True Blood Star Rob Kazinsky Teases the Best is Yet to Come:
Truebies Rejoice! Rob Kazinsky, the faery-vampire hybrid obsessed with Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) teases that some of his best scenes on True Blood are yet to be seen. A fan on Twitter asked him what the highlight of his experience on the show has been so far, and his reply was:
That’s all still to come!
Whoa! Does this mean there are more exploding light sex scenes with Sookie? A fight with Bilith (Stephen Moyer) perhaps? Fans can’t wait to find out!
Apart from his role as Ben/Warlow, Kazinsky stars in the action/sci-fi flick Pacific Rim, out in theaters now.
Source: Wetpaint.com – True Blood Season 6: Rob Kazinsky’s Favorite Moment is Still to Come!
Broadway Star Valarie Pettiford Joins the Cast of True Blood in a Recurring Role:
There is a new face in Bon Temps. Valarie Pettiford, star of stage and screen, has joined the cast of True Bloodin a recurring role in season 6. Pettiford who will play Mary, mother of Nicole(Jurnee Smollett-Bell) will appear in a two-episode arc starting in Episode 7 “World Without End,” which is scheduled to air on July 28, 2013.
Pettiford weighs in on what it’s like to work with the cast of True Blood:
Working on this show has been a delicious experience. It has been an absolute joy to work with a cast of this caliber. Everyone has been so lovely – they say it starts at the top, and on True Blood it really does.
Pettiford is a Fosse-trained dancer, and has been sanctioned by the Fosse/Verdon estate to reconstruct the legend’s choreography for master classes in New York City with fellow Fosse-alum Lloyd Culbreath.
She also has danced in national tours such as “Dancin’ “and “Show Boat”. She has appeared in hit sitcoms (“Half and Half” and “House of Payne”) and big budget films (“Stomp the Yard,” “Jumping the Broom”). A Tony award nomination, NAACP award nomination, and Best Actress honors for the festival short “The Response” are among her many accolades.
Her second album, a collection of original lullabies entitled “Velvet Sky,” was released last fall.
Just announced: True Blood Panel Scheduled to Appear at Comic Con International 2013
Comic Con True Blood Panel 2012
True Blood fans from all over the world are gearing up to attend San Diego’s Comic Con International. Once again, the cast of HBO’s True Blood will be in Ballroom 20 on Saturday July 20 at 3:30 PM to tease plot lines and answer fan questions live. Entertainment Weekly’s Tim Stack will again be the panel moderator. Scheduled to appear:
Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse), Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton), Showrunner Brian Buckner, Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse), Sam Trammell (Sam Merlotte), Rutina Wesley (Tara Thornton), Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette Reynolds), Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica Hamby), Kristin Bauer van Straten (Pam Swynford de Beaufort), Joe Manganiello (Alcide Herveaux), Anna Camp (Sarah Newlin), Michael McMillian (Steve Newlin) and Rob Kazinsky (Ben Flynn).
Ryan Kwanten walked on his hands like a (very sexy) trained monkey to the delight of the crowd last year, and Joe Manganiello did a little bump and grind for the ladies. What will happen this year? A few thousand lucky fans will find out first hand on July 20.
For more information on Comic Con International, visit www.comic-con.org
The New Girl on the Block Opens up on her Character Nicole:
Credit: True Blood/Jurnee Smollett-Bell/HBO
True Blood’s Season 6 has added several new characters to Season 6 with the hopes of continuing to shake things up! JurneeSmollett-Bell joined True Blood in Season 6, episode 2 as vampire rights activist Nicole.
Entertainment Weekly caught up with Jurnee looking to get the inside scoop on the mysterious Nicole in Season 6!
In response to the question; “Is Nicole Human?” Jurnee says “I don’t know if they are letting me say what I am or not!” Leaves the fans wondering just what is in store for Nicole, and if she is more than just a mere human…
When asked what she is most excited for people to see this year, she responded:
“My character, there’s a lot of action which is fun. [Doing stunts] was new for me on a TV show. I’d done it in films, but this TV show feels like a film. You’ve got special effects, and wolves, and animals and blood! All this stuff that makes it feel like you’re on a film set. It’s so cool. It’s so much fun it should be criminal”.
True Blood fans will be sure to be on the edge of their seats waiting to see what is in store for Nicole and the other Supes that her storyline will cross paths with!
To read the full interview check the link below!
Source: Entertainment Weekly– “True Blood’: Jurnee Smollett-Bell talks joining the cast and her mysterious debut as Nicole
Todd Lowe Lets True Blood Fans know what to Expect in Season 6:
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Todd Lowe, who plays Terry Bellefleur on HBO’s Hit show True Blood, opens up to The Warp in an exclusive interview on what to expect in the upcoming Season 6 of True Blood!
The hype of Season 6 has been focused on the death of “a major” character to be expected at some point during Season 6…Todd’s response to the reaction of the cast was :
“I know we were sad to see it coming. I can’t say too much more. It was a bit of a surprise and it was kind of an emotional moment – we’ve been together as a cast since the first season”.
You can also check out the below trailer on what to expect in the upcoming season!
Source: The Warp-‘True Blood’s’ Todd Lowe on Show’s Big Death: ‘It was a Bit of a Surprise’
In case the build up and anticipation of the world premiere of HBO’sTrue Blood on June 16 in and of itself was not enough, HBO has yet another surprise in store for its millions of fans! A major social media event has been scheduled to coincide with the Season 6 Premiere of True Blood! This first ever social media event will be broadcast live from the set of Fangtasia.
The Season 6 media event is said to be a:
“two-part social media event beginn[ing] on June 16, 9:00 a.m. ET, when HBO will reveal exclusive #secretsfromtheset via the True Blood profiles on Facebook (Facebook.com/Trueblood), Twitter (Twitter.com/TruebloodHBO), Instagram (Instagram.com/TruebloodHBO) and Vine. This all leads up to a fan-fueled interactive pre-show, #TrueBlood: Live from Set, airing on HBO at 8:45 p.m. ET/PT hosted by comedienne and Parks and Recreation actress Retta”.
In a world that thrives on social media this could not be a better opportunity to engage with the millions of fans of the hit show! “#TrueBlood: Live from Set” will allow the fans of True Bloodto directly engage with the cast members and be given the opportunity to ask questions, and the cast will provide behind the scenes secrets of Season 6! This is surely an event that none of us will be missing!
“Social media has been core to the marketing strategy for True Blood since the first season, leading to one of the most engaged fan bases of any television series”.
13 of our favourite cast members are scheduled to participate in this event including “Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, Deborah Ann Woll, Carrie Preston, Todd Lowe, Chris Bauer, Kristin Bauer van Straten and Joe Manganiello”.
For all you “true” True Blood fans start following @TrueBloodHBO on Twitter for your opportunity to be featured in the broadcast in a “never-before-done execution with Twitter and powered by Mass Relevance”. Be sure to get on Twitter and see how you can prove you are #TopTruebie!
Source: Spoiler TV-True Blood Season 6 Cast Members to Participate in Live Social Media Event
Joe Manganiello, known as the super hot werewolf Alcide Hevereaux, has a small part on
CBS’s How I Met Your Mother. Now he appears in a behind-the-scenes video of the show. Check out the “expose” about the up and coming Neil Patrick Harris webseries entitled Neil’s Puppet Dreams. Check out the full video below!
Check out what Sam’s lady love, Luna, will be up to in the near future:
Since HBO’s True Bloodseason 5 finale ended in multiple shocks, we still aren’t quite sure what will happen to Sam’s(Sam Trammell) love Luna, played by Janina Gavankar. Since she shifted into a human, usually a shapeshifter won’t live after. We saw this with Sam’s younger brother, Tommy (Marshall Allman).
What we do know is that it has been confirmed that Gavankar has secured a multi-arc role in the new CW show, Arrow. She will portray a vice cop described as “tough, sexy, and considerably formidable.”
What do you think, Truebies? Will we see Luna survive next season? Will you tune in to Arrow to see Gavankar? To find out more, check out the link below!
Credit: Zap2It – ‘Arrow’ casts ‘True Blood’s Janina Gavankar in Major Recurring Role
There is no denying that True Blood is one of the best supernatural shows on television:
And now there is even more proof! True Blood has been nominated for three awards: Favorite Premium Cable TV Show, Favorite Sci-Fy/Fantasy TV Show, and Favorite TV Fan Following.
The People’s Choice Awards will reveal the results in January of 2013.
Reverend Steve Newlin goes from L.O.D. to The Authority:
Michael McMillian, who is known for portraying the anti-vampire reverend Steve Newlin on HBO’s True Blood, had his character turned upside down when it was revealed that Newlin had been turned into what he hated most: a vampire! On top of that, he proudly confessed to Jason Stackhouse that he is a gay American vampire…and that he was in love with him.
McMillian spent most of the season hanging around Russell Edgington played by Denis O’Hare, causing mayhem and destruction. However, we have yet to find out who is maker is.
One thing many True Blood fans don’t know, is that McMillian is one of the writers of the True Blood comic book series. He has published comic books for two years now.
McMillian on playing a villain:
I just loved the idea of playing this right-wing Christian evangelist who hated vampires. It was such an out-there idea and such a great character, but also something that I thought was really relatable and really relevant to today. It was a really fun, satirical role.”
Did he know he would be back for Season 5?
“No, I didn’t know for sure. All I knew was that I hadn’t been killed and that’s usually a good sign on True Blood. If your character hasn’t met the true death, there’s a good chance you could make it back.”
To read the entire interview, click on the Assignment X link below!
What Deborah Ann Woll has to say about her character:
Deborah Ann Woll plays vampireJessica Hamby on HBO’s supernatural hit True Blood. She took some time out of her busy schedule to talk about what it’s like to play a vampire. Woll notes that while Jessica goes through a lot of turmoil, she does get some happiness in between all of the chaos and trouble.
When asked if she ever said; “my character would never say that” to the writers, Woll answered:
“I came up doing classical theater. And when the playwrights are dead, you can’t really argue with them.”
Woll is busy advocating for a cure for choroideremia, a eye disease that causes people to lose their vision slowly until it is completely gone, that her boyfriend, EJ Scott, has. Scott, who Woll met on Match.com, says her boyfriend was legally blind when they met and she loves him desperately.
Woll, who is five feet 10 inches without heels, said she was very lucky to have the role that she has and loves the people she works with.
Want to see the whole interview? Check out the video interview in the link below!
Source Credit: Good Day LA – Deborah Ann Woll Talks Being A Vampire On True Blood
True Blood’s Own Sam Merlotte to Visit the Southwest:
The premiere horror convention and film festival of the Southwest has announced a very special guest to attend: Sam Trammell. The event will take place from May 4-6, 2012.
Best recognized for his great performance in True Blood, Trammell has also been seen in House MD, CSI: NY, Bones, and Dexter, as well as the feature film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.
Trammell will be returning to his Southern roots, having been born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He says, “I feel like the South is in my body and in my brain and in my DNA.”
We’re sure he’ll enjoy the Texas Frightmare Weekend! Let us know in the comments if you’ll be attending as well.
Angela Robinson Joins Team for Episodes 505 and 511:
Gianna Sobol (insider extraordinaire at True Blood headquarters) recently interviewed Angela Robinson, True Blood’s newest writer. Robinson opens up on her role as a writer for two Season 5 episodes:
Gianna: What were you up to before you joined us here in Bon Temps?
Angela: I was working as a Co-EP on Hung.
Gianna: Were you a fan of the show before you joined the team?
Angela: I was! Although, I wasn’t up to date.
Gianna: What’s it been like joining a show already in its 5th season?
Angela: It’s been really fun and exciting. Alan is awesome to work with and the other writers have been very welcoming and are insanely talented. I’m in prep for my first episode now, so I am just now meeting the cast and crew.
Gianna: Which episodes are you writing?
Angela: I will be writing episodes 505 and 511.
Gianna: What’s been the most challenging part of the new job?
Angela: I think getting a feel for the tone of the show and the voices of the characters. I’ve always been on shows since the beginning, so it’s a different ballgame to come into a show where everything is already established and figuring out how to do your thing within the established parameters.
Gianna: Who’s your favorite character to write for and why?
Angela: I’ve only written one episode — but so far, I really like writing for Sookie, I enjoy her struggle to retain a sense of normalcy in her increasingly dangerous life. And I like writing Jessica, I think the dichotomy between her natural goodness and the dark side of her vampireness is fun to explore.
Gianna: How is True Blood different from other shows you’ve worked on?
Angela: It’s way mellower, and the hours are great! Of course, I haven’t entered production yet. Ask me again in a month.
Gianna: Any fun hints you can drop about the coming season?
Angela: I am terrified to utter a peep because there are so many rabid fans out there, so I am going to remain mum on that. Suffice to say it will be awesome.
The End of an Era is Near…. at Least for Alan Ball:
It’s official, Alan Ball will be stepping down as a show runner for HBO‘s hit True Blood if the show returns for a sixth season.
HBO has made public its intentions with regard to Alan Ball’s continued role beyond Season Five:
“When we extended our multi-year overall deal with Alan Ball in July 2011, we always intended that if we proceeded to True Blood’s sixth season that Alan would take a supervisory role on the series and not be the day-to-day showrunner. If we proceed to season six, the show will remain in the very capable hands of the talented team of writers and producers who have been with the show for a number of years.”
This parting of ways from True Blood is going to give Ball the much needed creative time to pursue further series with HBO, and Cinemax.
In a statement made by Ball he says:
“True Blood has been, and will continue to be, a highlight of not only my career but my life. Because of the fantastic cast, writers, producers and crew, with whom I have been lucky enough to work these past five years, I know I could step back and the show will continue to thrive as I look forward to new and exciting ventures.”
Though I’m sure that Mr. Ball will be greatly missed around the set and at the helm of the day to day magic that is created for our viewing pleasure, his retirement may be a good thing for us die hard fans. Would someone in his position really announce leaving the show, if it was fated to end after the fifth season? I would like to believe that not only do we get to look forward to Season Five in a few months, but also Season Six in 2013.
