Julie fucking Newmar, guys.

Julie Newmar recording her lines for Dark Shadows: Bloodline.

So, Barnabas Collins and Julia Hoffman… welcome back to Collinsport.

I've had a solid week to plan this announcement and I still don't know where to begin. The idea thatis involved in any capacity withis exciting enough ... but the fact that she's fillingsizeable shoes in the upcomingserialhas made me blow a fuse. There's always been something transcendent about Newmar, a performer whose ruthless appeal shows no regard for age, race, gender or sexual identity ... if you're reading this and have a pulse, it's likely your heart rate just quickened. I could devote an entire website to Newmar's career, so to summarize it for a blog post seems foolhardy. So I'm going to keep this nerdcore:is just the latest cult television show in Newmar's already well-feathered cap. Among her other genre credits areand. With those kinds of credits it seems inevitable that she'd arrive at some point in Collinsport. But I don't thinkwould have predicted she'd show up as Julia Hoffman, a character that attracts interesting actresses like a magnet. Newmar followsand... Big Finish has been famously reticent about replacing the original cast members ofin their audio line and their patience here had paid off.If you follow theaudio line's Twitter feed, you've already heard a preview of Newmar's performance. Sneaky bastards that they are, a clip of Newmar was anonymously included in a teaser back on March 20.written byand, features the return of the cursed Collins family – those that survived the events of. As family and friends gather at the Collinwood estate for the wedding of David Collins and Amy Jennings, a new mystery starts to unfold.will be serialized bi-weekly beginning in April and is available for pre-order at Big Finish Now that I've caught my breath, here's the official statement from