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Joel Silver says ‘Moonlight’ is dead

I’ve read several messageboards on which dedicated fans of CBS’ cancelled Moonlight
have posted that they wouldn’t believe that the vampire drama was truly dead until they heard producer Joel Silver say it. Sadly, a crowd at Comic-Con just heard those words.

Presenting a diverse slate of film, DVD and comic projects set up through his Dark Castle shingle, Silver got to the frequently delayed Whiteout, a South Pole-set murder mystery that’s been in release limbo for several years. Silver mentioned that the cast of Whiteout includes Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht and Alex O’Loughlin, mentioning that viewers knew him from Moonlight, before saying that sadly that show was dead.

I guess it’s possible that other people in Silver’s organization might still be shopping the production to any manner of cable networks or service providers. And it’s possible that Silver’s unequivocal pronouncement of the show’s death might have just been a ploy to further mobilize a fanbase that’s probably well-represented at Comic-Con. But Silver didn’t sound like he had an agenda and the crowd in the half-filled Hall H issued almost no vocal protest.

Silver’s casually made statement came just days after DirecTV bigwig Eric Shanks dismissed the idea that DirecTV had any plans to be part of a Moonlight resurrection.

“There have been a couple of conversations, but from what I understand, the sets have been dismantled and currently at this time there’s nothing to report about Moonlight and DirecTV,” Shanks said at the Television Critics Association press tour.

Of course fans of the show have long felt that the dismantling of the set was an irrelevant impediment, but Shanks added, “No, right at this time, yeah. I mean, it’s a no until there’s something else, but I just don’t think — I don’t think that there’s an opportunity anymore, from what I understand.”

Anyway, that’s just me providing an update from Comic-Con, Moonlight fans. If I hear anything else, I’ll let you know.

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