Well, here's a very interesting article about the WB pilot. It repeats the same line that we've gotten from Garth Ancier - that the project "just didn't quite gel the way we hoped." However, what's much more interesting is that John Wells lays the blame on the WB. In part, the article says:
The problem, Wells said, was the network wanted to WB-ize the concept. "We liked it and they didn't. They wanted young and pretty. ... Barnabas was never a handsome leading man. He was a 215-year-old with bad skin. They wanted more Interview With a Vampire. We wanted Dark Shadows."You can read the entire article with this link:
WB trying to age gracefullyAnd according to another article I recent came across, it also seems as if the WB's mid-season pickup, "Global Frequency" might be in trouble with the WB. Commenting on some recent problems that show has been experiencing, creator Warren Ellis said,
"...nothing is guaranteed, even now. The pilot for 'Dark Shadows,' produced by John Wells, has just been scrapped and will never air -- despite having been shot at a cost somewhere between two and five million. That produced show and that money is just tossed in the bin. That's American television. And it could still happen to us."