ShadowGram Update #392 - Legion, new from BF, losses in DS fandom

**** SHADOWGRAM OFFICIAL DS NEWS ONLINE UPDATE #392
 
---- DAVID SELBY IN NEW FOX TV SERIES “LEGION” – DEBUTS WED., FEB. 8
---- NOW AVAILABLE: BIG FINISH PRODUCTIONS’ NEW AUDIO DRAMA SHORT STORY 2-CD SET “HAUNTING MEMORIES”
---- SAD LOSSES IN DS FANDOM
 
 February 6, 2017
 
Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
 
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), provides the following news in this ShadowGram Official Dark Shadows News Online Update "Bulletin."
 
**** DAVID SELBY IN HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED NEW MARVEL FOX-TV SERIES –PREMIERES Wed., 2-8-17 at 8:00pm
 
DAVID (Quentin) tells ShadowGram he portrays “Brubaker” in the new TV series LEGION. Based on the Marvel Comics X-MEN Universe saga “Legion,” it’s about “a psychiatric patient who is starting to realize that he might possess special powers.” This unusual young man “may be more than human.”
 
LEGION premieres this Wed., Feb 8, at 10:00pm on Fox. (Please check your local listings). It was highly promoted during the Super Bowl game 2-5.
 
David: He’s “one of the doctors/scientists dealing with” a young man with “surprising” unusual, unique abilities.” Working at a mental hospital called Clockworks, Brubaker is part of a group studying various resident patients and “trying to figure out how to direct this (young man’s) powers for their own ends.”
 
He continues: “LEGION was wonderful. Our show runner-creator-producers, directors, cast and crew all gave total effort to create something that will be special. Doing it was a delight. I am very proud of it and of the care that was taken with it. The production quality is fabulous.” David’s wife Chip adds: “LEGION is getting some of the best reviews ever.  One review said it was the best TV show ever, etc.  Everyone loves it.”
 
---- Please share with ShadowGram any media coverage of LEGION: Print, online, and on-air features, articles, reviews, commentary, interviews, etc.
 
-- SPOILER ALERT, followed by David’s comment:
 
[spoiler]
His character “Brubaker” dies in Episode 3, but David specifically asks SG to “please get the word out. I would love to continue with it. The character could come back. You never know.” SG joins David and Chip in encouraging fans “if they enjoy it, to let FX (Fox) know they like Brubaker. People are always brought back to life on these series, and (actor) Noah Holly is being asked to consider another 8 episodes for next year.”[/spoiler]
 
Please contact your local Fox TV station and / or visit   http://www.fox.com/
 
David’s wife Chip tells SG he “recently “recorded another CD that he totally narrates for The Big Finish, titled ‘Old Acquaintance.’
 
Chip also shares about an “independent film he did several scenes in was in the Sundance Film Festival - NEWBIES. It stars Nick Hoult from ‘Equals,’ and is directed by Drake Doremus, who directed ‘Equals.’  SG previously reported that DAVID starred in 2016‘s futuristic science fiction movie EQUALS, which was filmed in Japan and elsewhere.
 
David’s writing projects continue as well. He’s done numerous books: poetry collections, personal reflections and commentary, plays, and more. He reports “all is well. I just finished another novel that is going to the publisher.”
 
His various books (including autographed copies) are available at his official website: davidselby.com
 
 
***** BIG FINISH PRODUCTIONS’ LATEST DS AUDIO SHORT STORIES 2-CD SET “HAUNTING MEMORIES” – NOW AVAILABLE
 
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/haunting-memories-1518
 
This special release looks back at DS characters, exploring their pasts and lives based in the TV series. The set features the first DS audio story written and performed by LARA PAKKER.  The first story is based on a real 1780 event in Martinique, researched and written by SHADOWGRAM’s editor/publisher MARCY ROBIN and presented by KATHYRN LEIGH SCOTT. Another story performed by JERRY LACY explores an ancestor of one of his “Rev. Trask” characters. The 4th tale is presented by MARIE WALLACE and focuses on a young Elizabeth Collins Stoddard.
 
Publicity: A new 2 compact disc collection s with “4 tales of horror, romance and intrigue. The DS legend continues in these short stories.”
 
Hell Wind by Marcy Robin
A young Josette Du Pres is terrified for her life as a deadly hurricane smashes into the island of Martinique. She rushes for shelter but she’s not the only one fighting to survive…
Communion by Adam Usden
1861 and War rages across America. The preacher Elias Trask and his young son Gregory, are hiding from men who wish to kill them. But something else is already in their hiding place…
The Ghost Ship by Lara Parker
The warlock Nicholas Blair has transformed the witch Angelique into a vampire to serve him. Her love for Barnabas Collins, though, will never die…
A Face from the Past by Kay Stonham
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard is returning to her home town of Collinsport. But on the train, she is stunned to see the young man who was once the love of her life. Could he also have returned to the town that once tore them apart?
 
“Haunting Memories” is available direct from the Dark Shadows Festival.
 
For ordering information: Visit darkshadowsfestival.com 
 
Or directly send a SASE (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope) to Dark Shadows, P.O. Box 92, Maplewood, NJ 07040. Or email Ann Wilson at pansyfaye@darkshadowsfestival.com
 
 
**** DARK SHADOWS FANDOM MOURNS 2 FAN LOSSES
 
---- SHADOWGRAM sadly shares word that ROBERT FINOCCHIO passed away Feb. 4 after a recent illness.  He celebrated his 65th birthday in January while in the hospital. Robert was very involved with DS and its fandom from the beginning: He was President of Diana Millay’s Fan Club during the show’s original run and knew many of the DS personnel from those early days. Over the years he was very involved in our early DS publications, conventions, and projects. Robert always was warm, kind, generous, and considerate. Many of us and I will miss – yet remember – his heartfelt caring, eloquent expressions of good wishes, encouragements, and greetings.
 
---- SHADOWGRAM also shares word of long time fan LEYLA HARDING’s death on Feb. 2. While on a Caribbean cruise with 8 DS friends, she became ill on board ship from complications from a long standing health condition and passed away several days later.  Leyla enjoyed the Festivals, trips to Newport, years of friendships and experiences - all thanks to DS.

Um, isn't Legion on the cable station FX? Yes, that's one of the Fox networks - but it's not THE Fox network. Saying the show is on Fox could be very confusing - especially when Fox doesn't even schedule programming at 10 pm...

One might also contact fxnetworks.com (which is where Legion's official Web site is located: fxnetworks.com/shows/legion) rather than fox.com...

She couldn't hold that spoiler until we've at least had a chance to watch the episodes?  Thanks so much, grrr.

SHADOWGRAM OFFICIAL DARK SHADOWS NEWS ONLINE UPDATE # 393
February 8, 2017
 
Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
 
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), provides the following news in this ShadowGram Official Dark Shadows News Online Update "Bulletin."
 
***** CLARIFICATION:
DAVID SELBY’S NEW SERIES “LEGION” ON FX NETWORK
PREMIERES WED. 2-8-2017 AT 10:00PM
 
ShadowGram Online Update # 392 (2-7-17) provided information received from David (Quentin Collins) and his wife Chip about LEGION, in which he portrays the recurring character “Brubaker.”
 
NOTE: 
The above Update accidentally identified the broadcast network as Fox.
 
The new LEGION series actually airs on the FX NETWORK, beginning tonight, Wed., Feb. 8, at 10:00pm and is expected to immediately repeat at 11:30pm (please check your local listings).
 
ShadowGram regrets any confusion or inconvenience.
 
The premiere episode “Danger” runs 90 minutes. It will be repeated on FX in the coming days. Again, please check your local listings.
 
Following is the expected rebroadcast schedule:
 
Wed., Feb. 8               10:00 PM ET     FX
Wed., Feb. 8               11:30 PM ET     FX
Thurs., Feb. 9              1:00 AM ET       FX
Sat., Feb. 11                2:00 AM ET       FX
Sat., Feb. 11                3:30 AM ET       FX
Sun., Feb. 12               1:00 AM ET       FX
Sun., Feb. 12               2:30 AM ET       FX
Tues., Feb. 14              1:00 AM ET       FX
 
Following is a synopsis of the first episode, taken from the FX website:
http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/legion/extras
 
Episode 1 – “Danger”
 
Legion, based on the Marvel Comics by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, is the story of David Haller (Dan Stevens) – a troubled young man who may be more than human.
 
Diagnosed as schizophrenic as a child, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. Now in his early 30s and institutionalized once again, David loses himself in the rhythm of the structured regimen of life in the hospital: breakfast, lunch, dinner, therapy, medications, sleep. David spends the rest of his time in companionable silence alongside his chatterbox friend Lenny (Aubrey Plaza), a fellow patient whose life-long drug and alcohol addiction has done nothing to quell her boundless optimism that her luck is about to change. The pleasant numbness of David’s routine is completely upended with the arrival of a beautiful and troubled new patient named Syd (Rachel Keller). Inexplicably drawn to one another, David and Syd share a startling encounter, after which he must confront the shocking possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees are the result of him being a mutant.
 
A haunted man, David escapes from the hospital and seeks shelter with his sister Amy (Katie Aselton). But Amy’s concern for her brother is trumped by her desire to protect the picture perfect suburban life she’s built for herself. Eventually, Syd guides David to Melanie Bird (Jean Smart), a nurturing but demanding therapist with a sharp mind and unconventional methods. She and her team of specialists – Ptonomy (Jeremie Harris), Kerry (Amber Midthunder) and Cary (Bill Irwin) – open David’s eyes to an extraordinary new world of possibilities.
 
Noah Hawley serves as Executive Producer, along with Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb, Jim Chory, and John Cameron. Legion is the latest project from Hawley and Cameron, two of the executive producers of the Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winning FX anthology series Fargo.
 
Legion is produced by FX Productions and Marvel Television, with FXP handling the physical production.

She couldn't hold that spoiler until we've at least had a chance to watch the episodes?  Thanks so much, grrr.

THANK YOU MIDNITE....I FEEL THE SAME. Now I don't know if I want to watch it....

And, perhaps, once upon a time, if you contacted stations, they listened.

But,  I remember WRITING to ScyFi about please continue airing DS ('99-03/4), to no avail.

Patti

Now I don't know if I want to watch it....

See it anyway, Patti.  It's very good.

And, perhaps, once upon a time, if you contacted stations, they listened.

True.  Now, feedback about what's happening on our favorite TV shows can instantaneously get to  producers, media companies and showrunners via social media, especially Twitter.