I'm still baffled by why the 2004 pilot wasn't included in that long delayed home video release earlier this year. Presumably, WB or whoever controls the rights wanted more moola than the distributor was willing to pay.
Your guess is as good as anyone's as to why the pilot wasn't included, but I don't know if money was an issue. For several years the pilot was controlled by Warner Brothers, and supposedly they went so far as to have it locked away in a vault except for the times when it was being shown at Fests. But when the pilot was pulled from YouTube the reason given was because of a copyright claim by MPI Media Group (which came as quite the surprise, but that's another discussion) - and MPI is the company that released the
Master of Dark Shadows video. Who knows? At this point everything seems so convoluted.
Meanwhile, this story is so vague that it does not really warrant a new thread IMO, but perhaps eventually it will qualify for one?
Fascinating. But as the article rightly points out, so much has to and can happen before a new DS can get made and actually see the light of day. I don't really know much about Bradley Gallo. The only thing I do know about him is that he's worked mostly on independent projects, but that doesn't really tell us much so far as getting a new DS off the ground goes. But I'm sure we all remember that back in the '80s another independent producer tried to get a DS reunion movie made and nothing ever came of that, despite many of the original stars expressing interest when approached. Although, there's one big difference now: DC has passed on and it was because of DC that the reunion movie never got off the ground. But DC is no longer with us, so...
Thanks so much for posting the link, Gothick.