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CLINTON, LA (WAFB) - Parts of Louisiana are looking more like Hollywood lately. A new tax credit law to bring more motion pictures to the Bayou State is enticing many productions.
9 News spent the day on the set of "True Blood." It's a new HBO show about vampires living in Louisiana.
It takes place in a fictional town in North Louisiana, but HBO decided to shoot a lot of its second season near Baton Rouge.
"The whole atmosphere is suited for what we do and a sound stage isn't," said actor Nelsan Ellis who plays Lafayette Reynolds on the show.
The show's creators spent weeks scouting locations for the fictional town of Bon Temps. They tell 9 News they found what they were looking for in Clinton, the town in East Feliciana Parish. The production will also film in Baton Rouge at several locations.
"It's really important for them (the actors) to get a chance to be in Louisiana and feel the heat and see the town," said executive producer Gregg Fienberg.
Governor Bobby Jindal on Thursday enacted a law that would give projects like "True Blood" a 30 percent tax credit on whatever is spent in the state.
"We see a strong message going out to the rest of the world that Louisiana is building a stable industry that's providing Louisianans with work," said Christopher Stelly, the director of film and television for the state.
"Nothing really looks like the South except the South, so our show is set in Louisiana and that's a big part of what works and what it is and it's important to come down here and capture it," said actress Anna Paquin, who plays the show's lead character, Sookie Stackhouse.
The state has several upcoming projects, including a few in Baton Rouge. Those behind the projects are keeping their lips sealed.
"True Blood" will finish its second season of filming in the area over the weekend.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
HBO show "True Blood" comes to Baton Rouge area
True Blood Ep 4 spoiler vid : You know I love you
Pretty soon you won't even have to watch SUNDAY night
'True Blood' Throws One Hell of A Party
Prior to the start of "True Blood's" second season, HBO sent the first four episodes out to writers. Sunday (finally) brings the fourth installment, which means a few things. Namely, I will once again be able to enjoy new episodes the following week. But more importantly, it marks what I consider to be the most disturbing, revealing and shocking episode of "True Blood" ever.
Events are set in motion for Sookie, Bill, Jason, Lafayette, Tara, Jessica, Sam and Maryann that will cause our characters to do, say and try things they never thought themselves capable of. This is when season two truly gets killer, friends.
Beneath the cut lies a sneak preview of a Maryann-thrown birthday party for Tara. In true Maryann style, it's a rager. But what you won't see until Sunday is just how wild it gets. Trust!
True Blood Blood Copy : Best in show
Recently stumbled upon the newest shapeshifter video making it’s way around the “interwebs”- in this case a segment of “World’s Greatest Pet Bloopers” where an adorable Yorkie hoping to place at a dog show morphs into a decidedly less adorable stark naked man. Though I’m no authority, it was always my understanding shapeshifters controlled their transformations. Given this recent spat of canines cum primates caught on film, one has to wonder if the ability to take animal form carries with it a proclivity for exhibitionism.
On a side note, while the judges were shocked and horrified, they did give the human high marks for obedience.
http://bloodcopy.com/
New Vampire movie opens in 3 weeks: Thirst
Sang-hyun is a priest who cherishes life; so much so, that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion is urgently ordered up for him. The blood he receives is infected, so Sang-hyun lives - but now exists as a vampire. Struggling with his newfound carnal desire for blood, Sang-hyun's faith...
Check for theatres in your area and opening dates HERE
Thanks Emily!
Strange Brew :: Giveaway
From Suzanne McLeod blog
So now onto this week's giveaway for a copy of Strange Brew, an anthology with stories from some of my favourite authors: Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs and more.
Here's what and how you can win: leave a comment telling me your favourite cocktail** and the commentator drawn by Random.org will win a copy of Strange Brew, plus a signed copy of The Cold Kiss of Death; and The Sweet Scent of Blood if they haven't read it.
Contest open to all, and ends end of day [anywhere] Wednesday 15th July 2009.
Suzanne McLeod - http://suzannemcleod.blogspot.
True Blood Music Video of the Day: Dilly Dally by Hakimakli
Dilly Dally by Hakimakli LYRICS
Thanks, enmode93
Thursday, July 9, 2009
True Blood from List UK: Dead good
With True Blood, Six Feet Under’s Alan Ball has found a series with depth, dark humour and bite in equal measure, as Suzanne Black discovers
The TV schedules have succumbed to a plague of bloodsucking parasites ever since Buffy staked her first vampire. But have vamps lost their bite? True Blood puts the allegorical power back into the fangs of the undead, and triumphs over the genre’s other offerings.
Starting life as a series of supernatural detective novels, True Blood hits UK screens this month. The second series is currently airing in the US, with its first episode hailed as the most watched programme on subscription channel HBO since the final episode of The Sopranos.
Published in 2004, Dead Until Dark was the first of Charlaine Harris’s Southern Vampire Mystery novels. It supposed a contemporary world where vampires had gone public and, thanks to a synthetic O-substitute called Tru Blood, renounced that pesky bloodsucking habit in favour of campaigning for civil rights and a legitimate place in society. With an interesting concept but a disappointing delivery, it had definite screen potential. Alan Ball, well-known from his deadpan funeral parlour show Six Feet Under and also the scriptwriter of that haunting portrayal of suburban ennui, American Beauty, was perfectly placed to realise it.
True Blood Digital Kitchen: Creativity in the Blood
Techy article from Apple pro blog about Digital Kitchen ( they did the opening sequence for True Blood)
How do you market to a vampire? That’s the challenge interactive agency Digital Kitchen faced as they created a series of fang-in-cheek ads to promote 
"The True Blood campaign is done on software and hardware that you can get at the Apple Store," says Mark Bashore, Digital Kitchen’s creative head. "The tools are easily accessible, which allows us to focus on being creative. That's why we use the Mac."
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'True Blood' Comic-Con: Details on the vampire invasion
The "True Blood" panel at San Diego Comic-Con is likely to be one of the hottest tickets of the convention, which takes place July 23-26. And we've finally got the details on who'll be there.
The panel will take place at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, and here's the rundown of who will be appearing on the panel: Executive producer Alan Ball, Charlaine Harris (who wrote the novels on which the HBO show is based), Anna Paquin (Sookie), Stephen Moyer (Bill), Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette), Rutina Wesley (Tara), Sam Trammell (Sam), Alexander Skarskard (Eric), Michelle Forbes (Maryann) and Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica).
Ryan Kwanten (Jason) will be shooting a movie in Australia, so he and his abs will be unable to attend.
One thing I'm double checking on, so don't take this to the bank yet: I believe the panel is in Ballroom 20, but will update this post when I find out for sure.
Stephen Moyer's love life ...
It's going to be everywhere since it's coming out in the Star today..
It was love at first, um, bite for Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer after the British hunk aced his True Blood audition opposite the Oscar winner in early 2007, but they kept their instant attraction a secret from everyone, including his girlfriend of seven years — the mother of his young daughter, Lilac.
That September, Stephen told a British newspaper that his move from London to L.A. for the series had resulted in the end of his relationship with British journalist Lorien Haynes, saying: "Nobody has left anybody for anybody else." But those words ring hollow now that Stephen and Anna — who now live together — have admitted that sparks flew the moment they first met!
http://www.starmagazine.com/news/15816
Are Gays Driving the Tremendous DVD Sales for HBO’s True Blood?
I don't know about the premise but the article has some interesting information..
It’s Not TV, It’s GAY-ch-B-O?
I’m sure this is definitely a somewhat old theory and old thinking for anyone who began watching True Blood when it debuted last September. But I just started watching 
For weeks now, I’ve been marveling at the DVD sales for HBO’s True Blood. It’s sold more units and made more revenue than any other TV show this year. The accomplishment is pretty phenomenal, and I’m going to hit you with quite a few numbers to showcase just how phenomenal it is before furthering the speculation on why it has performed so phenomenally. If you’re not interested in the numeric comparisons, skip down to “Why is it selling so well?” section below.
Read on
A Comparative Look at Recent TV Show DVD Sales:
In six weeks of release it has sold almost 1.2 million units and grossed almost $41 million in revenue. It’s closest competition in 2009 so far this year comes from 24 season seven, which has also been available for six weeks but has sold less than 600,000 units and grossed just over $19 million. On a revenue basis, True Blood is the only DVD for the year in the top 20, top 30 or top 40 of DVD sales (it is currently 16th through the week ending June 28). 24 season seven is 46th by revenue.
To compare to some of its cable brethren, in four weeks of release Weeds season four (admittedly, not its best effort) had sold 432,000 DVDs and grossed almost $11 million.
Some will say it’s not fair to compare this year’s numbers because most of the 2008-2009 TV seasons have not yet been made available on DVD. That’s true, but it doesn’t matter. We can compare to the full calendar year of 2008 DVD sales when with about 17 weeks of sales (released on 9/2/08) The Office season four was the number one TV show DVD for the year selling 1.06 million units and grossing over $32 million. Because of the way we see data it’s not easy (or even usually possible) to see combined sales across multiple calendar years, but a show like Lost’s season four which went on sale with only a few weeks left in 2008 tracked closely with, but not quite as well as True Blood. After five weeks in release, Lost season four had sold over 976,000 units and grossed over $36 million. After five weeks, True Blood had sold almost 1.1 million DVDs and grossed almost $38 million in revenue.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
News: Loving True Blood in Dallas Blogtalk change
I am going to put the Monday night Blogtalk show on hiatus during the rest of season 2.
We will be continuing our fabulous Sunday night show " Talk Blood" immediately following the Sunday night True Blood broadcasts.
On Sunday nights, I will continue to be joined by my fabulous cohost @Sookie BonTemps,the Twitter Sookie and we will have special guests, Buzz reports with reactions from the major fan sites and forums, callers and our unbelievably fun chatroom.
After the season is over we'll go back to our Monday night schedule.
Thanks for all your continued support!
Many Bloody Returns edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner
Vampires and Birthdays are the subjects of this collection of short stories by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelsey Armstrong, P.N. Elrod, Christopher Golden and Tanya Huff, among others.
Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic waitress, features in "Dracula Night" by Charlaine Harris- all over the world, Vampires celebrate the birthday of Dracula, and Vampire Bill's Boss Eric Northman is no exception. Sookie is invited to the celebration at Fangtasia- where she finds out it is rumored that Dracula makes an appearance at one of these parties- and Eric hopes it will be Fanstasia this time. But if Dracula really does show up, what could happen?
In "The Mournful Cry of Owls" by Christopher Golden, Donika, raised a normal teen in America, faces her sixteenth birthday, and a terrible tale of her true parentage from her mother...
Read on
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