****************************************************************** ShadowGram Online Dark Shadows Updates List Marcy Robin's Cyberspace "Dark Shadows" Update List An Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM < ShadowGram@aol.com > Number 108. December 7, 2003. ****************************************************************** Hello, Dark Shadows Fan, ShadowGram (SG) announces the following breaking news for Dark Shadows (DS). The new print issue, SG #100, is being mailed now to all current postal-mail subscribers with the latest DS news, updates, and pictures. Following are some key highlights, plus much more: --- Information from Dan Curtis Productions (DCP) about the proposed new DS pilot script for possible consideration by the WB network. Also included are a general "casting call" and various media reports and articles (print and online media). --- SG Premiere Announcement from DCP and MPI: The "Return to Collinwood" sequel audio drama -presented and recorded live onstage with 11 DS cast members - will be released in 2004 as a double CD, plus a separate bound script. SG #100 also has exclusive photos of the "Return to Collinwood" cast in rehearsal for the 8-31-03 premiere performance at the DS Festival convention in Brooklyn. --- SG Premiere Announcement: DAN CURTIS (Creator, Director, Producer) is a "Director Nominee" for a Caucus Honor Award from the Caucus of Television Producers, Writers, & Directors. The ceremony is Jan. 16. --- SG Premiere Announcement: The biography "The Bennetts: An Acting Family" expects publication in late August, 2004. JOAN BENNETT (Elizabeth, Naomi, Flora, Judith) is featured as the book follows the lives and careers of her entire family. The author says: "There is an entire chapter devoted to her appearance in DS, for which I interviewed Kathryn Leigh Scott, Alexandra Isles, Nancy Barrett, and Marie Wallace." --- SG Exclusive from DCP and MPI: The design sketch for the new DS Bobblehead Doll figure, "Josette." --- Bonus Interviews are announced for the DVD Collections #11 and #12. --- SG #100 Individual Photos, News Highlights, and more: (News, pictures, details, media coverage, etc.) * JONATHAN FRID (Barnabas) is pictured with program book biography and other information from his one-man Readers Theatre "Spooks & Spoofs" shows in Collingwood, Ontario, on Oct. 28 and Nov. 1. * DAVID SELBY (Quentin) and SUSAN SULLIVAN (Ghost) are pictured with details from their performance of "Love Letters" in Martinsburg, WV, on Oct. 10. Also: Details about DAVID SELBY's participation in a Leadership Symposium and his poetry reading from his book "My Mother's Autumn," both held earlier this year in WV. * JERRY LACY (Tony Peterson, Rev. Trask, Gregory Trask, Lamar Trask) shares his news with SG and is pictured with his family at the Oct. 1 premiere of the movie "Intolerable Cruelty," in which his wife Julia Duffy appears. * GEOFFREY SCOTT (Schuyler Rumson) provides SG with his latest news and shares a photo of himself and his twin sons. * ELAINE HYMAN (Ruby Tate) shares a recent photo and news of her roles and appearances. * BOB KNUDSEN (Cameraman) is pictured and shares about his latest project as co-producer and co-writer of several songs on the CD "I Remember Christmas" by Richard Wintergarden. The CD is available from www.sceneville.com * LISA RICHARDS (Sabrina Stuart) tells SG about recent roles for herself and her husband, Stephen Mendillo. * SY TOMASHOFF (Scenic Designer) updates he's teaching a class in Production Design for TV & Film. * MARIE WALLACE (Eve, Crazy Jenny, Megan Todd) shares her latest news with SG readers. * LARA PARKER (Angelique, Catherine) is congratulated on her son Andy's engagement and her daughter Caitlin's starting college in Pennsylvania. * ANTHONY GEORGE (Burke Devlin) is pictured and updated. * ALEXANDRA MOLTKE ISLES (Victoria) is pictured with publicity material from the screenings of her documentaries "The Power of Conscience: The Danish Resistance & The Rescue of the Jews" and "Porraimos: Europe's Gypsies in the Holocaust." She participated in a talk earlier this year as part of a series of screenings about little-known victims of the Holocaust. * KATE JACKSON (Daphne, Night of DS' Tracy) is highlighted as celebrity spokesperson for the national consumer education campaign about the dangers of heart disease, plus her recent "Power of Love Award" from the American Heart Association. * KEITH PRENTICE (Morgan, James Forsythe) was posthumously entered into the Dayton Thearer Hall of Fame. * Announcing the sad death of FLORENCE STANLEY (1966-67 Ghost, Voice of Josette DuPres Collins' Ghost), who succumbed to stroke complications Oct. 3 at age 79, in Los Angeles. She also starred with DS' ABE VIGODA in the series BARNEY MILLER and FISH. * JIM FYFE (1991 Willie, Ben) updates his news and is pictured from the play "String Fever" earlier this year. * ROY THINNES (1991 Roger, Rev. Trask) is pictured from the play "True Love" earlier this year. * JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT (1991 David, Daniel) updates his independent film "Manic." * BEN CROSS (1991 Barnabas) wrote "Nearly Midnight," presented at the Edinburgh Film Festival, and directed by his son Theo with original music by his daughter Lauren. --- Media coverage, publicity material, pictures, and more for current/recent projects involving CHRIS PENNOCK (Jeb, John/Cyrus, Sebastian, Gabriel); DONNA McKECHNIE (Amanda Harris/Olivia Corey); STUART GOODMAN (Cameraman); MARSHA MASON (Audrey the Vampire); REBECCA STAAB (1991 Daphne); ADRIAN PAUL (1991 Jeremiah); ELLEN WHEELER (1991 Phyllis Wick), and others. --- Candid and posed photos of the guests individually and in groups at the 2003 Dark Shadows Festival. ---- A delightful display of "Victoria and Barnabas," as pictured in a recent "Barbie Bazaar" magazine. It was created by dressing a Barbie doll and a Ken doll and placing them in front of a picture of Collinwood. --- Also in SG #99: More DS in the Media references; DS Filming Locations' pictures and information; DS Books and Merchandise; DS Fan News; and more. Thank you. Marcy Robin ShadowGram Editor / Publisher Marcy Robin, P.O. Box 1766, Temple City, CA 91780-7766 E-mail: ShadowGram@aol.com ***************************************************************** SHADOWGRAM (SG) is the * Official * "Dark Shadows" Newsletter. Much of its news is provided by the show's personnel and those involved in both the 1966-71 and 1991 TV series. Established in 1979, SG works directly with companies and others involved in Dark Shadows' creation, distribution, promotion, merchandise, etc. The complete print issues are published throughout the year, with free bonus complimentary breaking-news published updates as needed. 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