****************************************************************** ShadowGram Online Dark Shadows Updates List Marcy Robin's Cyberspace "Dark Shadows" Update List An Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM < ShadowGram@aol.com > ShadowGram Update No. 113. April 4, 2004. ****************************************************************** Hello, Dark Shadows Fan, ShadowGram (SG) announces the following breaking news for Dark Shadows (DS). --- 2004 DARK SHADOWS PILOT IN PRODUCTION The highly-anticipated new 1-hour DS pilot for the WB Network began filming April 2 in the Los Angeles area. This ShadowGram Online Updates List and SG print issues have detailed this project as it developed and will continue to do so. In addition to those cast members previously announced on this List are new performers: Blair Brown (Elizabeth), Jason Shaw (Joe Haskell), Jenna Dewan (Sophia - new character), and Alexis Thorpe (Kelly Greer - new character). The performers to play Dr. Julia Hoffman and Sheriff George Patterson will be confirmed in the next week or two. Following are selected acting credits for the new DS performers: Blair Brown - TV: The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Feds, The White Oaks of Jalna. Film: Dogville, Space Cowboys, Random Hearts, Stealing Home, Continental Divide, Altered States, One Trick Pony, The Paper Chase. Jason Shaw - TV: E! Entertainment Television correspondent (Fashion TV). Film: Save Me A Seat. Plus many television commercials and professional modeling. Jenna Dewan - TV: Boston Public. Film: The Hot Chick, Hip Hopera: Carmen. Alexis Thorpe - TV: Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless. Film: American Wedding, Rocky & Bullwinkle, The Forsaken, Pretty Cool. --- UPDATE: 2004 DARK SHADOWS WEEKEND IN TARRYTOWN As a reminder, this year's fan gathering and cast reunion presented by the DS Festival will be held Aug. 13-15 at the Westchester Marriott Hotel in Tarrytown, NY (near Lyndhurst Estate, filming site for the 2 DS movies), located 30 minutes north of NYC. Special hotel room rates are available to attendees who call 914-631-2200 and mention Dark Shadows. See recent SG Updates to this List. * SG Premiere Announcements: DENISE NICKERSON (Amy, Nora) is a newly-added guest. NANCY BARRETT (Carolyn, Millicent, Charity, Leticia) will present a new musical performance. This ShadowGram/Festival Updates List and the upcoming SG #101 and SG #102 print issues will have the latest details. Fans interested in attending should send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Dark Shadows, PO Box 92, Maplewood, NJ 07040. General information will be posted to the website www.darkshadowsfestival.com --- KATE JACKSON (Daphne) plans to appear at the Motor City ComicCon in Novi, MI 5-14/16. --- Note: You are receiving this DS Online Update because you e-mailed either ShadowGram, The Official DS Newsletter, or the DS Festival/DS Official Fan Club and requested to be added to their respective e-mail lists. There is now one combined e-mail list for both entities. This single ShadowGram Online Dark Shadows Updates List will inform you of all DS-related news and all DS Festival/DS Fan Club news as well. You can continue to receive these Updates individually via the List postings or you can request to receive these Updates through the ShadowGram Group at Yahoo Groups. Thank you. Marcy Robin ShadowGram Editor / Publisher Marcy Robin, P.O. 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