ABC has given a pilot order for a project called Gothica, written by Matt Lopez, that sounds like it might appeal to the Dark Shadows crowd. Deadline.com describes the premise as follows: “A sexy gothic soap set in present day that weaves together a mythology that incorporates the legends of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray among others. The concept seems similar to ABC’s fairytale drama Once Upon A Time but with characters from classic horror literature. Meanwhile, Penny Dreadful, Showtime’s straight-to-series drama from John Logan and Sam Mendes, features some of the same characters as Gothica – including Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, Dorian Gray and Dracula – but is set in Victorian London.
Patrick Lynch
February 6, 2013
My problem with “sexy” modern day soaps is that everyone ultimately looks too perfect, too much alike and lacks all of the wonderful character faces we loved so much from not just the original Dark Shadows but TV in general from that era. Of the two, Penny Dreadful strikes me as the more interesting of the two. But then I’m a sucker for Victorian London….