"True Blood" Vampire Series Coming To HBO This Fall
July/02/2008 03:44 Filed in: Off-Site
While vampire shows have a hard time surviving on
mainstream television, they often thrive on cable
networks. So while we continue to mourn the loss of
Moonlight on CBS, some good news is coming from HBO
in the form of a new vampires series called “True
Blood”. Based on the “Southern Vampires” series of
novels from Charlaine Harris, and adapted for TV by
Alan Ball, “True Blood” details the fictional
co-existence of vampires and humans in a small
Louisiana town after Japanese-made synthetic blood –
"Tru Blood" – becomes available for purchase. Anna
Paquin stars as Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic
waitress at a diner who falls in love with one of the
vampires, Bill Compton (portrayed by Stephen Moyer).
The series premieres September 7th, 2008 at PM ET.
I’ve seen an unfinished version of the pilot episode and would describe it as a cross between Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Dark Shadows. It seems inventive and well cast. I’ll be covering news and information about the series at http://true-blood.tv and hope many of you vampire lovers will join me. A forum for the series has been setup, as well, and is already full of lively discussion.
I’ve seen an unfinished version of the pilot episode and would describe it as a cross between Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Dark Shadows. It seems inventive and well cast. I’ll be covering news and information about the series at http://true-blood.tv and hope many of you vampire lovers will join me. A forum for the series has been setup, as well, and is already full of lively discussion.