Dark Shadows' Jonathan Frid & David Selby Headline DS Shadows in the Sun 7/16-18

[Opera Ghost]

Just got a mailer

Huge Cast reunion at Burbank Airport Marriot--same location as Monsterpalooza 2010

July 16-18th

www(dot)darkshadowsfestival(dot)com


OG

[Opera Ghost]

Is anyone thinking of attending the Dark Shadows event 16th-18th?



OG

[Scatter]

Shoot, I would LOVE to go.

[Opera Ghost]

Tomorrow is the deadline for advance purchase price.  Not sure if I'm gonna go. Am leaning towards the Dinner event which is the only time Frid is giving Autographs.


OG

[Scatter]

Tomorrow is the deadline for advance purchase price.  Not sure if I'm gonna go. Am leaning towards the Dinner event which is the only time Frid is giving Autographs.


OG

That would be the kicker for me too.........let us know if you go OG.

[Opera Ghost]

If you're thinking of coming out for it, I will attend, but LMK asap so we can get tix

[Scatter]

If you're thinking of coming out for it, I will attend, but LMK asap so we can get tix

LMAO!! Yeah, right.  Smack in the middle of finalizing the sale of my old house and finalizing the purchase of my new house, Jonah's first birthday on Sunday, the trial to terminate the parental rights of Jonah's "parents" (or as we like to call them, The Sperm Donor And The Easy Bake Oven) on Monday, Justine in the midst of switching meds to control her OCD and Bi Polarism........yeah, pencil me in !!  

[Opera Ghost]

LMAO!! Yeah, right.  Smack in the middle of finalizing the sale of my old house and finalizing the purchase of my new house, Jonah's first birthday on Sunday, the trial to terminate the parental rights of Jonah's "parents" (or as we like to call them, The Sperm Donor And The Easy Bake Oven) on Monday, Justine in the midst of switching meds to control her OCD and Bi Polarism........yeah, pencil me in !!  

Ok Monkey Boy, I smell ya.

[Type3Toys]

Man I wish I could be there! It would be fantastic to get Frid to sign the new mego style figure of Barnabas.
Will Lara be there? I had such a crush on here as a kid!

[toysoldierman2001]

I was lucky enough to get Frid to autograph a photo of himself when he was at the Phila airport waiting for a plane.
This was a few years back.A friend of mine was working at the airport and called me to tell me Frid was there and his plane was delayed.
I hurried down with the photo of him as Barnabas and he signed it for me.He seemed like a very nice guy and even thanked me for recognizing him and for being a fan.We talked for about half an hour until he had to go and board his plane to New York for a show.

[Scatter]

I was lucky enough to get Frid to autograph a photo of himself when he was at the Phila airport waiting for a plane.
This was a few years back.A friend of mine was working at the airport and called me to tell me Frid was there and his plane was delayed.
I hurried down with the photo of him as Barnabas and he signed it for me.He seemed like a very nice guy and even thanked me for recognizing him and for being a fan.We talked for about half an hour until he had to go and board his plane to New York for a show.

Cool story Tom!! Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!!

[Opera Ghost]

Man I wish I could be there! It would be fantastic to get Frid to sign the new mego style figure of Barnabas.
Will Lara be there? I had such a crush on here as a kid!

Yep...Lara Parker does not seem to miss these shows.

[tv horror]

Both Frid and Selby offer thier autographs through Ebay if anyone is interested, when I bought mine Jonathan Frid threw in an extra autograph plus a personal photo as well.

[Opera Ghost]

I've a friend is close friends with David Selby, and she new that I wanted an autograph of Jonathan Frid, but could not make it to NY last year for his supposed final appearance. Knowing that David would be in attendance, she asked if he would ask Jonathan for an autographed photo of himself.

Not only did I get an autographed photo, he got a second one for my wife.

We met David the year before here in L.A.

as well as Katherine Leigh Scott

and this was the second time that I'd met Lara Parker, the first being a screening of a Warren Miller Film back in 1988

[Opera Ghost]

Seth Grahame-Smith On 'Dark Shadows' As Tim Burton Pic Gets Closer To Start Date With Johnny Depp As Vampire Barnabas
By MIKE FLEMING | Thursday July 15, 2010 (*at*) 11:53am EDT
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EXCLUSIVE: Seth Grahame-Smith, who made his Hollywood entry  writing novels that put a macabre twist to literary classics and historical figures, has just snagged the high profile job of writing the new draft of Dark Shadows. The Tim Burton-directed adaptation of the 60s daytime serial will star Johnny Depp  as the vampire Barnabas Collins. The film is slated to begin production in January at  Warner Bros. Depp's Infinitum Nihil and Graham King's GK Films are producing.



Warner Bros has been trying for several years to get to the starting line on the movie adaptation of the TV series that  ran on ABC from 1966-71 and had legions of fans frightened by the moody and atmospheric storyline. (Tim Burton May Push Back 'Dark Shadows' Start Date) Barnabas Collins (played by Jonathan Frid) was the central figure in the groundbreaking supernatural soap. As for Tim Burton's version, John August was the first writer hired to script the project, based on the Dan Curtis-created characters. Grahame-Smith will be writing a new take under Burton. He got the job on the basis of his own bestselling novel, Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Burton and Timur Bekmambetov bought that project out of their own money as producers, and I hear that Bekmambetov is likely to make the film his next directing effort.



Lionsgate has optioned Grahame-Smith's book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, with David O. Russell circling as director, and Natalie Portman starring as Elizabeth Bennett and producing a film that injects bloodthirsty zombies into Jane Austen's mannered literature.



Grahame-Smith also co-created with pal David Katzenberg the MTV series The Hard Times of RJ Berger. Grahame-Smith's repped by WME.