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Warner Bros, has announced a new Dark Shadows series to mark the show’s 60th anniversary.

Warner Bros. Animation is resurrecting tormented vampire Barnabas Collins as it is currently in development on an adult animated series based on the classic gothic sensation Dark Shadows.

Created by Dan Curtis, Dark Shadows starred TV’s original anti-hero and the father of the modern-day vampire, Barnabas Collins, a vampire with a conscience.

The series will continue the saga of the Collins family. Blending gothic, horror, and supernatural genres, it will include all the dark twists and romantic intrigue that defined the series across its 1200-plus episode run.

British publisher Chinbeard Books are also joining the celebrations with The Collins Family Album, written and researched by Rich Handley, illustrated by Aleah Shockley and designed by Robert Hammond.

This is a book referenced and seen on screen, during the show’s entire run (1966-1971), whenever a bit of family history was sought or needed. Each iteration of Dark Shadows  has expanded the Collins lineage. And the many novels, comics, and audios, from numerous publishers, have added a plethora of new family members to the mix. The bloodline includes murderers, pirates, slavers, warlocks, witches, and sundry undead. No matter the century, generation, reality, or medium, the cursed and broken Collinses have endured and unleashed boundless horrors… and more than their share of day-drinking melodrama.

Though canceled decades ago, Dark Shadows remains an immortal force that enslaves viewers in its thrall. The illustrious “Collinses of Collinsport” are at the heart of every iteration, and The Collins Family Album chronicles more than 400 members of the family. Many you’ll be familiar with, but others you might not be. So step into a monstrous and macabre family reunion like no other. Take a journey that will bring you to a strange and dark place, to the edge of the sea, high atop Widows’ Hill… to a house called Collinwood.

This will be a crowdfunded entity, via Indiegogo, and available to pledge for on July 30th. A deluxe, A4-sized hardback, of over 300 pages and fully illustrated. K