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Offline Zahir

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Virtual DS Series Needs Name!
« on: July 05, 2011, 01:56:45 PM »
Hello All!   [ghost_smiley]

Some folks at Facebook persuaded me to help put together a Virtual Series online, a re-imagination of Dark Shadows in a similar "vein" (sorry, sorry) as that of BSG, The Dark Knight, True Grit, etc.  Unlike the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp film we'll be setting our tale in the modern era.  But we're stuck a bit on a name.  "Dark Shadows Reborn" is already taken.  "Dark Shadows: The Next Generation" isn't really appropriate.  We're frankly looking for ideas!

Here is the cast as we've set up so far, which we'll be using to create "screencaps" of our episodes:

Barnabas Collins - Jonathan Rhys Myers
Victoria Winters - Kristen Bell
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard - Marcia Cross
Carolyn Stoddard - Lauren Ambrose
Roger Collins - James Marsters
Sheriff Patterson - Andrew Lincoln
Amy Jennings - Katherine Moennig

More news to follow soon!  Thanks in advance!

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Re: Virtual DS Series Needs Name!
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2011, 04:01:01 PM »
Expect to hear from Jim Pierson's attorney! Seriously!

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Re: Virtual DS Series Needs Name!
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 12:16:52 AM »
This is an interesting project! I've thought about doing this myself a number of times, and even wrote an outline for a new story. Not sure if I still have it or not!

Given that you're asking for a title in the first place, I'm assuming that you don't just want to simply use "Dark Shadows". If you're redoing DS, then I'm guessing you have a fresh approach to it in some sort of way. Whatever your focus is for the show, that's what your title should be based around. The original series was supposed to focus on Victoria Winters and her journey to find out who her parents were. "Dark Shadows" represented not only the darkened corners of Collinwood and the Collins Family, but also the absence of knowledge of Vicki's past. So the title was multifaceted.

There are tons of things you could go with--"Collinwood", "Collinsport", "Collins", "Victoria", etc etc....but do any of those really represent the true meaning of the show? I'll put my brain on it and see if I can come up with something.
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