15 Things Fans Were Never Supposed to Know About ‘Dynasty’

13. The spin-off didn’t do as well

Dynasty had a spin-off called The Colby’s which lasted from 1985 to 1987, but despite having an incredibly high budget for the time and big stars attached, it never got going in the ratings. The Colby’s were an even more opulent family related to the Carringtons by marriage.

14. You can actually visit the mansion

The Dynasty mansion was partly filmed at the Filoli Estate in Woodside California. The house is truly an opulent mansion, spanning 36,000 square feet and containing 43 rooms, 17 bathrooms and 17 fireplaces. On the surrounding land they grow tulips and daffodils and open it up for the Filoli Flower Show once a year.

15. There was almost a Dynasty movie

The Dynasty movie never happened but there was one in the works back in 2011. The film was going to be a prequel set in the 1960s. Creator Esther Shapiro said: “We’re taking Blake Carrington back to his young manhood and when he met Alexis, and setting the movie in the Mad Men-era of the 1960s. It will give us the opportunity to start fresh, without the constraints that television placed on our characters in the series.” Added Richard Shapiro: “Our intention is, if this works, to and make this a franchise because people want to see the others.” Who knows, with all the nostalgic TV reboots out there, maybe this Dynasty movie will actually hit the big screen some day.