The IP has been left to rest for over a decade. Dark Shadows isn't exactly a cultural phenomenon these days but is easily available on multiple platforms, seemingly does well there, and the core of the show (Barnabas the tediously noble vampire and the spooky Collinwood estate) has ready-made appeal. I am not very interested in an animated version but I think the idea could work in the right hands, possibly more than live-action.
There was also a comic book which ran for a number of years, so it has a record of appealing in other forms.
(I just hope if it happens they don't blow the bank on celebrity voice actors - the only one I might be interested in is Michelle Pfeiffer as she recently said she wished she could have been on the original show [I don't even know if she does animation and I'm sure she is busy elsewhere, but it would still make me smile])
Thanks for tagging me. I hope it works out, even if as said above I too will always want live action more. Unfortunately with budgets these days and some of the live action misfires I guess they are wary.
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