Awesome!!  I love the look of the house, and it's great to finally see a still of Willie!  I'm hoping that the photos will surface at a faster pace from now on.  Now, we just need the trailer 

Seeing this from the Depp fan side of things, I personally do not feel that KLS would be losing any sales from them/us.  Truth be told, I don't think most Depp fans even know about the book.  I certainly don't see it being posted about or discussed very much.  But if they *do* learn about the book, I'll bet as Gothick would that more fans would want to get the book to have a copy of those photos than would otherwise buy the book.  Many Depp fans, especially those of us of a certain age, like to collect books and magazines that have cool Depp content.  (True, some younger fans may not be as willing to buy what they can get for free, as they are more apt to have the internet mindset, but even there, there tends to be a huge temptation to own things like this). 

The problem, of course, is the lack of giving proper credit to KLS or the book.  From what I have seen, folks are just enjoying the photos without knowing or caring where they are from.  I made mention of the book when I posted on the Depp forum that I belong to, but I didn't see it being discussed on the Johnny Depp Zone, for instance.  That's a shame, because they would potentially be a new group of buyers, if they knew about the book.  Perhaps someone will come up with that information in the future, and some will decide to purchase the book.

There will always be folks like Cousin Barnabas, who after seeing the photos, may decide to hold off in making a purchase.  But I think that there are other fans, who will see the photos as a selling point.  I must confess that I myself, while I was planning to purchase the book, had not really gotten around to doing so, and I wasn't really paying attention to when it'd be released.  But after the photos I placed my order (albeit with Amazon, where I will get it later but cheaper  )  In fact, there are book publishers that will allow a preview to be viewed on Amazon, because sometimes seeing a preview may *help* sales.  At worst, as Gothick says, it's really no different than being in a book store or a library.  But again, the proper credit is key, and I wish that could be rectified.

I hope this is the right forum for this.  Last year, we heard that Johnny Depp and his company Infinitum Nihil had picked up The Night Stalker to develop.  I didn't see a thread for it here, only one post from last year mentioning it.  Today, Deadline.com reports that a director has been attached (and several other film/horror sites have already picked up the story).  It is Edgar Wright, who previously directed Shaun of the Dead (one of my fave zombie movies!) and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.  There as as of yet no writer.  It tickles me that Johnny would play both Barnabas and Kolchak 

Article here from Deadline.com:
Disney Taps Edgar Wright To Helm Johnny Depp In ‘The Night Stalker’ Feature Redo

mdscntst, Cody has a few Fb pages, but the one with the photos that michael c mentioned is a closed group.  The link to it is on one of her public pages, or search for Kathleen's Dark Shadows Friends to join.

I see she belatedly admitted her mistakes about the photoshopped and misattributed pictures.  If only some of the fans posting in those same threads were also willing to open their minds a little, geezus.  One wants no changes to the original show at all, one lumps any fan into that group who brings up any valid criticism about the new take...

Thanks Midnite!  I did eventually find the group and saw that it was closed.  From the sound of it, I don't think it's a group I'd care to join, so I didn't ask for an invite and haven't seen the photos.  But I'm happy to hear that she came clean about them.  That's the important thing!

By the way, I saw somewhere in passing on one of the Depp forums that they saw a tweet about no DS trailer being ready.  I wasn't familiar with the name the tweet was from, so I can't attest as to its validity, but it's disappointing to hear.  I might see The Woman In Black this weekend and I was so hoping there might be a nice surprise of a trailer attached, but I guess not    By the way I was browsing through some old information I had, and noticed that the Sweeney Todd trailer wasn't released until October and the film came out in December, so that wasn't a very long lead time, either 

I agree with you totally, Gothick.  As for The Avengers, I have participated on a now-defunct movie box office site, and they were already discussing The Avengers YEARS ago-  before it was even filmed.  This movie has been hugely anticipated for a long, long time among comic book/action hero buffs.  Of course, DS has been equally anticipated... by us.  But I think that we are a much smaller focus group than they are.  Again, I hope folks don't look at Johnny's box office returns for Pirates or Alice In Wonderland and expect DS to do the same.  Johnny's films (and Burton's films) are not always huge mega-blockbusters.  I just hope that it makes back its production budget, and that it's a great film 

Was it here or another discussion group that someone speculated the trailer might be attached to the upcoming Daniel Radcliffe movie (The Woman In Black, I think??)  I think that comes out Feb. 3, so I'm crossing my fingers.  Also, has anyone heard anything about Super Bowl spots?  I seem to recall hearing that WB wasn't going to do any this year, but I might've imagined that.  I seem to remember one or two movie trailers debuting during the Super Bowl in the past.

Regarding MB's DS film links, Safari and Firefox for Mac both work, too, even though the page is blank.  I think the fact that they even have a working blank page up now is a good sign!  Continuing to cross fingers...

By the way, this is kind of a longshot, but--

 Johnny and Michelle have both been announced as presenters for tomorrow's Golden Globes Awards.  Angelina Jolie will also present, and my first thought was that Johnny and Angelina might present together, to give host Ricky Gervais a hard time (anyone who watched the ceremony last year knows what I'm talking about- Ricky skewered their movie The Tourist).  But a poster on I think the Johnny Depp Zone brought up the possibility that Johnny and Michelle might present together.  It's an interesting thought, though I'm still betting on the first possibility.  But you never know!  Either way, they'll both be there, for anyone interested in watching.