The WB has ordered a pilot for a new incarnation of the classic ABC vampire soap opera Dark Shadows, Variety reported. Dan Curtis, the original series' producer, will team up with John Wells (The West Wing, ER) to executive produce the new Shadows, the trade paper reported. Warner Brothers TV and John Wells Productions will produce the pilot, aimed at a 2004-'05 prime-time drama slot.
Mark Verheiden (the Timecop TV pilot), who now serves as co-executive producer of The WB's Smallville, is set to write the Dark Shadows script, the trade paper reported. Dark Shadows was previously resurrected as an NBC miniseries in the winter of 1991, with Ben Cross playing vampire Barnabas Collins, a role originated by Jonathan Frid in the 1966-'71 soap opera. ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
