ShadowGram Update # 184Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:16 AM
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Number 184. June 16, 2008.

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Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,

ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark
Shadows (DS), announces the following breaking news.


*** DARK SHADOWS MOVIE UPDATE
As first announced in SG Update #173 (July 26, 2007) and reported in
subsequent Updates and in SGs #111 and #112 print issues, Warner
Brothers has secured the rights to produce a feature film based on DS
which is to star Johnny Depp as vampire Barnabas Collins. Writer John
August has been hired to write the screenplay and is currently at
work on the script
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John's screenwriting credits include both CHARLIE'S ANGELS feature
films (2000 & 2003). He previously worked with Johnny Depp and Tim
Burton: He composed lyrics for several songs in CHARLIE & THE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005) and CORPSE BRIDE (2005), and wrote the
screenplay for BIG FISH (2003). His writing/producing/directing
credits also include TV and movies.

Longtime Depp friend and collaborator Tim Burton, who directed Depp's
recent film SWEENEY TODD, has expressed interest in helming the
feature and is expected to officially join the project. Several
recent online news items have mentioned Burton's involvement.
However, the studio has not yet issued a formal confirmation, though
will likely do so when the motion picture is closer to production.

Depp is currently finishing his next movie, PUBLIC ENEMIES. After
juggling his many other projects, he hopes to begin the DS movie as
soon as the script is completed and approved and he has time in his
busy schedule. More updates will be announced on this SG Updates
List, in upcoming SG print issue newsletters, and at the DS
Resurrected convention next month (see below).


*** SHADOWGRAM UPDATE: DS FESTIVAL'S 2008 DS RESURRECTED EVENT

Our annual DS Festival event will be July 18-20, 2008, at the Burbank
Airport Marriott & Convention Center, located at 2500 Hollywood Way,
Burbank, CA 91505. 1-818-843-6000.

Special Guest - Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20 Only - JONATHAN
FRID (Barnabas) in his first West Coast DS event in over a dozen
years.

Previously-announced guests to appear in person during the weekend:
LARA PARKER, JOHN KARLEN, JERRY LACY, KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT, MARIE
WALLACE, CHRIS PENNOCK, ROBERT RODAN, SY TOMASHOFF, and ROBERT
COBERT. Other guests to be announced.

The SG #112 print issue newsletter has details about our planned
programming, special activities, information about the many local
famous Los Angeles / Southern California attractions, and more.

Scheduled activities include the following. SG in print and this List
will announce new developments as we finalize them.

---- Onstage Cast Reunion & Guest Autographs - Jonathan Frid Dramatic
Readings - Question & Answer Sessions With The Stars - Original DS
Actors Performing Unproduced 1968 Lost Episode - The Best Of Barnabas
Retrospective - Panel Discussion About The New Johnny Depp DS Movie -
Photos/Books/Merchandise for sale - Memorabilia Auction (benefiting
charities selected by some of our guests) - Rare Screenings - Costume
Gala (unjudged fan participation to share DS creativity and
enthusiasm) - Contests - Banquet With the Stars - and more.

Jonathan's autograph will be available only to those attending the
banquet on Sun. evening. Each banquet attendee will receive a
commemorative autographed photograph of Jonathan as Barnabas Collins.
The Fest says: "If you are paying for the banquet, your first name
will be personalized on the photograph - no exceptions. NO REFUNDS
for the banquet for any reason, but if you must cancel, you will be
sent the photograph autographed by Jonathan Frid."

Cost of the banquet is $50 per person. Non-refundable reservations
and pre-payment are required and must be received at the Fest postal-
mail address (below) by July 10.

Following are memberships rates to the DS Resurrected event. All
advance membership payments must be received at the Fest postal-mail
address (below) by July 10.

With any payment, you must include the membership form that is
available from the Fest when you send a SASE (Self-Addressed Stamped
Envelope) to its postal-mail address, or you can print the form
directly from the Fest website: www.darkshadowsfestival.com

When paying, you should include 2 SASEs and clearly write the name(s)
and address(es) of each person for whom you are paying. The Fest can
not accept Paypal or credit card payments.

You also can pay for your membership(s) at the door at the same
weekend/daily rates.

Please send all check/money order payments only to:

---- Dark Shadows Festival, P.O. Box 92, Maplewood, NJ 07040.

Weekend membership (Fri. 7-18, Sat. 7-19, Sun. 7-20) - $30 per adult
Friday (6 pm-midnight) - $15 per adult
Saturday (11 am-midnight) - $15 per adult
Sunday (11 am-7pm) - $15 per adult
Banquet With the Stars (Sunday 7pm-10pm) - $50 per person

---- PLEASE NOTE: The Burbank Airport Marriott soon will be sold out
of its final block of special-rate rooms for the DS weekend. If you
plan on attending the event, please directly call the hotel as soon
as possible to make your reservation: 1-818-843-6000.

Once the hotel is out of sleeping rooms, out-of-town Fest attendees
should find available rooms at these nearby hotels. Please contact
each directly for more information.

Ramada Burbank (www.ramadaburbank.com) 818-843-5955.
Extended Stay America (www.extendedstayamerica.com) 818-567-0952.
Quality Inn Burbank (www.qualityinn.com) 818-848-1680.

If you are looking for hotel roommates, please send a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to: Pam Jarman, P.O. Box 45674, Los Angeles, CA
90045 or email: PLJarman@...

Fan volunteers are welcome to help at the event. Those serving a
minimum number of hours can attend a private party with DS stars.
Please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Nina Johnson, 411
Victoria Dr., Columbia, MO 65201 or email: DS_Volunteers@....

This SG Online News Updates List and the next SG #113 postal-mail
newsletter will announce and update all confirmed Fest developments.

---- All fans attending the Fest are invited and encouraged to send
their photos and reports to ShadowGram to be included in future
published SGs. In this way, all SG readers everywhere - including
many of the DS personnel, who directly receive complimentary copies
of every SG issue - can share through your experiences. A
complimentary Contributor's Copy SG print issue is given in
appreciation for major contributions.

Please send all materials by e-mail to ShadowGram@... or by
postal-mail to Marcy Robin/ShadowGram, P.O. Box 1766, Temple City, CA
91780-7766.


*** DAVID SELBY APPEARS IN STAGED READING OF "SUMMER & SMOKE"

The SG #112 print issue and this Updates List previously announced
that David (Quentin) stars in the classic Tennessee Williams'
drama "Summer & Smoke," presented by LA Theatre Works June 18-22.

The performances are held at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N.
Sepulveda Blvd., Brentwood, CA. 310-827-0889.

David has participated in many LATW programs, each done in the radio-
play format. The cast is recorded live as they read their lines in
character. Live sound effects, music, and audience reaction are
recorded at the same time.

These programs cover a range of classic, contemporary, and new works
by a variety of playwrights, in drama, comedy, satire, and social
commentary. Many familiar and multi-faceted actors appear in the
productions and often direct these shows as well. The recordings air
later on NPR radio stations and also are available on CD/cassette
directly from LA Theatre Works. Website: www.latw.org


*** MPI DARK SHADOWS CONTEST WINNERS

Earlier this year, SG and MPI announced a special contest. The Grand
Prize winner would get free admission for 2 to the Burbank DS event
as well as lunch there with Lara Parker. Five other fans would win
special autographed DS merchandise. Fans could enter via postal- or e-
mail and winners would be drawn completely at random. Here are the
lucky fans:

Beth Anne from Lynn, MA will have free admission for two to the DS
Resurrected Festival and have lunch there with Lara Parker
(Angelique).
Eric from Manchester, NH won a DS t-shirt.
Ed from Memphis, TN won an autographed DS DVD.
Sharon from Port Arthur, TX won an autographed DS DVD.
Belinda from Talladega, AL won an autographed DS DVD.
Wendy Ann from Torrance, CA won an autographed DS DVD.


**** UPCOMING NEW DS MERCHANDISE

--- At the DS Resurrected event, a number of fresh DS items are
expected from MPI, including a new t-shirt, collector plates
(Barnabas, Quentin, Angelique and Maggie), the Barnabas ring (back by
popular demand), and other items.

--- Big Finish Productions tells SG, "We've recorded two new CDs,
featuring Kathryn Leigh Scott and Alec Newman, which will be launched
at the Festival. They're single-disc dramatic readings, each telling
an original story from Maggie's point of view." Set in 1967 after
Maggie escapes from Barnabas, Julia uses hypnosis to probe what
happened to her when she disappeared. Maggie tries to face her
abduction while her mind flashes back to her childhood - and the
buried memories of mysterious voices and figures who knew her
then...and know her still....

Alec Newman portrayed "Barnabas" in the 2004 pilot shot for the WB.
The network passed on picking it up as a TV series. The pilot has
screened at the Festival but has never been aired and is not
available for sale. (See recent SG print issues for more details and
exclusive pictures.)

--- A new book, "The Physics of Dark Shadows: Time Travel, ESP, and
the Laboratory" by Frank Borzellieri, explores the "scientific
reality" studies, theories, and experiments behind some of the
supernatural elements seen on DS, such as extrasensory perception,
precognition, possession, hauntings, clairvoyance, time travel, and
other possibilities. The book is $9.95 + $3 shipping (total $12.95),
payable via check/money order, credit card, and Paypal. Cultural
Studies Press, Box 780142, Flushing, NY 11378.
http://www.culturalstudiespress.com/physics_of_dark_shadows


**** PLEASE NOTE: The latest confirmed, official news and
developments about the above will be posted on this SG News Updates
List and reported in upcoming SG postal-mail newsletter issues.

**** PLEASE NOTE: The published issues like SG #112 are *not * the
same as this SG Online Updates List. These e-mail Updates are brief
news "bulletins" to announce and update key DS news. The actual print
SGs are complete newsletters with full details, photos, media
materials, extensive information, and much more. The SG Newsletters
have been published for 29 years, since April, 1979.

**** Subscription information for the ShadowGram Newsletter print
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Thank you.
Marcy Robin
ShadowGram Editor / Publisher
Marcy Robin
P.O. Box 1766
Temple City, CA 91780-7766
E-mail: ShadowGram@...

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