So, four people make up a triangle?
It was the new Math.
You know, I think it's just as well that the movies didn't come off as planned. No matter how many twists and turns you add to the story, it's still the same story that was told on NBC. As well as that making it four times for the same basic storyline.
When I heard about the proposed movies my first thought after finding out that DC had co-written the script was "Oh, great - yet another retelling of hoDS!" But then it came out that someone else (I prefer not to say who quite yet) was also involved and bringing a fresh take to things. As more details came out, some might even say that the movies seemed like they may have had even a radical take on things. And if one reads the announcement carefully that might have already been able to be gleaned as the first film would have ended in "tragedy for Barnabas," as in a possible death? And with the second film it appeared as if Vicki would somehow deliberately go into the past to change the course of history to save Barnabas, possibly meaning she had somehow learned he was a vampire and had been cursed in the past? If that actually was to take place, can you imagine an ending to the second film along the lines in the present of an actual Barnabas descendant arriving at Collinwood as a real long-lost cousin from England and not as a vampire using that cover? But who knows? Only the first script was ever written, and so far as I'm aware even that one has never surfaced publicly...
And good old DC never seemed to realize that the actors had moved on to other things and could rightfully expect a higher salary than they received on the series.
Surprisingly enough given that all too often DC operated by the seat of his pants, before he announced the proposed movies DC checked with the actors to make sure they were interested. They all said they were - though some said depending on the script. But apparently the script met with their approval.
And as far as actors' availability goes, I believe only Joanna Going and Roy Thinnes had new continuing roles in '93. However, Going's series
Going to Extremes got canceled, and though Thinnes was appearing as Sloan Carpenter on
One Life to Live, he expected to be able to work around that.