Update information on the True Blood panel list at the Paley Fest’09 has been posted on the Paley Center for Media website. The True Blood cast members that will be appearing at the Paley Fest’09 on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 7:00 pm PT at the Cinerama Dome at ArcLight Hollywood will include:
- Alan Ball
- Stephen Moyer
- Anna Paquin
- Ryan Kwanten
- Sam Trammell
- Rutina Wesley
- Alexander Skarsgard
- Carrie Preston
- Nelsan Ellis
There are several different ticket packages available for the festival.
The Festival Pass
Guarantees one premium seat to all twelve evenings and three after-parties, plus many other benefits! To learn more about what is included in the Festaival pass and to purchase the ticket click the link here.
Premium Festival Packages Are On Sale Now!
Packages include two premium seats to four events and two invites to one after-party.
Package A: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 90210, The Big Bang Theory, The Hills
Package B: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Dollhouse, Battlestar Galactica/Caprica, Fringe
Package C: True Blood, The Mentalist, Desperate Housewives, Big Love—plus bonus evening, Swingtown!
To learn more about the Packages A, B, and C and to buy tickets click the link here.
Individual tickets sales to Paley Center Members begins February 26 and tickets to the general public will be made available March 1. Tickets often sell out to Members!
To become a member click the link here.
If you will be attending this event we are looking for guest writers or photographers to have their work featured on this site in a Special Editorial on True Blood at the PaleyFest09. If you are interested, please contact us at admin@truebloodnet.com for further information.
SOURCE: The Paley Center for Media
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Ryan Kwanten From True Blood was interviewed by Rebecca Murray from About.com at the 2009 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards held on Saturday, February 21, 2009. In this video interview Ryan discusses his role of Jason Stackhouse in Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV series True Blood. One of the first questions that Rebecca Murray asks Ryan is how he feels about all the nudity that his character has to do. He says he trusts Alan Ball and the reasons why certain scenes need to be played out the way they are in order to tell the story. He knew before going into the show what may be involved with his character and he is quite comfortable with his body he states. Later on in the video he discusses the differences between the books and the show and his other projects. To watch the video interview with Ryan Kwanten click the image below to be taken to the link.
Alexander Skarsgard From True Blood was interviewed by Rebecca Murray from About.com at the 2009 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards held on Saturday, February 21, 2009. In this Part 2 video Alex discusses with her his role as the 1000 year old viking vampire, Eric Northman in the show and his work on Generation Kill. To watch Part 2 of the video interview with Alexander Skarsgard click the image below to be taken to the link.
Alexander Skarsgard From True Blood was interviewed by Rebecca Murray from About.com at the 2009 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards held on Saturday, February 21, 2009. Alex discusses with her his role as the 1000 year old viking vampire, Eric Northman in the show and what we may expect for season 2. He states that the story will follow book 2 loosely and they will be going to Dallas. He says that he is enjoying playing the role of Eric and that it is great working with everyone on the set of True Blood and Alan Ball has a very laidback style which is great. He goes on to mention the additional sets to be added to True Blood are “really cool”. One of the questions that most of Alex’s fans want to hear is how does he feel about the huge fan base that has developed for him. Alex being quite humble states that he was not aware of the huge fan base and did not expect it coming into True Blood. Does he ever check online to see what people are saying about him? No, he says because if nine comments are positive and one is negative, it is that one that is going to stick with him. On a personal note, that is why True Blood fans should praise all the actors on the show for the superb work they do in providing fans such a tantalizing experience watching True Blood. To watch Part 1 of the video interview with Alexander Skarsgard click the image below to be taken to the link.
True Blood season 2 casting news has come out for episode 5 entitled “Never Let Me Go” which is set to begin filming on March 5, 2009. Now please be advised that the information comes from Spoiler TV and we have heard from Alan Ball in a recent interview that they actively plant misinformation to throw people off and to keep the element of surprise in the series. Therefore, some of these cast characters may or may not appear in season 2.
True Blood season 2 news about another cast member has just been published in IMDb. The latest addition to Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV series “True Blood” is Annalise Basso. Annalise has been cast to play the role of Eden Hamby, Jessica’s 9 year old younger sister. She will make her appearance in Season 2 Episode 2: “Keep This Party Going” with a recurring role. She has also appeared in two movies “Ghost Image” and Bedtime Stories”. She will be appearing in two new upcoming films entitled “Dark House” and “Alabama Moon”. The accompany photo was taking on the set of “True Blood” with Annalise Basso in the center, Deborah Ann Woll to the left and Anna Paquin on the right.
For season 2 of Alan Ball’s hit HBO TV series “True Blood” two more actors have been cast for roles in the show. Missy Doty (left side photo) has been cast to play the role of Vonetta in Season 2, Episode 1: “Nothing But The Blood”. Ms. Doty will play a 30ish bar patron who gets thrown out of the bar by Terry Bellefleur due to her excessive gossiping. Cheryl White (right side photo) has been cast to play the role of Mrs. Hamby, Jessica’s mother making her first appearance in Season 2, Episode 2: “Keep This Party Going”. Ms. White will have a recurring role playing the grief-stricken and tearful mother of Jessica desperately trying to find information regarding her daughter. She is described as a woman in her 40’s – 50’s who is submissive to her husband’s wishes.
Rutina Wesley From True Blood attended the Essence Magazine’s 2nd Annual “Black Women In Hollywood” luncheon on Thursday, 19 February 2009 held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, California. This year’s luncheon was hosted by Queen Latifah and honored Halle Berry (Power Award), Gina Prince-Bythewood (Visionary Award), Diahann Carroll (Legend Award) and Taraji P. Henson Lexus Star to Watch Award).
True Blood has been nominated in two categories in the 2nd Annual A-List Awards presented by Bravo. The A-List Awards honors those who made an unforgettable mark in the area of food, fashion, beauty, design and pop culture. “True Blood” has been nominated in the category of “Best A-List Show” competing against “Gossip Girl”, “Mad Men”, “The Office” and “30 Rock”. “True Blood” has also been nominated in the category of “Television: Sexiest TV Moment” for “Bill and Sookie’s Love Scene – Episode 7 – Burning House of Love”. They will go head-to-head against “The Office – Dwight and Angela”, “Gossip Girl – Chuck and Blair in the limo”, “LOST – Sawyer & Kate in the chopper”, and “The L Word – the elevator scene”.
Alan Ball’s successful HBO TV Series “True Blood” will be hitting the airwaves in Central Europe broadcasting Season 1 in Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Macedonia.
True Blood writer Chris Offutt along with several other celebrated writers have come together to create “Noir” through Dark Horse. Noir is a pitch-black anthology of original stories that focuses on the dark side. The stories range from the traditional crime fiction to more contemporary, offbeat material. Chris Offutt’s work on “True Blood” includes writing Episode 7 “Burning House of Love”, and Episode 10 “I Don’t Wanna Know”. He has worked as the executive story editor for all 12 episodes of “True Blood” and recently he was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award along side Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo, and Nancy Oliver. Chris Offutt is an accomplished writer with many books to he name including “No Heroes”, “The Good Brother”,Out of the Woods: Stories” and “Kentucky Straight: Stories” to name a few.
The official release date for “True Blood – The Complete 1st Season” on DVD and Blu-Ray is for May 19, 2009. The set will include 5 discs with a running time of 720 minutes. Bonus material will be included which will consist of a Documentary, an Audio Commentary plus other extras. The video will be sold in widescreen version with audio in English Dolby. The listed retail price for the DVD set is $59.99 with the Blu-Ray at $79.99, however, the set can be purchased at discounted rate through Amazon.com. The art work for the cover is not set but this is currently what Amazon.com is presenting as the art cover.
E!Online is reporting that the suspense is building as to what fans can expect to see for Season 2 on Alan Ball’s successful HBO TV series “True Blood”. Questions are surrounding whether there is going to be a love triangle between Bill, Sookie and Eric? With the introduction of Jessica as Bill’s newly made vampire “child” how will Sookie deal with the news? Questions about Tara and Sam are on people’s minds as well. Are they going to hook up or are they going to go their separate ways? At the end of Season 1 we were left off with a cliffhanger: is Lafayetter dead or not?