definitely welcome a new Kolchak with open arms.

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SHADOWGRAM UPDATE No.249 9/30/11


SHADOWGRAM

The Official "Dark Shadows" Published Newsletters
The Official Dark Shadows News Updates - posted via The ShadowGram Yahoo
Group

Marcy Robin's Cyberspace "Dark Shadows" News Updates
An Official Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShadowGram/

E-Mail: ShadowGram@aol.com

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Number 249. September 30 , 2011

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Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,

ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows
(DS),
announces the following breaking news in this Online News Update "bulletin."

---- DS STARS TO APPEAR AT BOOK FAIR THIS WEEKEND
---- KLS TO APPEAR AT NYC COMIC-CON
---- JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT STARS IN NEW FILM

**** LARA PARKER & KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT AT LA-AREA BOOK FAIR

This information was sent to me today by Kathryn.

Lara (Angelique, Catherine) and Kathryn (Maggie, Josette) will join fellow
actress Julie Newmar (TV's Batman - 1966) in a panel titled "Cat's Throw
Dark Shadows: From Actress to Author" at the 10th Annual West Hollywood Book
Fair

All 3 actresses have written books inspired by their iconic TV roles. Lara's
novels, published by Tor Books, are "DS: The Salem Branch," its prequel "DS:
Angelique's Descent," and her upcoming 3rd novel in the series (currently
untitled).. Kathryn's novel is "Dark Passages," and Julie's done "The
Conscious Catwoman." Recent SG print issues have reported about Lara's and
Kathryn's books. The next SG #122 print issue will update.

The discussion about "what it's like to go from actress to author" is 3:30
pm - 4:15 pm
in the Open Book Pavilion, located on the west end of the new
West Hollywood Library Walkway in West Hollywood Park, 647 N. San Vicente
Blvd., West Hollywood, CA.

It will be followed at 4:30 by a book signing at the Dark Delicacies
(Bookstore) Booth at the Fair.

The Book Fair runs Sat., 10-1 and Sun., 10-2, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Publicity: "25,000 guests, 300 Authors & Artists, 13 Stages, 125 Exhibitors,
Panels & Performances for all ages."

Event website: WestHollywoodBookFair.org

**** KLS AT NYC COMIC CON

Kathryn asks SG to announce: "I will be at the NY Comic Con Oct. 13 - 15,
most of the day Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Also, I will be on a DS
panel" with Hermes Press.

The convention is at the Jacob Javits Center. The DS panel is Sat., 10-15,
from 1:15-2:15 in Room # 1A23.

Event website: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/

**** JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT STARS IN NEW FILM

Joe (1991 David, Daniel) stars in the new release 50/50. It opened
nationwide today,. 9-30.

He plays a successful young man diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer.
It is based in the real-life experiences of screenwriter Will Reiser and his
best friend, actor Seth Rogen. Joe's "Adam" is based on Will, and Seth
himself portrays the friend, here named "Kyle." The dark comedy is receiving
critical praise for its delicate balance of realism, compassion, and humor.

Recent SG print issues have detailed Joe's work in the film and its
background. The next SG #122 newsletter will feature interviews, reviews,
articles, and other media coverage.

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. *** MESSAGES FROM SHADOWGRAM

--- Please share with SG your photos, reports, local publicity, articles,
and all other on-air, print, and/or online media information you find about
Kathryn and Lara's appearances as well as "50/50" coverage.

--- SG thanks fans who already have shared with SG their photos, media
materials, and more related to the DS Festival's DS 45th Anniversary
Celebration in Brooklyn, NY. on Aug. 19-21.

All who joined us at the convention are invited to please send SG your
photos, footage, etc. Each image captures its own unique mood and
expression. These images help SG readers who were there, as well as those
who could not attend, to enjoy the weekend together with us. Please send
high-resolution jpegs or clear, original prints to SG's e- or postal-
mail addresses below.

Extensive photos, details, and more about the Fest will be in the next SG
#122 print issue.

--- Fans also are encouraged to please share with SG any and all DS-related
references. Media attention can come at any time for the DS personnel and
their projects, the new Depp/Burton movie, DS Festivals, merchandise, etc
These items can be online, in print, or on the air; be international,
national, or local; general or detailed; accurate or incorrect in content;
specific or generic references.

Please include your full name, the source, and date so I can list you as a
Contributor in the published SGs. You also may receive a complementary
Contributor's Copy for major donations of information, funds, postage
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for sharing.

All such items are important to the ShadowGram Newsletters, the actual
complete published Official DS Newsletter & News Source. Subscribers of all
ages are across the US and worldwide. I send complementary issues directly
to many of the DS cast and crew. They share their news with me for SG, and
who enjoy learning about their DS colleagues in SG's pages.

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When your subscription / renewal arrives, I'll send you this new SG #121 and
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Thank you for subscribing to SG in print!

NOTE: The e-mail Updates like this one are * NOT * the actual Official DS
Newsletter. The Official DS Newsletters are the published SG print issues
that expand and explain each short Online Update post. The postal-mail
edition is available by paid subscription and provides specific detailed
information, exclusive/rare photos, media coverage - all much more than
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news is directly provided by the show's personnel and those involved in the
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1991 TV series, and the new DS motion picture, now in production..
Established 32+ years ago in April, 1979, SG works directly with
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SG print issues are published throughout the year. Time-sensitive bonus
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Saturday, October 1, 2011