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Cool Vampire News of the Day (09-08-09)

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Here is a collection of vampire related news that I have gathered for you today 🙂

  • Get tickets to a screening of the Vampire Diaries in Ybor City (hey – that’s near me!!) by donating blood – Eeeek!! I’m feeling faint. It’s a great cause, too bad I’m scared of needles (blood is okay though…weird…). Read about it on TBO.com
  • The Examiner.com reports that Kate Beckinsale will NOT be returning to the fourth movie in the Underworld series…too bad because she’s GREAT in that role.
  • MTV.com has a great interview with “Hoyt” (the actor from the True Blood series) discussing the season finale, how he thinks the “Hoyt/Jessica” relationship is the most interesting romance plot of the season, and how popular “Alexander Skarsgård” has suddenly gotten (well hello!! of course! Did you see him in the episode where he loses his maker – and his clothes????)
  • Whoa! While I have tried to stay away from the “relationship” gossip, I had to comment on this! Did you hear that the Queen (Evan Rachel Wood) & the sheriff of Area 5 (Alexander Skarsgard) are perhaps dating, in real life? Now stop crying, we all knew this would happen. Go read about the gossip on shewired.com
  • New film called “Eulogy for a Vampire” set to play in New York on October 23rd. Read more on Shocktillyoudrop.com
  • L.J. Smith requests on her blog (as requoted on gossip.ie) that we give the new show “Vampire Diaries” a chance. I have no doubt myself that it will be popular, but I guess time will tell.
  • Examiner.com has two articles on Anna Paquin and her experiences with her love life, work etc… Here and here
  • Forks and Port Angeles Washington are getting ready for the upcoming week long “Twilight Fest” – also on Examiner.com
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    Vampire News of the Day – 06-30-09

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    Trailer for the movie “Daybreakers”coming out in 2010, featuring Ethan Hawke (it’s about a virus that turns people into vampires, and humans being farmed for blood)! Check it out on the Examiner.com Io9 has a great re-cap of last week’s latest True Blood episode (pictures and all). I am so disappointed that we won’t get to see anything new this weekend, but at least they will replay the first 3 episodes… Possibility of “An American Werewolf in London” re-make? (apparently the original director sold the rights to Dimension films). Read more on TheDeadbolt. Hey! Did anyone know there was a show on Lifetime called “Blood Ties”? It’s based on the Blood Books series from Tanya Huff. I had NO idea, just like I had no idea about the Moonlight show. Well, I guess all of this reading is keeping me away from watching TV, but still…how am I missing these vampire shows? I just read about it on ExpressNightOut… Quick video interview with Nikki Reed and Rachelle Lefevre from the Twilight Saga (see it on OntheFlix.com)  The Examiner.com has a trailer for the Guillermo del Toro’s new book series “The Strain” (includes some extremely CREEPY pictures of the vampires – ugh!! I prefer my handsome but deadly ones)… TVOvermind reviews the Vampire Diaries TV show plot  (may be spoilers – careful!) Interview with Jackson Rathbone (plays Jasper) about New Moon as found on Starlog.com Ontheflix has a video interview with Peter Facinelli (Dr. Carlisle Cullen) in the Twilight Saga Stephen Moyer (Bill of True Blood) discusses his role in the show (including his struggles to stay “pale” for the role). Read more on digitalspy.com Examiner.com shows us

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    Vampire Diaries news of the day 05-23-09

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    Thanks to some of my favorite Twitterers (tvdnews and Vampire Diaries TV), I have been getting a plethora of great info on the upcoming show (that, and the new promo that keeps playing on CW)! So here are some details I have been able to compile:

  • The pilot was a success and it HAS been picked up and will air on the CW Network this fall.
  • It will take Smallville’s place on Thursday’s at 8pm before Supernatural (Smallville is being switched to Fridays)
  • They will be keeping the name “Salvatore” (as per the book) instead of what was originally planned “Whitmore” (much appreciated, as there is an AWESOME line from Damon, referencing his last name, that I hope they use in the show)
  • Here are the two trailers for the show as found on examiner.com
  • Lots of opposing views on the cast of characters (as they do not *look* like what we have come to expect from the descriptions of the book characters). In my opinion, the only one that has any semblance to the book character is Ian playing Damon.
  • Here is my website of choice for anything related to this series (lots of cool tidbits that they always manage to gather together). Anything from screen-caps of the vamp teeth, to the promo poster, opinions and everything else. Check it out here: https://www.vampire-diaries.net/
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    LJ Smith – The Vampire Diaries Series Reading Order

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    UPDATED MAY 12th 2020!!!

    MUCH LOVED VAMPIRE SERIES/HUGE LOVE TRIANGLE ALERT!! This was one of the very first that I read, back in 2009 when I fell head over heels with Twilight and wanted to read more angsty vampire love stories like it! I wanted that feeling back and this one worked for me, big time (at least the few books). I haven’t read the others yet.

    Molly: I got into the Vampire Diaries series, and was not disappointed!! I am turning 48 it his month and I am not ashamed to admit that I love these books!! read more

    Latest Vampire Diaries Show News:

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    While we are all eagerly anticipating the upcoming series, I thought I would keep myself (and all of you) informed on the latest updates. So far, this is what I have gathered:

    • It will be featured on the CW (perhaps as soon as this fall!)
    • DAMON will be played by Ian Somerhalder GOOD choice!! While I read the series, I imagined Damon to look like “Jason Behr” (in his representation of Varek – the bad guy in ‘Skinwalkers”). Ian Somerhalder was the gorgeous character “Boone” in Lost’s first season.
    • STEFAN will be played by Paul Wesleywho appeared on shows such as “Everwood” &  “Fallen”. While I am not too familiar with this actor, he does have a sweet face. I was imagining someone more along the lines of James Marsden (as physically, at least, he seems to match the character description).
    • ELENA will be played by Nina Dobrev(she was originally from Degrassi: The Next Generation). While she is definitely pretty enough, I was actually thinking she’d be blonder… 
    • BONNIE will be played by Katerina Graham(definitely beautiful but waaaiiiit a minute! I thought she was supposed to be a curly haired redhead!)
    • MATT Honeycutt  (aka “Mutt”) will be played by Zach Roerig. Yup! That works for me!
    • CAROLINE will be Candice Accola (works for me too!)
    • TYLER will be played by Michael Trevino (hey I remember him! He was Ozzie from updated version of 90210)
    • JEREMY GILBERT (not a character I’m familiar with in the books) but in the series is Elena’s brother and will be played by Steven R. McQueen
    • Matt’s sister will be played by Kayla Ewell (wow she’d make a wonderful Meredith). She used to be on Entourage.

    While I am basing my own judgements of these selections on the books’ physical descriptions alone, we all know that a good actor can change our mind quickly, and CAN become the perfect representation of a character. I can’t wait to see these guys in action!

    I have found a few very interesting reviews of the script, and have linked them for you here. It makes for some interesting reading, however, overall it appears the TV series will stray from the original books (added characters, different backgrounds, etc…).  These discussions and reviews may contain spoilers so go at your own risk: read more