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Here's what's happening in the world of pilot casting, courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter:

Stephen Moyer will play a vampire opposite Anna Paquin's mind-reading waitress in Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball's new series for HBO, True Blood. The series is based on the Southern Vampire book series by Charlaine Harris about vampires who live on synthetic blood.

Brook Kerr of Passions was also cast in the pilot, which Ball wrote and will also direct.

The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop on some fresh casting for upcoming pilots. Here's what's happening:

David Cross (Arrested Development) and Erika Christensen (Six Degrees) have been added to the new comedy pilot for CBS starring Jason Biggs titled I'm in Hell. Biggs plays a Wall Street big wig sent to Hell on Earth after a fatal car crash where he's forced to live without the benefits of his swanky lifestyle. Cross will play a devil.

Lisa Tucker of American Idol will star in the primetime soap pilot Born in the USA. The series takes place in Philadelphia and focuses on the issues dealt with by blue collar families.