Greystone Park and Mansion, the house that stood in for The Old House in the 1991 revival, was used as Collinwood in this adaptation.
The CW network spent $6 million on this pilot.
The pilot never aired, as The WB passed on the series. However, it was screened at a 2005 Dark Shadows festival in Los Angeles, with subsequent showings at the 2006 Dark Shadows 40th Anniversary Festival in Brooklyn, New York, the 2008 Dark Shadows Festival in Burbank, California and the 2009 Dark Shadows Festival in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
For the first time, the character of Victoria Winters is portrayed as a blonde, while Angelique is portrayed is a brunette.
The pilot was never quite finished - as some of the special effects still needed some work.