.jpg)
Posts
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Interview with Becca Wilcott author of Truly, Madly,Deadly: The Unofficial True Blood Companion
Becca Wilcott, author of Truly, Madly, Deadly: The Unofficial True Blood Companion
Give us a quick breakdown of True Blood, and a pitch to convince other newbies to become Truebies.
True Blood is set in sleepy, sweaty Bon Temps, Louisiana. It’s a small town where everyone knows everyone else’s business, so it’s an interesting mix of political tensions (racism and homophobia still run rampant) and a need to get along with everyone, especially when there’s only one watering hole in town, Merlotte’s Bar & Grill.Alan Ball, the series creator, has said that True Blood is about the terrors of intimacy. I think that’s spot on. Most of life is about such terror, but it’s particularly fitting for this show, one in which the main characters struggle constantly with what they share with the outside world, what they keep hidden, what secrets they’re trying to outrun, and which secrets need to be brought into the light of day. Sounds like typical, heady, Alan Ball fare (he’s the mastermind behind Six Feet Under), but the notable difference is that many of these characters inhabit extraordinary traits. In seasons 1 and 2, we become most acquainted with vampires, shifters, and our heroine Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress.
Vampires feature most heavily in the first two seasons of the series. A Japanese company has manufactured a synthetic blood, which resulted in vampires “coming out of the coffin” now that their needs were being satisfied with Tru:Blood. However, while this synthetic blood nourishes, it doesn’t necessarily satisfy, and there are vampires who refuse to relinquish their true selves simply to mainstream into modern society. Like any good suspense show, there are the Good Vampires and the Bad Vampires. But, of course, it’s more complicated than that. It’s far more about working against a homogenous society that shuts out anything it deems “different” and immoral. To that end, the show has been cited as a strong example of programming that seeks to comment on “real world” problems, the parallels to homophobia and heterosexism particularly apparent.
read on here
Launch for Becca Wilcott's Truly, Madly, Deadly
When Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 7:00pm
Where Czehoski / 678 Queen Street West / Toronto
Details: An alter ego launch party for Truly, Madly, Deadly will be held at Czehoski, 678 Queen Street West, Toronto, on 1-June, 7pm to 10pm. Attendees will be provided with name tags upon arrival and encouraged to write down the name of their alter ego for the evening, role play to follow.
Charlaine Harris and Sookie Stackhouse on the iPad.
More adventures in Dallas's iPad- I did show Charlaine her own web page and the iBook version of "Dead in the Family" on my iPad the other night at dinner.
She thought it was very cool and said it was " a great new toy."
Looks pretty good, huh ?
Club Dead in hardback now available !
Dallas now has a complete set of all 10 Sookie books in hardback and all are autographed !
Remember the 1st 3 books of the series: Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas and Club Dead WHERE NEVER published in hardback. LDiD came out last year and now CD completes the whole set!
Evan Lysacek: Dancing With Twilight and True Blood!
Hello True Blood casting, get this Olympian into at least a walk on !
What's this I hear about the dance last night being inspired by Twilight?
There were some props involved, but our dress rehearsal was such a disaster. I tried to glue fangs on my teeth but they fell off. They drew a widow's peak on my forehead, but then I started sweating and had black dripping down my face. I was 
So, are you a Twilight fan? Have you seen the movie?
Yeah and I really enjoyed it, but actually I love True Blood. I'm obsessed with True Blood. I think [Anna] was coming at it from more of a Twilight angle and I was coming at it from True Blood. I travel with the True Blood DVDs and I get so hooked. Last year I was doing a show and missed my number because I was watching backstage. They announced me and I wasn't there! I was too enthralled with the show.
read on
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Where does Charlaine Harris get her inspiration ?
By Charlaine Harris
A question I'm asked over and over (and over), and my least favorite question, is this:
"Where do you get your inspiration?"
Frankly, I hate the question because I don't understand it. If inspiration were obtainable by artificial means, as the question implies, everyone would have it. The most pertinent definition in my Webster's is "a sudden creative idea or act."
How can I explain where my ideas come from? Ideas are the product of a witch's brew of circumstances: watching the news, long thought, another book, the act of washing dishes, a single gesture in a play . . . all of these can combine to spark a train of thought that leads to something new, something I think is worth pursuing. Connections occur in my head, and all of a sudden something is happening in my book that I think is worthy of being recorded, important enough in its revelation of character or plot.
Some days it really IS like a lightbulb going on over my head -- on very good days. Other days, I sit and stare and think about my cuticles.
ABC hits the TWILIGHT and TRUE BLOOD crowd with THE GATES
There was a teaser floating around earlier today for a new ABC series called THE GATES. Since it didn't really show ANYTHING aside from UNDERWORLD's Rhona Mitra in fangs, I didn't post it. Now there's a new, extended HD promo for the series that popped up tonight on ABC's YouTube page. THE GATES is premiering Sunday June, 20th as a part of ABC's Summer Lineup. With the lucky 13 episode order in place, will THE GATES stay open for long, or will this suffer the fate of HAPPY TOWN and EASTWICK? There looks to be some sexy Vampire/Werwolf action, so we're definitely hitting the TWILIGHT SAGA/TRUE BLOOD/VAMPIRE DIARIES realm, but the setting is more "Wysteria Lane." Check out the synopsis and trailer below.
read here
“Blood Oath,” a political thriller with a vampire twist, coming to a theater near you
Vampires. They’re all the bloody rage right now. Heck, I’d go far as to say that vampires are the new zombies. So, with that said, Hollywood is sucking dry any source material they can for “new” ideas involving those sexy creatures of the night.
Such is the case with Christopher Farnsworth’s Blood Oath, an action adventure novel with a vampire spin that centers around an undead, blood-sucking Secret Service agent. Described as a “mix of political techno thrills and supernatural action,” the book tells of a vampire named Nathaniel Cade who is taken hostage by the U.S. Army during the Civil War, and subsequently forced to protect the presidency (which he does for what has been around 150 years). Oath, which hits bookshelves Tuesday, revolves around Cade being hung up in a plot involving a new form of biological weapon connected to a White House conspiracy.
Producer Lucas Foster (LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, MR. & MRS. SMITH, EQUILIBRIUM), under his Warp Films hood, optioned the right to Oath, as well as Farnsworth’s future follow-up, Black Site. Scripts for both adaptations are to be written concurrently with a still-unnamed screenwriter working alongside Farnsworth, who will help shape the screenplays. Foster said that he hopes to get OATH in production by next year.
So, a vampiric Jack Bauer, eh? What do you think?
http://gordonandthewhale.com/blood-oath-a-political-thriller-with-a-vampire-twist-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/
True Blood Music Video of the Day: How Six Songs Collide II True Blood Couples
Sweet Dreams-Marilyn Manson
Thanks,
TrueBloodBtch
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Twilight To Invade True Blood's Territory?!
Sound familiar, Sookie Stackhouse?
A production notice was uncovered by sources when it was filed last week at the Louisiana Secretary of State's office. An agent for Summit Entertainment allegedly established a new corporate entity called "TSBD LOUISIANA, L.L.C.," which could very well stand for Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.
Read More: Twilight To Invade True Blood's Territory?! | PerezHilton.com http://perezhilton.com/2010-05-18-twilight-to-invade-true-bloods-territory#ixzz0oKlw7c9Z
Celebrity Juice, Not from Concentrate
Vamps call it Josephine's, the weres call it Club Dead and in True Blood it's known as Lou Pine's Bar
I was most interested in the last trailer photos of Club Dead ...
Lou Pine's =lupines
–adjective
1.pertaining to or resembling the wolf.
2.related to the wolf.
3.savage; ravenous; predatory.
Here is the description we get from the book:
I caught a glimpse of a street sign reading "Amite" as we pulled up to an awning that stretched over a deserted length of sidewalk in the outskirts of downtown Jackson. The area directly under the awning was lit with a brilliant and cold light. Somehow that length of sidewalk seemed creepily ominous, especially since the rest of the street was dark... "The vamp that owns it calls it Josephine's," he said, just as quietly. "But Weres call it Club Dead." I thought about laughing, but the inner door opened just then. The doorman was a goblin.
True Blood Season 3 Spoilers - really ?
I don't know why Ausiello is posting these as a spoiler alert today because I posted these May 9th ! Here they are again and an interesting new graphic .
Episode #25: “Pack of Wolves”
Debut: SUNDAY, JUNE 13 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Sookie (Anna Paquin) turns to Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) for help in finding Bill (Stephen Moyer); Andy (Chris Bauer) urges Jason (Ryan Kwanten) to stay the course; Sam (Sam Trammell) reconnects with his past; Tara (Rutina Wesley) seeks refuge from her grief.
Written by Brian Buckner; directed by Daniel Minahan.
Episode #26: “Beautifully Broken”
Debut: SUNDAY, JUNE 20 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Russell Edgington (Denis O’Hare), the Vampire King of Mississippi, concocts a plan to consolidate his power; Eric remembers his past; Sam tests the strength of his family bonds; Tara finds an ally in shady vampire Franklin Mott (James Frain).
Written by Raelle Tucker; directed by Scott Winant.
Episode #27: “It Hurts Me Too”
Debut: SUNDAY, JUNE 27 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
In search of Bill, Sookie heads to Jackson, Miss. in the company of Alcide (Joe Manganiello), a werewolf bodyguard assigned by Eric to protect her. Jason is distracted from his police exams; Bud (William Sanderson) reaches the end of his rope; Arlene (Carrie Preston) copes with unexpected news; Franklin charms Tara, and gets Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) out of a jam; Eric bequeaths a gift to Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis). Haunted by visions from his past, Bill (Stephen Moyer) makes a surprising pledge of allegiance.
Written by Alexander Woo; directed by Michael Lehmann.
Sookie fans like it when Sookie gets to have sex !
Author Charlaine Harris, 58, writes the Sookie Stackhouse vampire mystery books that have been turned into hit TV series True Blood. The books detail the antics of telepathic waitress Sookie, her vampire boyfriend Bill and their various supernatural pals.
How did you start writing these books?
I wrote conventional mysteries for many years. I’d written two mystery series which had done fairly well but hadn’t got me to where I wanted to be. I had a thinking session and decided to write about a woman who was dating vampires. I hoped a mystery with supernatural elements and romance would appeal to a broader readership than just mystery readers.
Was it a struggle selling it?
That was the hardest part. Writing the book was a joy, selling it was very difficult. It took my agent two years. People didn’t know where to place it – it didn’t quite fit into romance, mystery or science fiction.
Did you think of abandoning the idea?
No, I had a taste of what I wanted to do. The change of scenario was invigorating. With mysteries you have to have a dead body, clues and a denouement, and I found the conventions restrictive.
What do the readers expect from your books?
They want vampires, of course, and don’t mind seeing werewolves and fairies too. The younger readers like it when Sookie gets to have sex but that doesn’t happen in every book.
You wouldn’t know that from the TV show.
No, you wouldn’t. That’s where Alan Ball [True Blood’s producer] and I have a different approach.
What are the other differences between the books and the TV show?
There are extra characters on the show. We had to bring the other characters forward because Sookie can’t be on the screen all the time. Alan’s very talented. I had several offers to adapt the books and feel I went with the right person.
read on
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
.jpg)
