LOS ANGELES, April 8 (UPI) -- The WB is filming a TV pilot for a new version of the 1960s vampire soap opera "Dark Shadows," the New York Post reported Thursday.
The show about a family of vampires and other assorted beasties originally aired on ABC from 1966 to 1971 and briefly returned for a few months in 1991, The Post noted.
John Wells, who has worked on "ER," "The West Wing" and "Third Watch," is behind the updated version.
While the original show was a low-budget, black-and-white production, sources told The Post the new one will be "highly stylized" using vivid lighting and colors to communicate tension and fear.
Like the original, the new show will focus on the mysterious Collins family, who live on a creepy estate in Collinsport, Maine.
Although "Dark Shadows" will fill a void left by "Angel," the WB vampire series ending its run next month, sources insist the new show is geared more towards the audience that watched "The X-Files."
"It's not going to be 'Buffy' and it's not going to be 'Angel,'" a source told The Post, adding, "A\although we love both of those shows."
