True Blood’s Christopher Meloni Spills on His Role:
What with the steadily approaching arrival of True Blood‘s fifth season premiere on June 10, HBO has been releasing clips and images featuring the former Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star. Christopher Meloni, shown impeccably dressed in a suit, will be playing the authoritative, 500-year-old vampire Roman.
Although few details have been revealed about the vampire’s status between the good guys and the bad guys, Meloni says Roman is a “man with an agenda,” and was able to “smack around (Alexander) Skarsgård and (Stephen) Moyer.” With just this being enough to keep fans on the edge of their seats, he also adds, “I f**k someone else up, and I have a girlfriend, so that’s fun.” What this could mean for Eric and Bill, who knows…
When comparing the experience to his last television appearance, he notes, “We don’t have as many werepanthers.” Appreciating the new atmosphere, he also ironically added, “It’s been very freeing, except for the fact that I get off the show where I had to wear a coat and tie every day and they put me in a suit and tie every day.”
Check out a terrifying teaser trailer featuring Meloni as the frightening Roman!
Photo: HBO
True Blood Season 5 Poster Released!
Don’t Cry, It’s Back!
The new season 5 True Blood poster has just been released and this poster is aimed directly at YOU dear Trubies! HBO wants you to stop crying tears of blood over missing True Blood because it will be airing soon! Of course, it’s mean of them to send out this poster when we still have over a month to wait but you know those vampires some of them are ‘”Bad to the Bone”.
Season 5 Starts June 10th 2012
I don’t know about you, but TrueBloodNet.com cannot wait to ‘Do Bad Things‘ [Editor’s Note: Did we mention Jace Everett is back in the recording studio? Can’t wait to hear what he has coming out!] again and we look forward to live tweeting each episode along with our wonderful twitter followers [Editor’s Note: You are following @TrueBloodNet aren’t you?] starting with the series premiere on June 10th, 2012! So while season 5 doesn’t start for 39 days 4 hours and 53 minutes (as of this writing) we can smell fresh blood in the air and can’t wait for the season to begin! We eagerly await seeing what’s been going on in Bon Temps while we’ve been whiling away the winter. Will Sookie relent and pick a beau? Who would you pick? Alcide, Eric, Bill or even Sam? How will Jason and Jessica end up? And for the love of TruBlood will someone get a mop for Tara? Will Arlene and Terry‘s family settle down now that the ghost is gone? Will Jessica tearing out Hoyt‘s heart change his sweet nature? Is Andy going to ever get over his “bow-chicka-bow-wow” evening with the Fae? And where is my smokin’ hot Pammy! You better not ruin her outfit HBO! Is Ginger running Fangtasia by now? Don’t cry? Heck where’s my ‘Don’t Freak!’ poster!
Tell us what you miss the most about True Blood in the comments section below!
Poster Credit: HBO, Inc.
Spoiler! Season 5 True Blood Premiere Song Speculation!
True Blood Season 5 Premiere
We recently revealed, here at TrueBloodNet.com, the title of the first episode of season five of HBO‘s hit series, True Blood. Warning! Spoiler Alert! If you don’t want to be spoiled you should not read further as the title often reveals important episode themes. Long-time viewers know, the title of the episode often ties in with the final song that plays during the closing credits of each episode of True Blood. Radio DJ Gary Calamar is responsible for picking these often-surprising tunes that play in the final credits. Mr. Calamar is the music supervisor on True Blood picking the songs to accompany not only the final credits but also tunes heard during the show whenever the talented Nathan Barr isn’t creating original scores for our favorite series. According to this piece we presented last year:
Every episode of True Blood is named after a song. According to Gary, this is difficult due to budget concerns. Some licensing can be too expensive or just not available. In a few cases, the episode titles were changed because the song didn’t work out as planned. But, as music supervisor, this touch makes his job more fun and interesting.
Turn! Turn! Turn!
The name of the season 5 premiere episode of True Blood is “Turn! Turn! Turn!” While the most obvious implication is that dead/or dying Tara Thornton, who’s brains were splattered across Sookie Stackhouse‘s kitchen at the end of Season 4, will be turned into a vampire, Alan Ball and his devious writers could be throwing us all off track with the premiere’s title. Perhaps Ball and the writers are throwing us a curve ball by merely refering to the recent turning of Steve Newlin former head of the ‘Church of the Sun“, Bon Temps anti-vampire religious extremists, into the vampire that showed up at Sookie‘s door last season with the foreshadowing title. Maybe they are hinting at various characters turning over a new leaf this season. They can but assume that the title of the episodes would be known before the premiere show’s airing on June 10th, 2012 and they could be evilly twisting the obvious meaning.
Nevertheless, we thought we would speculate on not only which song is going to play at the end of the first season five episode but also which band’s cover of the piece will be selected.
The Byrds
The most famous version of this song was done by The Byrds in 1965 where it reached number on on Billboard’s Hot 100. However, The Byrds didn’t write “Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)” to give the song it’s full title. That honor belongs to Pete Seeger who wrote the song in 1959 and recorded it on his album, “The Bitter and the Sweet” in 1962.
Seeger repurposed the words from the King James Bible version of the Book of Ecclesiastes, using the words almost verbatim, with a bit of rearranging and the addition of exactly six words of his own. Besides Seeger and The Byrds, “Turn! Turn! Turn!” was also recorded by Judy Collins in 1963 on her “Judy Collins 3” album, The Seekers in 1966 on their “Georgy Girl”; Wilson Philips in 2004 on their “California” album. Other prominent musicians who’ve recorded this title are Bruce Springsteen in 2006 and most recently by Tori Amos in 2010.
So whose version of this song do you think we’ll hear on June 10th during the season 5 premiere of True Blood? Do you like one better than the other? Do you have a sentimental favorite? Or do you know of a more obscure version of the song that you think is better suited to the dark and twisted story lines of True Blood? Be sure to take your guess in the comments section below!
The Lyrics
Turn, Turn, Turn by Pete Seeger and sung by The Byrds
To everything, turn, turn, turn
There is a season, turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heavenA time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weepA time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones togetherA time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracingA time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of peace, I swear it’s not too late
Credits: HBO, Inc; Wikipedia; Blues for Peace
True Blood Season 5 Premiere Date Announced!
True Blood Season 5 Premiere Date
HBO just released the season 5 start date of our favorite southern vampire (shifter, were and fae) series True Blood! Waiting may suck but at least we now have an end to our misery in sight!
The 12-episode fifth season of TRUE BLOOD will kick off SUNDAY, JUNE 10 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Based on the popular Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris, this Emmy®-nominated hit drama series was created by Alan Ball, creator of HBO’s Emmy®-winning series “Six Feet Under.” The show follows waitress and part-faerie Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who can hear people’s thoughts, vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) and vampire Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård).
And let’s not forget our other favorites that will be returning, Joe Manganiello as were Alcide, Sam Trammell as shifter/bartender Sam Merlotte, Kristin Bauer as vampire Pam, Nelsan Ellis as the loveable Lafayette, Carrie Preston as Arlene, Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica, Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse. We’ll aslo get peeks at fan favorites Tanya Wright as Detective Kenya, Jim Parrack as Hoyt, Todd Lowe as Terry Bellfleur, Janina Gavankar as shifter Luna and Tara Buck as the loyal Ginger.
New this season will be Christopher Meloni as Roman, Camil Luddington as Claudette (Claudine‘s sister). Returning fan favorites are Michael McMillian as Steve Newlin and Denis O’Hare as vampire king Russell Edgington.
The big question is: will Rutina Wesley be back in season 5 to reprise her role as Tara Thornton!?!
The Newsroom
HBO would also like you to know:
THE NEWSROOM kicks off its ten-episode season SUNDAY, JUNE 24 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT). This new series centers on a cable news anchor (Jeff Daniels), his new executive producer (Emily Mortimer), his newsroom staff (John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel, Olivia Munn) and their boss (Sam Waterston). Together they set out on a patriotic and quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles and their own personal relationships. Aaron Sorkin created the series and executive produces along with Scott Rudin and Alan Poul.
Credits: HBO
Official! True Blood Season 5 Premieres in June! with Sneak Peek Video
Before the season premiere of the Game of Thrones we got a little taste of season 5 of HBO’s True Blood with a sneak peek. After Game of Thrones, we were given the twitpic at the top of the article with the promise that the June premiere of True Blood is now official.
If you missed the sneak peek of season 5 of True Blood, enjoy the video below!
Credits: HBO