If you ever doubted that HBO’s True Blood wasn’t a soap opera in vampire’s clothing then all the casting news these past few months should totally cinch the deal for you. It looks like Season 3 of Alan Ball’s popular show will be loaded with lots of hot fresh meat. This is no insult to the show, I’m totally digging it–but let’s just call it like it is already.
Enter new cast member Kevin Alejandro, the Southland co-star who is expected to appear in almost every episode of the third season. Don’t wet your panties just yet ladies, his character Jesus …read more

Either you want to tear your hair out or you’re recovering from True Bloodtastic bliss after all the True Blood casting news over the past few weeks. Well, let me force upon you another new cast member, whose werepanther roots may or may not be an element to the storyline for the third season of HBO’s True Blood.
Lindsay Pulsipher will join several new cast members as Crystal Norris. She is described as a ‘barefoot, sundress-wearing woman’ who will reportedly share an ‘electric connection’ with Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten). Jason always seems to have his hands full!
In the Charlaine Harris novels, …read more

How I Met Your Mother star Joe Manganiello has been cast in a recurring role on HBO’s True Blood. He’ll be playing Alcide Herveaux, a ‘hot and sexy alpha male werewolf.’ Yes please. Apparently he’ll be another love interest for Sookie, but she said I could borrow him from time to time.

Manganiello joins a slew of newbies on the show including, Cooper Huckabee as Sam’s dad, J. Smith-Cameron as Sam’s estranged mother, Alfre Woodard as Lafayette’s mom and more.
There has been news of bit part casting, including actors Shannon Wells, C.C. Sheffield (The Bold and the Beautiful) and Natasha Alam.
So, is …read more

True Blood Season 3 news keeps on rolling in! It was reported yesterday that James Frain and Alfre Woodard will be joining the cast in recurring roles and it looks like Tara and Lafayette will have a new piece to their puzzle.

James Frain, star of The Tudors and 24, will be playing Franklin Mott, who according to EW’s Ausiello Files is “…a tall dark, and handsome vampire who seems to have an “immediate and torrid” connection to Tara.” Apparently his character in the books is a sugar daddy type so we’ll see how Alan Ball decides to adapt this character for …read more

The Hollywood Foreign Press announced the nominees for the 67th Annual Golden Globes and there are a few nods to the horror genre.
HBO’s True Blood and Showtime’s Dexter will be duking it out in the Best TV Drama Series category. Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse) is up for Best TV Actress and Michael C. Hall (Dexter Morgan) is up for best TV Actor, with a Best Supporting Actor nomination for John Lithgow (Arthur Mitchell/The Trinity Killer) in Dexter as well. Stanley Tucci (George Harvey) received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones and Coraline is up for …read more

Bitchy vamp Pam, played by Kristin Bauer, has been promoted to a regular player on the HBO series True Blood. She was a guest star for the first two seasons as Eric’s (Alexander Skarsgard) left hand woman at his vampire bar, Fangtasia. She’s cynical, cold hearted and often complains about getting gore on her heels.
Ball has hinted at a lesbian tryst for Pam in Season 3, which started production last week. You can check out some cast changes here.
True Blood is based on the The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris. The series centers on Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress …read more

True Blood fans should be getting excited about Season 3, as HBO reveals several cast announcements this week. In addition to Marshall Allman’s new role on the show, up-and-coming actor Theo Alexander and Ugly Betty star Grant Bowler will have a recurring role in Season 3.
Alexander will play Talbot, an “intensely beautiful” vampire and the boyfriend of Russell Edgington (Denis O’Hare) who is the vampire king of Mississippi. Apparently he has a sharp wit and loves to cook. Bowler will play Coot, a werewolf and menacing ringleader of a biker gang.
There are several other spots to be filled including trashy Debbie …read more

I was able to overcome my True Blood addiction since Season 2 ended not that long ago but seeing the news from Dread Central today about a Season 3 cast addition got me excited for Sunday nights again. It’s not really that I know much about Marshall Allman who will be joining the HBO cast. It’s sadly just the mere mention of True Blood in the news. Don’t judge me.
You have probably seen Allman in Prison Break, a show I have yet to watch. Am I missing anything? Dread reports that he will be a regular player in the third …read more

HBO filed a trademark application for a game based on the popular TV series. This covers:
amusement apparatus and games adapted for use with television receivers or with video or computer monitors, video games, computer games, game programs, video game discs, video game cartridges, video game CD-ROMs, video game cassettes, handheld video game devices, games, online games and electronic games.
In other words, this game could be anything big or small. If you’re a fan of the show, I’m sure you’ll be on it like white on rice. What kind of game are you hoping for?
Image: Jaimie Trueblood

So, season two of True Blood has ended and you’re desperately trying to figure out how to fill the empty void that has become your Sunday night? Here are 10 things to do until the new season is upon us.

Southern Gothic Tales
If you’re really jonesing for the show and haven’t read the books yet, what are you waiting for? If you’ve already done you’re homework then get back to basics with some of the classics of the Southern Gothic genre. Try these works by William Faulkner or Flannery O’Connor to summon the spirit of the South.
Drink Me
Sip a little Tru …read more