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Dark Shadows/Vampirella Crossover Comic From Dynamite Entertainment
A pair of ’60s vampire icons are going to have a crossover adventure in the pages of Dynamite Entertainment’s comic miniseries Dark Shadows/Vampirella. Offers Dynamite, “In Dark Shadows/Vampirella #1, when the disappearance of…
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Dark Shadows In Your Hands: What Do You Do With It?
As suggested by Blog of DS contributor Patrick, the reigns of Dark Shadows has been put in your hands. You have a $150 million budget. What do you do with it? How do…
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Dark Shadows: Post Your Reviews Here!
To one and all, we’re several hours away from the first midnight shows of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows. I hope you’ll post your reviews here and let’s get a lively discussion going. What…
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Blog of DS Editor Ed Gross Reviews Dark Shadows – WARNING: SPOILERS
This is a time of Hollywood reboots, reimaginings and regurgitations in which the prevalent attitude seems to be if it worked once, it can work again. There’s also the other dynamic that has…
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Dark Shadows Stars Lara Parker & Kathryn Leigh Scott on Good Day L.A.
Original Dark Shadows stars Lara Parker and Kathryn Leigh Scott appeared on Good Day L.A. to talk about the original series as well, their new books and, of course, the Tim Burton film….
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Entertainment Tonight Goes Behind the Scenes on Dark Shadows
In this report filed by Entertainment Tonight, they go behind the scenes on Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, covering various aspects of production and intercutting production footage with interview snippets.
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Two New Dark Shadows Featurettes
Warner Bros. has released a pair of new Dark Shadows behind-the-scenes featurettes that take a look at the making of the film while also offering up some new sequences that haven’t been seen…
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Dark Shadows Producer Graham King: Film is NOT a Remake of the Series
The Los Angeles Times’ Hero Complex column is featuring an interview with Dark Shadows producer Graham King, who details during the course of the conversation that this new movie is decidedly not a…
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Lara Parker Praises New Dark Shadows Movie
Count Lara Parker, Dark Shadows’ original Angelique, among the fans of Tim Burton’s take on the material. Lara (who will be discussing her DS novels in an exclusive interview at Blog of Dark…
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Eve Green’s Dark Shadows Interview on Jimmy Kimmel
Angelique speaks, and she’s doing so to Jimmy Kimmel! What follows is the two-part video that features Eva Green’s appearance on Jimmy’s talk show, during which she discusses, of course, Dark Shadows.
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Jonathan Frid’s Former Dark Shadows Co-stars Pay Their Respects
The Dark Shadows News Page has posted a wonderful tribute to the late Jonathan Frid as cast and crew members from the original series share their memories of what it was like to work…
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The Making of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, Part 1
Tim Burton has never made a secret of the fact that he was a fan of the original Dark Shadows, which is why he knew he had to be the one to helm…
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Dark Shadows Featurette: Meet the Collins Family
Warner Bros. promotional onslaught for Dark Shadows continues with this new featurette that offers up a quick look at the different characters that make up the Collins family, featuring clips and comments from…
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House of Dark Shadows Available From Amazon Digitally
While Dark Shadows fans await the DVD or Blu-ray release of House and Night of Dark Shadows (rumored for the same time that the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp version is released on disc), Amazon…
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Dark Shadows Music Video: “On The Floor”
Obviously the trailers for the new Dark Shadows are catching on with some people, because what seems to be a fan edited music video has popped up on YouTube. They’ve utilized footage from…
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Dark Shadows B-Roll Footage
Thanks to this B-roll footage released by Warner Bros., you get to visit the Collinwood sets of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows and catch some of the action while the film was still in…
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Clips-a-Palooza: Dark Shadows Film Clips & Video Interviews
Hollywood Teen TV.com has posted a number of interview clips from Dark Shadows, as well as several actual clips from the film — none of which are focused on the campy comedy elements…
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Bella Heathcoate: Dual Roles in Dark Shadows
While Barnabas and Angelique are seen in both the past and prsent in the new Dark Shadows, actress Bella Heathcoate has the opportunity to play two distinct characters with Josette Du Pree in…
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Dark Shadows’ Roger Collins: Johnny Lee Miller
In this video interview, actor Johnny Lee Miller discusses his role of Roger Collins in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows. The character is the brother to Elizabeth Collins-Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer), and was originated by…
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Composing the Score: Dark Shadows’ Danny Elfman
Another frequent Tim Burton collaborator is composer Danny Elfman, who in this video interview expresses his delight at Dark Shadows providing the opportunity for him to pare things down a little and “go…
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Producing Dark Shadows: Richard Zanuck
Frequent Tim Burton collaborator Richard D. Zanuck (the two had previously worked together on the remake of Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland) discusses Dark Shadows.
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Writing Dark Shadows: Seth Grahame-Smith Interview
Following their collaboration on adapting his novel Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, writer Seth Grahame-Smith was brought aboard Dark Shadows to take a pass on the screenplay that had first been written by John…
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Directing Dark Shadows: Tim Burton Video Interview
Depending on your point of view, he’ll either be heralded or vilified for his take on Dark Shadows, but in this video interview director Tim Burton talks about the film and its casting.
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Producing Dark Shadows: An Interview with Producer Graham King
This interview with Dark Shadows producer Graham King will not likely make classic DS fans happy as he deems the film “campy as hell” and notes that you “can’t take it seriously”. He…
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Jackie Earle Haley Interview on Willie Loomis and Dark Shadows
Appearing on G4′s Attack of the Show, actor Jackie Earle Haley sat down for an interview in which he discusses his role of Willie Loomis in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, while also sharing…
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Dark Shadows Star Michelle Pfeiffer Finds Vampires Sexy
While speaking to MSN.com, actress Michelle Pfeiffer admited that she finds vampires sexy — particularly the first vampire she was exposed to: Barnabas Collins on the original Dark Shadows. ”It was the first…
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Dark Shadows: Legend of the Vampire Featurette
Warner Bros. has released a new featurette to tie in to Dark Shadows, focusing on “The Legend of the Vampire.” While offering a cursory history of the undead, it features more footage from…
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Behind the Scenes on Dark Shadows With Entertainment Tonight
The syndicated television newsmagazine Entertainment Tonight offered up a behind the scenes look at Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows which, for veteran fans, is going to do little to allay fears that this big…
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Tim Burton On Whether Or Not Dark Shadows is a Comedy
While in Las Vegas covering Cinemacon, MTV.com caught up with director Tim Burton and asked him briefly about the sequel to Beetlejuice and whether or not there would be more Pee Wee Herman…
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2ND UPDATE: Our Dark Shadows Book is Happening – We Want Your Memories, Articles and Photos
2ND UPDATE: Our Dark Shadows book is happening, and it will be the first in a planned series celebrating all things Dark Shadows. Volume 1 will be titled Generation DS: A Tribute to…
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New Taiwain Dark Shadows Trailer
Warner Bros. has released another version of the Dark Shadows trailer for Taiwan audiences, and the interesting thing about this one is that although there are still humorous bits in it, there’s a…
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Dark Shadows: More Serious Than Conveyed By Trailers?
MTV.com has posted a fascinating article that has taken the views of several critics who have seen Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, and all of them seem to indicate that the film is far…
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Johnny Depp Pays Tribute to Jonathan Frid
Jonathan Frid’s successor to the role of Barnabas Collins in Dark Shadows, Johnny Depp, has offered up his thoughts on the late actor. “Jonathan Frid was the reason I used to run home…
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MPI Home Video Comments on Jonathan Frid’s Passing
MPI Home Video, which has played an integral role in keeping the Dark Shadows legacy alive via the video tape and then DVD release of the entire series, has issued an official statement…
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Jonathan Frid Has Passed Away
According to Digital Spy, Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, who originated the role of vampire Barnabas Collins on the daytime soap opera Dark Shadows (a role Johnny Depp plays in the new Tim Burton…
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Tim Burton on Chloe Moretz in Dark Shadows
The new issue of Empire magazine has a piece on Dark Shadows, and at one point director Tim Burton discusses the casting of Chloe Moretz in the role of Carolyn Stoddard. Says Burton,…
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Nine More Images From Dark Shadows
D(S)-Day is nearly upon us, with the release of Tim Burton’s take on Dark Shadows hitting theatres on May 11th. The flood of images from the movie continues, including these nine shots that…
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New Images From Dark Shadows
Thanks to Kinopoisk there are a number of new images from Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows featuring the different cast members. Note that in the image of Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins, in the…
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EXCLUSIVE: Seth Grahame-Smith Talks Tone of Dark Shadows
In this exclusive interview with writer Seth Grahame-Smith, the writer of Dark Shadows discusses the approach taken with the movie and describes the attempts to balance humor with horror. You can read comments…
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Why Dark Shadows Needs This Movie
There’s a lot of anger out there surrounding the trailer and TV spots for the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp feature film adaptation of the ‘60s soap opera Dark Shadows and its comedic/Addams Family-like approach….
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More From Screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith on Dark Shadows
In an interview with /Film, screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith offered up a bit for of an explanation for the approach apparently taken with Dark Shadows. “The movie is a lot of different things, just…
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New Dark Shadows Character Banners
It seems like a day can’t go by now without Warner Bros. releasing new promotional items for the Dark Shadows feature film, and today that release consists of different character banner/posters for the…
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Dark Shadows’ Chloe Mortez Cast as Stephen King’s Carrie
Deadline.com is reporting that actress Chloe Moretz, who plays Carolyn Stoddard in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, has been cast in the title role of the remake of Stephen King’s Carrie. Says the site,…
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Dark Shadows Flashback: An Interview with Grayson Hall
Back in the 1980s, Blog of Dark Shadows editor Ed Gross had an opportunity to sit down with the late Grayson Hall to discuss Dark Shadows. Unfortunately my younger self did not ask…
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Dark Shadows 60 Seconds TV Spot
Warner Bros. has released another spot for Dark Shadows, and while this one still has plenty of humor, there seems to be a bit more evidence that there might be some balance between…
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Spawn of Dark Shadows: The Secret Circle
by Kit Forbes As a writer I’ve seen the popularity of paranormal books wax and wane, and even through the dark days when publishers insisted “there was no market”, a small but loyal…
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Dark Shadows TV Spot
Between now and the May 11th release of Dark Shadows there will undoubtedly be a number of TV spots heralding its arrival. This 30-second spot with previously unseen footage debuted today.
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Tim Burton Talks Dark Shadows
The LA Times’ Hero Complex paid a visit to the set of Dark Shadows during production and had the opportunity to speak with director Tim Burton. What follows is an excerpt from that…
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Seth Grahame-Smith on Dark Shadows & Beetlejuice 2
Fearnet.com caught up with screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith at Wondercon and during that conversation he not only briefly talks about the latest on Bettlejuice 2, but he discusses the tone of Dark Shadows, seemingly…
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Would You Like to Write For Blog of Dark Shadows?
The vision for Blog of Dark Shadows is not only to provide news on the different incarnations of DS, but to discuss them as well. At the moment this is very much a…
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Dark Shadows on The Web: A Look Back at the ’91 Revival
Vampires.com is offering up a look back at the 1991 revival series of Dark Shadows, which had cast Ben Cross (currently Spock’s father, Sarek, in the JJ Abrams Star Trek films). In an…
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Fangoria Dark Shadows Cover Images
Fangoria #313, hitting stands next month, will have coverage of Dark Shadows. Says the site (at fangoria.com): “We’ve got the first peek at the covers and the full contents to share with you…
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Dark Shadows Character Posters
It seems that now that the trailer has been released, Warner Bros. is launching an all-out media assault to promote the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp version of Dark Shadows. Today it comes in the…
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Dark Shadows: Slightly Expanded Trailer
Posted to the Internet is a new, slightly expanded version of the trailer for Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows. This one does feature singer Alice Cooper towards the end of it. It should be…
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer vs. Dark Shadows
Now for a bit of silliness, ye Editor has an online comic strip called Media Geek, which is essentially my alter ego who is… well, a geek about media. When Johnny Depp was…
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Eva Green Dark Shadows Interview
The new issue of Total Film magazine has a report from the set of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, and the mag has provided an excerpt from the coverage that focuses on actress Eva…
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The Dark Shadows Trailer: Blog of DS Editor Ed Gross Comments
Spending the day traveling from New York to California for Wondercon, one thought that kept dancing around my mind was how the trailer for Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows was playing for people. Finally…
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Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows: A First Review — Spoiler Alert!
Aint It Cool News has the first review of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, but be aware that there are plenty of SPOILERS here. Also be aware that apparently there is going to be…
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Dark Shadows Trailer Screen Caps
Thanks to the good folks at Johnny Depp Reads.com, we’ve got a number of screen grabs from the promo for the first Dark Shadows trailer (how’s that for convoluted?) that will be debuting on Ellen…
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Jonathan Frid: Dark Shadows & The Lie of Barnabas Collins
Jonathan Frid was never a fan of the fang aspect of Barnabas Collins and, in an interview with ye editor, admitted that he felt foolish doing that part of the show. The thing…
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Eva Green as Angelique in Dark Shadows: Three Images
Eva Green stars in Dark Shadows as Angelique, Barnabas’ scorned lover who, in the 1700s, gets her vengeance by transforming him into a vampire and then burying him “alive” in his undead state….
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Dark Shadows: Two New Shots of Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins
It seems that almost every day is now bringing with it new imagery from Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, and that includes these two new shots of actor Johnny Depp as vampire Barnabas Collins….
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Dark Shadows: Three More Images, Including Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis
It seems that every time we turn around, Warner Bros. is releasing additional images from Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows. That’s certainly true today. This time the focus is on the staircase of Collinwood…
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Dark Shadows Images From Tim Burton Exhibition – Plus New Shot of Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman
Currently running in France is an exhibition devoted to the film world of Tim Burton. Taking place until the August 5 at the Cinematheque francaise, the exhibition features drawings, storyboards, models, costumes, paintings…
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Dark Shadows & Famous Monsters of Filmland
The new issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland is adorned with a painted cover image of Johnny Depp in the role of vampire Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton’s version of Dark Shadows. This…
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Dark Shadows Movie Behind the Scenes Pics Featuring Original Series Cast
It seems unlikely that any fan of Dark Shadows can help but be excited by the trio of images taken on the set of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows which features Johnny Depp, made…
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Four New Images Released From Dark Shadows Movie
You can tell we’re getting closer to the release of Dark Shadows simply by nature of the fact that there are more and more images from the film being released. The new issue…
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AMBER BENSON: Buffy Vet Joins Dark Shadows Audio Production
Vampire.com is reporting that actress Amber Benson, who played Tara on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has become a part of the Big Finish Dark Shadows audio dramas. She’s been cast as the youth…
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Tim Burton Sheds Some Light on Dark Shadows
Director Tim Burton – whose name seems to be attached to a new project every week – recently sat down with MTV to discuss a number of these endeavors, including (naturally) his big…
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Dark Shadows Comic: Issue #2 Now Available
Dynamie Entertainment’s second issue of Dark Shadows, with script by Stuart Manning and art by Aaron Campbell, is described by the publisher as follows: “Television’s original reluctant vampire is back! Barnabas Collins fears…
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Dark Shadows’ Underwater Ghost
BScine.com (a website devoted to the efforts of British cinematographers) is offering up an intriguing behind the scenes photo from Tim Burton’s big screen version of Dark Shadows. In a move that is…
Dark Shadows In Your Hands: What Do You Do With It?
As suggested by Blog of DS contributor Patrick, the reigns of Dark Shadows has been put in your hands. You have a $150 million budget. What do you do with it? How do…
Dark Shadows/Vampirella Crossover Comic From Dynamite Entertainment
A pair of ’60s vampire icons are going to have a crossover adventure in the pages of Dynamite Entertainment’s comic miniseries Dark Shadows/Vampirella. Offers Dynamite, “In Dark Shadows/Vampirella #1, when the disappearance of…
AMBER BENSON: Buffy Vet Joins Dark Shadows Audio Production
Vampire.com is reporting that actress Amber Benson, who played Tara on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has become a part of the Big Finish Dark Shadows audio dramas. She’s been cast as the youth…
Eve Green’s Dark Shadows Interview on Jimmy Kimmel
Angelique speaks, and she’s doing so to Jimmy Kimmel! What follows is the two-part video that features Eva Green’s appearance on Jimmy’s talk show, during which she discusses, of course, Dark Shadows.
Spawn of Dark Shadows: The Secret Circle
by Kit Forbes As a writer I’ve seen the popularity of paranormal books wax and wane, and even through the dark days when publishers insisted “there was no market”, a small but loyal…
May 19, 2012
Marty — Hi, Tom
Yes, came across this sometime ago. I felt for Jonathan here; he's obviously showing his age at this point...
May 19, 2012
Tom — Now hear this, everybody-I found it by accident, and don't know if anybody has seen it.
Jonathan was interviewed for the...
May 19, 2012
Penny — What a waste - what a let down after the hype!! Okay, the 1960's tv show still has an amazing...
May 18, 2012
Sabaah — First of all, this movie was labeled as a "COMEDY." Secondly, one of the script writers is Seth Grahame-Smith of...
May 18, 2012
joshy — I like your idea a lot Liam! I would love to see if fleshed out in a trilogy like...
