Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows (2005)

The pilot for a proposed remake of the '60s gothic soap opera. It was produced in 2004 for The WB network, but was not picked up and has never aired on television. The pilot instead premiered in 2005 at the Dark Shadows Festival in Los Angeles and has screened at various such festivals in the years since.

Дата выхода
2005-07-01
TMDB
8.1 / 10 (18)
Длительность
39 мин
Жанры
драма, ужасы
Режиссёр
P.J. Hogan

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Интересные факты

Dark Shadows is a one-hour television pilot that was a remake of the 1966–1971 gothic soap opera television series Dark Shadows. The pilot was commissioned by The WB and produced in 2004, but not picked up for a series.

Production

TV Guide reported in November 2003 that The WB had secured the rights to adapt the 1966–1971 gothic soap opera Dark Shadows into a new television series. Created by Dan Curtis, Dark Shadows had previously been remade as a short-lived 1991 prime time series. A pilot was commissioned and produced in 2004.

With a budget of $6 million, the pilot was written by Mark Verheiden. It starred Alec Newman as Barnabas, Marley Shelton as Victoria, Blair Brown as Elizabeth, Martin Donovan as Roger, Kelly Hu as Dr. Hoffman, and Jessica Chastain as Carolyn. The pilot was cast younger than previous adaptations, and was the first iteration of Dark Shadows with diverse casting for major characters.

The pilot was screened for The WB in June 2004, but was not picked up for a series. WB chairman Garth Ancier said in July 2005, "We had a new director [Hogan] come in who was accomplished in movies but frankly didn't do a particularly good job ...

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