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Number 239 May 14, 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 DS News Update
"bulletin."
--- NEW DS MOVIE RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED
--- UPDATING: DS FESTIVAL - DS' 45TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION -
NEW GUEST - SPECIAL ON STAGE PERFORMANCE - HOTEL SLEEPING ROOMS
--- JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT FILM NOW RELEASED
--- KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT'S NEW NOVEL
**** JOHNNY DEPP / TIM BURTON NEW DS MOVIE RELEASE SET
The new DS theatrical version has been given a May 11, 2012 release date by
Warner Brothers Studio, which is behind the film along with Johnny Depp's
Infinitum/Nihil Productions, GK (Graham King) Productions, and the Dan Curtis
Estate.
SG announced the project in July, 2007, and has continued reporting
confirmed developments in each SG print issue and in SG Online Updates. Johnny
fulfills a childhood dream to portray "Barnabas." His longtime collaborator Tim
Burton (also a lifelong DS fan) will direct. Production starts this month,
shooting entirely in London's Pinewood Studios and at locations in England.
"Theatre executives" and SG received the following "Release Calendar"
announcement 5-13: "Title: Dark Shadows. Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date:
05/11/12. In Wide Release."
SG reminds fans: "There's always a possibility that a strategic or
technical reason could lead to a change of the release date, but (this is) the date
currently scheduled." The movie "will be filled with familiar characters
from the original DS but also promises to have some new twists, as well as the
addition of Johnny's and Tim's unique style."
SG will be kept informed and announce confirmed developments.
CAST: Barnabas - Johnny Depp. Angelique - Eva Green. Victoria - Bella
Heathcote. Elizabeth - Michelle Pfeiffer. Julia - Helena Bonham Carter. Willie -
Jackie Earle Haley. Carolyn - Chloe Moretz. David - Gulliver McGrath. Young
Barnabas - Thomas McDonnell.
The screenplay is by Seth Graham-Smith from a script by John August. Music
composer: Danny Elfman. ((SG previously announced Robert Cobert's original
DS Theme or other musical elements may be incorporated into the movie score))
Production Designer: Rick Heinrichs. Costume Designer: Colleen Atwood.
**** UPDATING: DS FESTIVAL: DS' 45TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Recent SG Online Updates and the current Double SG #119-#120 print issue
have premiere-announced official news for 2011's annual DS Cast Reunion & Fan
Convention.
August 19, 20 & 21, 2011 (Friday to Sunday)
New York Marriott Hotel at the Brooklyn Bridge
333 Adams Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718-246-7000
We welcome our DS guests for a full weekend of sharing DS together with
them and fans of all ages from across the US and beyond.
SPECIAL GUESTS: Jonathan Frid, David Selby, Lara Parker, Kathryn Leigh
Scott, Jerry Lacy,
Marie Wallace, Kathleen Cody, Donna Wandrey, Sharon Smyth, and others to be
announced.
Newly-added guest: Bobbi Ann Woronko. She played "Nurse Pritchard" in a
1968 episode and was Miss Polish America at the time. Her appearance was
well-documentated with an on-set ABC-TV publicity photo shoot.
--- SG Premiere Announcement - Weekend Highlights:
Jonathan Frid and David Selby present a dramatic performance live on stage
- performing together for the first time since 1971.
Programming highlights throughout the weekend: Guest onstage talks,
audience Q&A sessions, and live presentations; free guest autographs and photo
opportunities with fans; huge Marketplace Vendors/Dealers area with countless
items for sale at a range of prices; rare video screenings; panel talk on the
new DS movie; DS memorabilia auction to benefit charities; answering your
questions and discussing DS' history, current events, and more; the real
"Collinwood" historical presentation; fans onstage in Costume/Presentation Gala
just for the fun of sharing; and other surprises.
General Daily Hours - PLEASE NOTE: All times are approximate and subject to
change.
FRI. 8-19: Registration opens 4pm. Fest programming runs 6pm-midnight. SAT.
8-20: Registration opens 10am and programming runs 11am-midnight. SUN. 8-21
Registration opens 10am and programming runs 11am-5pm.
Sunday evening at 6-9pm is the DS Anniversary Awards Ceremony & Dinner.
Guests and fans will enjoy a full dinner, with an all-new 45th Anniversary
Retrospective Tribute, special awards ceremony, and door prizes. In addition,
each attendee will receive exclusive DS commemorative gifts and a personally
autographed photo of Barnabas signed by Jonathan Frid. (Jonathan will not be
signing autographs during the weekend. Memorabilia from his personal
collections will be offered in auction. Fans with winning bids on these items may
have the opportunity to greet him and have him sign those items.) Both
casual, office, and formal dress are welcome at the Dinner.
--- SG UPDATES:
The hotel has a very limited number of sleeping rooms available at a
special reduced Fest rate that is substantially lower than the notrmal per-night
room rate.
Fans are urged to make their Brooklyn Marriott sleeping room reservations
as soon as possible. You must call the hotel directly and mention the "Dark
Shadows Festival" to receive the discount rate: Please call 1-718-246-7000.
Fans seeking potential hotel roommates may contact the Fest Roommate
Coordinator, Pam Jarman: She will relay contact information to fans, who then make
their own arrangements. Contact Pam at
_pljarman@hotmail.com_ (mailto:pljarman@hotmail.com) or send a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) to Pam
Jarman, P.O. Box 45674, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
The Fest asks SG to announce: "If the Marriott Brooklyn Bridge sells out of
sleeping rooms, out-of-town fans are advised to secure room reservations
with one of the following hotels that are approximately 1 mile away, with easy
taxi and subway access to the host Marriott Hotel."
New York Marriott Downtown, 85 West Street, NY, NY 10006 (phone
212-385-4900) Millenium Hilton Hotel, 55 Church Street, NY, NY 10007 (phone:
212-693-2001)
--- The Fest also asks SG to announce: "The DS Festival/Official Fan Club
expects to send out registration information for the convention and dinner
event after June 1. For further advance information, fans may send a SASE
(self-addressed, stamped return envelope) to: Dark Shadows, P.O. Box 92,
Maplewood, NJ 07040. Additional information also should be posted soon at the
website." _http://www.darkshadowsfestival.com/_
(
http://www.darkshadowsfestival.com/)
PLEASE NOTE: SG is * not * involved in this mailing or the Fest website.
These are handled solely through the Fest. You MUST include the Fest
membership registration form with all payments. This required form will be included
in the mass mailing and should be posted on the Fest website after the
mailing goes out. Please send any questions about memberships, payments, etc.,
directly to the Fest at the above addresses..
**** JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT STARS IN "HESHER"
Joe has the title role in HESHER, opened in limited release 5-13. SG
#117-#118 has extensive commentaries, reviews, and analyses of the film after it
world-premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Co-starring and produced by 2010 Oscar-winner Natalie Portman, it's the
story of a father and son, deeply grieving after the recent death of their
wife/mother in a car accident. Joe's brash, long-haired heavy-metal character
literally moves into their home and becomes the violent catalyst - physically
and emotionally - in changing their lives. The slang term "hesher" means a
burned-out, delinquent, profane "loser" living on the edge of society. HESHER
is rated R for "disturbing violent behavior, sexual content including
graphic dialogue, pervasive language, and drug content."
Please share with SG any HESHER articles, reviews, interviews, or publicity
material you find. Send all materials to SG's e- or postal- mail addresses
below.
**** KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT - PUBLICATION PARTY FOR NEW NOVEL
A publication party for Kathryn's supernatural thriller novel "Dark
Passages" will be held 8-7 at Diesel Bookstore in Santa Monica (Brentwood), CA.
Reflecting Kathryn's (Maggie) own DS ties, it's a story set in the early
1960s about a popular hit TV soap opera. A young woman actress, who's actually
a telekinetic vampire raised to resist human blood, joins the series' cast.
She finds herself confronted by "her nemesis, a beautiful spell-weaving
300-year-old witch bent on destroying her." The 2 also vie for "the affections
of a handsome young mortal with a secret life of his own."
The publication party will be at 3:00 on 8-7 at Diesel - A Bookstore in
Brentwood, located in the Brentwood Country Mart, 225 26th St., Santa Monica,
CA. 90402. 310-576-9960.
Fans attending the event are welcome to share their photos and reports with
SG.
*** MESSAGES FROM SHADOWGRAM
--- All fans are invited and encouraged to send SG any and all DS-related
media mentions that you find at any time. Such references can be about the DS
personnel and their projects, the upcoming Depp/Burton DS movie, the DS
Festivals, DS merchandise, etc These items can come 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 identify the complete source and send all materials to the SG
addresses below.
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