EW.com conducted their exclusive photo shoot with the cast of True Blood at Comic-con 2010 and below you can see the beautiful photos taken by Micheal Muller of Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Deborah Ann Woll and Joe Manganiello. Click here to visit Mr. Muller’s website and see his wonderful work.
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Stephen Moyer was particularly busy at Comic-con 2010 not only attending the True Blood autograph session and True Blood panel discussion but also participating on the Priest panel. Stephen stars along with Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Karl Urban, and Maggie Q in director Scott Stewart’s 3D production of Priest.
A western-infused post-apocalyptic thriller, set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest (Paul Bettany) from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities. When his niece (Lily Collins) is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on an obsessive quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend (Cam Gigandet), a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, his brother Aaron (Stephen Moyer) and a former Warrior Priestess (Maggie Q) who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.
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Yowie.com was able to catch up with Sam Trammell at Comic-con 2010 and interview him via live stream just before the autograph session and True Blood panel discussion. Enjoy!
Michael Ausiello sat down with Alan Ball, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer at Comic-con 2010 and discussed season 3 and what we can expect to see in the second half of True Blood.
After being honored with the Inkpot Award for Achievement in Fantasy and Fiction at Comic-Con this week, Charlaine Harris participated in the Author’s Spotlight Panel. We have the videos of the panel to share with you. Many thanks to TFAWvideos on YouTube. Enjoy!
After being honored with the Inkpot Award for Achievement in Fantasy and Fiction at Comic-Con this week, Charlaine Harris participated in the Author’s Spotlight Panel. Fans of True Blood have Harris to thank for our favorite television show and the author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels talked about upcoming Sookie stories, where she came up with some of the more random ideas like lemons being toxic to fairies, and the inspiration for “Bubba”.
Charlaine revealed that she joined Facebook because Anne Rice had been trying to get in contact with her and was a fan of the show. Anne and Laurell K. Hamilton influenced Charlaine‘s writing and helped open the doors for her to give us Sookie Stackhouse.
A fan asked Charlaine how she came up with the name Sookie Stackhouse. She revealed that “Sookie” is:
“An old Southern name that had fallen into disuse. I thought it was a good name for a girl with old-fashioned values but with a modern twist… I didn’t realize how difficult [‘Sookie Stackhouse’] would be to say with fangs. You spit when you say ‘S,’ so maybe now I’d name her … Dora Dunce.”
While Harris really enjoys what Alan Ball has done with the show, particularly with introducing Jessica Hamby, she does not plan to bring the characters from the show into her books. She likes that the books and the show are two separate types of entertainment although she finds it amusing when fans who watched the show first try to tell her she got things wrong. One fan told her on her website that she was wrong and that “Eric‘s maker isn’t Appius Livius Ocella, but it was Godfrey.”
Fans of the novels hate the long interval between Sookie books but Harris, who admits to having no real writing style, says that she understands that it’s hard for fans but she wants to make the books as enjoyable as possible and that takes time. So what can we do to keep ourselves occupied until the next novel is released in May 2011? A new short story will be released on August 3rd featuring Pam, Sookie and a stripper pole. In February 2011 a “Sookie Companion” will be released which will include an interview with Alan Ball, a FAQ section, a recipes section (Charlaine is quick to point out that this was not her idea), synopses of the books, secret emails between Bill and Eric, and a novella about Sam and Sookie going to Sam‘s brother’s wedding.
For fans of her Harper Connelly series, Harris revealed that she had finished writing that series saying that she felt she had written everything about Harper that she wanted to say. Harper is going to appear in comic books and other projects are in currently in the works for Harper. While Charlaine wouldn’t comment further, rumors have been circulating that HBO is going to be making a television show about this series as well.
One fan asked Charlaine how she thought Alan did in the casting department. Charlaine responded Kristen Bauer van Straten who plays Eric‘s second in command Pam, and Chris Bauer who plays detective Andy Bellefleur were exactly how she pictured them. One way she felt differed was the casting of Sookie.
“God bless Anna who’s so small, but Sookie [in the books] is definitely curvier. Sookie’s a bigger gal than that.”
When asked about a few points in the books Charlaine stated that Sookie will never become a vampire, that Sookie can’t read vampire minds because their brain synapses fire differently, and that she is contracted for three more Sookie books. She has said in previous interviews that it is likely that the series will be over after these three books have been written. She also revealed that “Bubba” will be in the next book. She got the inspiration for Bubba from the movie Men in Black. When she saw how they made famous people “aliens” in the movie the idea just popped into her head. So where did Charlaine come up with the idea of lemons being toxic to fairies? Harris said she wanted the item that could foil the fairies to be
“totally ridiculous … Lemons are readily available. Why not make lemons the culprit?”
What does the future hold for Eric and Sookie in the books? Charlaine says that for Eric the next logical step is for Sookie to become a vampire and he will tell her this in the current novel that she is writing. And no matter how many times she is asked Charlaine will not reveal who Niall was referring to when he told Sookie “He really loves you Sookie.” Harris said she is neither “Team Eric” nor “Team Bill“. She finds the whole concept counterproductive to what she is trying to accomplish in the books.
Fans of the novels have a lot to look forward to. We can’t wait to see what Charlaine comes up with in the next three books!
Source: Blog.zap2it.com
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TrueBloodNet.com‘s very own Isis Nocturne and Janie Logan were lucky enough to attend the True Blood panel discussion and be part of this amazing experience. What made it even more special was that our very own Isis Nocturne was able to ask Stephen Moyer a question during the panel. You can hear Isis asking Stephen in the last video (Part 5) at the 6:32 mark a question dealing with the evolution of the Bill character and how that has affected him as an actor. It is wonderful to hear Stephen respond to her question by stating “great question” before answering. Lucky girl! Isis we are all so proud of you! Many thanks to ProgGrrl for posting the videos on YouTube. Enjoy!
The cast of Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV vampire series True Blood are at the San Diego Comic-con. This post will feature the True Blood panel and tweets from fans during the True Blood panel discussion. The way to properly read these tweets is to go to the bottom and read up! Hey it’s an imperfect world! Enjoy!
He looks forward to those season because he’s enjoyed this more than any other show.about 1 hour ago via Echofon
It’s something that’s real and makes it a fun place to visit.about 1 hour ago via Echofon
R Screenrant: They’re now talking about the lady romance with Pam and Jessica and how it’s somewhat sexual, but now teacher/student.
TrueBloodNet.com: True Blood at Comic-con 2010: First Look and Autograph Signing Session http://bit.ly/atyHdL #truebloodabout 4 hours ago via Twitter Tools
Thanks go out to our two writers: Janie and Wendy. Way to hang in there ladies! We will look forward to your stories of personal triumph and adversity next week! Also we have to thank Comic Con for the live feeds, HBO and @TrueBloodHBO, Newsarama.com, ScreenRant.com, @HitFixDaniel, TVGuideMagazine, and @MegMasters for keeping us up to date on the events!
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HBO premiered this video at the True Blood panel discussion at Comic-con and the Comic Con True Blood Outreach firm, BLT & Associates has released the sneak peek video of the remaining season to the general public which will have True Blood fans craving for more! Enjoy!
Updated: Friday, July 23, 2010 Time: 21:23
People are Twitpicing and uploading pictures of the True Blood panel at Comic Con 2010 from camera phones all over the web. As we find pictures from the True Blood panel discussion we will updating this post giving credit where credit is due. So sit back and enjoy the first look at photos from the panel.
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The cast of Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV vampire series True Blood are at the San Diego Comic-con. This post will feature twitpics and tidbits from fans at the True Blood autograph signing session. Although many of us cannot be there we share the experience through the pictures provided by other True Blood fans. Enjoy!
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True Blood has taken over at this year’s Comic-Con as the elevators at the Hilton Bay Front have been plastered from floor to ceiling with the True Blood Season 3 cast posters. As the writer of BleedingCool.com reports it is creating quite a stir. The writer states:
“I have already opened the lift to find one young lady pressed up against one of the male characters. I’m not sure how graffitied they will be by the end of the show, so here’s video of one in its pure unsullied state…”
SOURCE: BleedingCool.com
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Comic-con is finally here and True Blood is well represented with the actors and crew attending various panels this year. One of our writers here at TrueBloodNet.com, Isis Nocturne, is attending the Behind the Music with CW3PR: Composing for Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Film & TV panel which has True Blood composer Nathan Barr as one of the seven panelists discussing the behind-the-scenes perspective on creating music for television and film. Below are Isis Nocturne‘s tweets from the event and photos.
Next up is the music panel with True Blood‘s composer Nathan Barr!
OMG! Charlaine Harris is opening the panel!
Opening with music from each composer…
Introductions are awesome!
Waiting to hear from Nathan Barr…
Nathan Barr started working under Hans Zimmer.
Nathan was there only 8 months.
Nathan practiced by doing other movie scores earlier in his career.
Music from Nathan‘s score for Hostel was put into the pilot for True Blood, then he wrote music for True Blood to use instead…
Talking about composing for character-driven shows/movies & the difficulties
Everyone says that silence needs to be a part of tv and film b/c it can be so powerful.
Nathan uses cool instruments like a human bone trumpet…
this instrument is made of a femur… it’s from Tibet
Nathan looks up weird instruments on Ebay
as we know, Nathan plays his own instruments
That panel felt soooo short! It was very interesting!
In closing, that panel was great & Nathan Barr and John Ottman were both really nice!
Stephen Moyer is going to be working hard while at Comic-Con this year. Instead of working on one panel, he’ll be at two panels! Both will be on Friday, July 23, and part of both panels are at the same time! However, both promote different projects of Stephen‘s. The two panels will be on True Blood and Priest, a movie Stephen is in.
If you’re going to be at Comic-Con and are interested in the panel for Priest, this is the latest information about it:
4:00-6:00 Sony Pictures Entertainment: The Other Guys, The Green Hornet, and Priest— Two more sneak peeks at upcoming films from Sony Pictures Entertainment!
Priest (3D) — A western-infused post-apocalyptic thriller, set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest (Paul Bettany) from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities. When his niece (Lily Collins) is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on an obsessive quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend (Cam Gigandet), a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess (Maggie Q) who possesses otherworldly fighting skills. Stars Paul Bettany,Karl Urban, Maggie Q, Cam Gigandet, Stephen Moyer, and director Scott Stewart will be onstage to unveil the first 3D look at Priest.
Unfortunately, so far no room information is available for the Priest panel. However, after Stephen‘s part on that panel, he’s going to have to rush over to the True Blood panel.
5:15-6:15 True Blood Panel and Q&A session— Mixing romance, suspense, mystery, and humor, True Blood kicked off its 12-episode third season June 13 on HBO. The series, which has earned two Golden Globe nominations for Best Television Series-Drama, follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin, Golden Globe winner for True Blood season one; Oscar-winner for The Piano), who can hear people’s thoughts, and her soulmate, 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer). Alan Ball (creator of the Emmy-winning HBO series Six Feet Under) created and serves as executive producer of the series, which is based on the best-selling Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. The series also features Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds, Sam Trammell as Sam Merlotte, Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton, Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica Hamby, Kristin Bauer van Straten as Pam, Denis O’Hare as Russell Edgington, the Vampire King of Mississippi, and Joe Manganiello as Alcide Herveaux. (Note: names in bold will be appearing on the panel.) Moderated by Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly. Ballroom 20
Stephen‘s going to be very busy at Comic-Con!
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Charlaine Harris will be attending Comic-Con this year to talk about her Sookie Stackhouse series and what supernatural stories are left to be told of the series.
This popular series about a mind reading waitress in the swamp lands of northern Louisiana where she resides with vampires for neighbors and many other supernaturals has been made into the very popular TV series True Blood on HBO. True Blood is now in its third season and the fan base continues to grow. Charlaine has also written many other mystery novels such as Aurora Teagarden; Shakespeare and Arkansas resident Lily Bard. She will be at Comic-Con on Thursday, July 22, 2010 from 1:00pm to 2:00 pm in Room 6BCF. Go and show your support!
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TOP FILM & TELEVISION COMPOSERS TO SPEAK ON
ANTICIPATED NEW PANEL AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL
Appearances by Oscar and Emmy award-winning music talents Michael Giacchino, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Nathan Barr, Jim Dooley, John Ottman & Jeremy Zuckerman.
Seven of the most prolific composers in film & television are slated to appear and speak for the brand new program: Behind the Music: Composing for Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Film & Television in San Diego for Comic-Con – on July 22nd, 4:30-5:30pm in room 24ABC. Moderated by Anne Cecere – Director of Film/TV Relations of BMI, the panelists will include Michael Giacchino, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Nathan Barr, Jim Dooley, John Ottman and Jeremy Zuckerman.
All of the scoring legends will discuss their respective past and current projects, how they got their big break into the music composing industry, and share some behind-the-scenes insights regarding composing for the specific sci-fi/fantasy genre of television and film, as pertinent to the Comic-Con audience and tradition. Attendees of the panel also will receive exclusive giveaways. Day and weekend passes can be purchased through Comic-Con’s website: www.comic-con.org
Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning composer Michael Giacchino has contributed music for many facets of entertainment such as films, TV, and videogames. His most recent films include STAR TREK, RATATOUILLE, and UP for which he won this past year’s Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Original Score. Giacchino has also scored the hit TV shows LOST and ALIAS.
Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman make up the composing duo ‘Wendy & Lisa’, who once performed as Prince’s leading ladies and made their mark with their first composing credit on the box-office hit, DANGEROUS MINDS. Wendy & Lisa continue to write music for hit shows like HEROES, MERCY and NURSE JACKIE. Their score album to Nurse Jackie was recently released on March 2nd and is available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.
Jim Dooley is an Emmy-winning composer for PUSHING DAISIES. His nearly 40 film contributing credits include THE DA VINCI CODE, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, solo work such as WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, OBSESSED, and top videogame titles SOCOM, INFAMOUS and the upcoming EPIC MICKEY. Dooley is currently song writing for the film, DOROTHY OF OZ starring Lea Michele (“Glee”) as Dorothy, Martin Short as The Jester, Dan Aykroyd as The Scarecrow, Kelsey Grammer as The Tin Man, and Jim Belushi as The Lion.
Nathan Barr has scored all episodes of HBO’s hit series TRUE BLOOD. Among other works, Barr has composed for HOSTEL, SHUTTER, CABIN FEVER, THE DUKES OF HAZARD and recently completed THE LAST EXORCISM, which opens nation-wide on August 27th, 2010.
John Ottman has composed for a diverse range of films from THE LOSERS, X-MEN, FANTASTIC FOUR, X-MEN 2, FANTASTIC FOUR 2: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER and SUPERMAN RETURNS. Having music influence his life since the 4th grade, Ottman continues to score for films, TV commercials, and direct films.
Composer Jeremy Zuckerman is best known for his work on Nickelodeon’s AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER. Jeremy, along with his composing partner, Benjamin Wynn, form the music-writing duo “Track Team”. They recently finished the animated short, DC SHOWCASE: THE SPECTRE and currently are scoring for the brand new Nickelodeon animated KUNG FU PANDA spin-off series.
Comic-Con International is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms. In addition to its San Diego convention each summer, Comic-Con International organizes the San Francisco-based WonderCon each Spring and the Alternative Press Expo each Fall.
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