Alan Ball, creator of Six Feet Under, is coming back to HBO with the new series True Blood, based on the Southern Vampire books by Charlaine Harris.
It's been a couple years since we've mentioned the series, but Variety recently reported that the series was officially picked up by HBO. Both the books and the TV adaptation take place in a time when human beings and vampires live together, thanks to the creation of synthetic blood. A pilot starring Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Stephen Moyer and Brook Kerr was shot earlier this summer. Paquin plays the Louisiana waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who becomes romantically involved with Moyer's Bill Compton, a vampire.
The series will go into production this fall, but no premiere date has been set just yet.
Do you know what would be even cooler than vampires who drink synthetic blood? Zombies who eat synthetic organs and live among humans. Or maybe that's just my personal preference.
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8-10-2007 @ 12:33PM
Travis Bell said...
Oh hells yeah!
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8-10-2007 @ 12:39PM
GigG said...
Are vampires really that interesting if they aren't out to drink us?
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8-10-2007 @ 12:58PM
tikirob said...
He can't seem to get away from caskets. I am a huge fan of Six Feet Under he knows how to develop interesting characters. I would love to see a vampire series with some real characters.
Rob
http://www.movie-cat.com
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8-10-2007 @ 1:04PM
David said...
Why are vampires back in? 98% of the time they are uninteresting and fail badly.
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8-10-2007 @ 1:39PM
ProgGrrl said...
Well, I'm pretty happy to hear this - I very much loved SFU and AMERICAN BEAUTY, and the Harris book series is good sexy vampy fun. It's as close to the BUFFYverse as we're ever likely to get again. Crossing my fingers for more Ball goodness.
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