Posted by Red | January 8, 2010, 21:36 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: TV Series
We’ve spent the past ten episodes of the Vampire Diaries wondering where on earth Matt and Vicki Donovan’s mother was (especially given that her daughter is officially missing), and now we’re finally going to find out. According to the Ausiello Files, Kelly Donovan will be played by Melinda Clarke (Julie Cooper in The O.C. and Lady Heather in CSI), and is due to appear on the show for a few episodes in March. By all accounts, she’s going to be a piece of work, but at least we’ll know for sure that Matt and Vicki do have parents and weren’t found in the Mystic Falls pumpkin patch. ;)
The official synopsis for episode 12, “Unpleasantville”, has been released by the CW. Definitely some spoilery hints in this one, so highlight/mouseover to view the information.
THE NEW KIDS IN TOWN. As Stefan and Damon try to figure out the identity of the new vampire in town, Stefan gives Elena jewelry filled with vervain to protect her family and friends. Hurting for money, Matt takes a job at the Mystic Grill, where former high school football-star Ben, works as a bartender. Ben comes to Bonnie’s aid when he notices Damon is bothering her. Damon and Stefan accompany Elena to a school dance with a 1950s’ theme, where Alaric introduces himself to Damon.
Finally, Ian Somerhalder Italy have pointed us at one of the behind the scenes videos about the pilot that’s been dubbed into Italian for airing in Italy. There are a few Stefan snippets, but it’s actually more fun to see exec producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec with Italian voiceovers.
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Posted by Vee | January 6, 2010, 23:14 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series
Well, we tried to be spoiler-free on Twitter, but that went out the window once the cast and production team started tweeting their thanks – sorry, West coasters! In case you’re not on Twitter (le gasp!), everyone will be happy to know that you voted Vampires Diaries Favorite New TV Drama in the 2010 People’s Choice Awards. Nice job! The award was presented by Greg Grunberg (Heroes) and Kathryn Morris of Cold Case, who added a nice personal touch to proceedings as a lot of Vampires Diaries‘ crew used to work on Cold Case. They accepted the award on behalf of Vampire Diaries since, as you all know, cast and crew are back filming new episodes in Atlanta.
TVD cast and crew had this to say on Twitter:
Wow! Congrats to all my Vampire Diaries family! And thanks Kathryn for the shout out!
holy shit, we won??? Wow. And to think I only voted 243 times. Thanks, everyone! Way to mobilize.
I’m still in awe that a show w 25% of the competitions’ viewers can win. Really does show the power of fandom (and the TVD Twitterverse)!
Congrats to friends, fans, cast and crew of ‘People’s Choice Award Winner” ‘THE VAMPIRE DIARIES!!!
Thank you everyone for the People’s Choice Award!!!! Very very very cool
Thank you soooooo much to all the fans who voted for us.. Love you guys… THE VAMPIRE DIARIES WON BEST NEW TV DRAMA!!!! #peopleschoice
@ dinner w/ @iansomerhalder and Paul – we just heard the news- THANK YOU TO THE FANS FOR VOTING! We <3+appreciate u more than you know!!!!!!
Going to bed now bc I have to wakeup at 5am to start shooting so u guys can get your TVD fix! :) the people (you) voted, we won, THANK YOU!!
And from all of us thank you to our incredibly hard working crew,talented cast, amazing writing team @julieplec @kevwilliamson etc! U rock!
Daphne (Production Assistant):
Thank you for voting for us, people!! we at The Vampire Diaries love you!
UPDATE: Kevin Williamson:
Best New Drama! People’s Choice Award! Thanks for all the votes people!!!
And Congrats to an amazing cast and crew in Atlanta and Hollywood! You guys are amazing!!!
UPDATE: Katerina Graham:
I just found out we won the people’s choice award!!! Thank you to the fans, you did it!!! Congrads to you guys and the rest of the tvd fam!
UPDATE: Paul M. Sommers, Director of Photography:
Thanks everyone for voting. Thanks to KM for the shout out. Congrats to the Vamp family
And remember that Hollywood Style “Hottest Couple” award Paul and Nina won back in October? Tonight’s People’s Choice Awards broadcast aired a (super, super-brief) “thank you” video with Paul and Nina.
If you can manage to work around the carpal tunnel, pat yourself on the back, fandom!
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Posted by Red | December 17, 2009, 17:23 (EST) | 1 Comment
Category: TV Series
Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec talk about the set out in Atlanta, the crow, Bonnie’s powers, Katherine, and the possibility of Stefan drinking blood.
Nina Dobrev talks about the Vampire Diaries being her first pilot audition, the process of auditioning for a Stefan, shooting in the Atlanta heat, the relationship between the cast, promoting the show, and the process of shooting the Love Sucks promo.
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Posted by Red | December 7, 2009, 17:10 (EST) | 16 Comments
Category: TV Series
The Vampire Diaries will start the new year with another hot guest star, Dillon Casey (recently seen in Being Erica and showing off his assets in MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives). According to executive producer Julie Plec, he’ll be playing a character named Noah who becomes obsessed with Elena, much to Stefan’s concern. Looks like the path to true love is going to be as rocky as ever for Elena and Stefan.
Turkish fans will be delighted to learn that the Vampire Diaries is airing in Turkey now. You can catch it on Fridays at 21:30 on the Mymax channel. Thanks to @Ozge_Lydia for the information.
Production on the Vampire Diaries in Atlanta is on hold now for the holidays, and will resume in January. As we understand it, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder will be doing some promotional work for the show before they take a proper break, so hopefully we’ll get news on that to post soon. We’d like to thank the cast and crew for all their hard work, dedication and obvious love for this show. The fact you completely won over a couple of hardcore book fanatics like myself and Vee speaks volumes. ;) We wish you all a very happy holiday, and good luck for the new year.
Finally, it’s Ian Somerhalder’s birthday tomorrow (December 8th). Vampire Diaries Online have set up a group card for fans to sign, so head on ever there to add your birthday messages for him.
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Posted by Red | November 20, 2009, 16:29 (EST) | 15 Comments
Category: TV Series
Julie Plec has been spilling some beans to TV Guide Magazine about the second half of the season of the Vampire Diaries (which seems oh-so-far away right now!):
What’s happening when Diaries opens its pages again in January?
Our first episode back is a very Damon and Elena-centric story. The two of them go off on a little adventure and bond in a way she didn’t think they were capable of. Having left her necklace behind with the vervaine, the question is: is Damon taking Elena along of her own free will or is he controlling her to enjoy the experience. Also, Gina Torres (Firefly, 24) guest stars as a witch that Damon goes to visit.
Read the entire interview, and thanks to @CW_VampDiaries for the link.
The overnight ratings are in for “The Turning Point”, with a grand total of 3.7 million viewers. While the figures may be down, they’re still really good. Don’t forget the show was up against the New Moon première, and so lower ratings aren’t unexpected for the Vampire Diaries given the target audience is the same. We’ll see what happens when the DVR figured come in.
Finally, those of you in the USA can now download “The Turning Point” from Amazon for $1.99
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Posted by Vee | November 18, 2009, 12:38 (EST) | 10 Comments
Category: TV Series
The November 23rd issue of TV Guide Magazine (out Friday) contains a Vampire Diaries sneak peek (re: SPOILERS) at the show’s return in the New Year, and the clues dropped are sure to make the wait ’til January even more excruciating. (Thanks, Denise!)
Highlight for spoilers (this includes tomorrow night’s episode – so if you don’t wanna know, don’t read!):
- Julie Plec says “all will be revealed” about a vampire’s return and Alaric’s motivations.
- Elena and Stefan are “on the outs.”
- Elena joins Damon for “a little adventure” to visit a witch (Gina Torres). “The big question: Is Elena willingly with Damon or is he controlling her since she’s lost her vamp-blocking vervain?”
- Bonnie will try using her developing witch-skills to keep the vampire tomb sealed.
- Matt and Caroline will get closer.
- What really happened to Vicki will be revealed and it will put all relationships at risk.
Speaking of magazines, you might want to pick up a copy of People’s Sexiest Man Alive issue (Johnny Depp on the cover) when it hits stands this Friday. It has a section devoted to vampires, featuring stars of Twilight, True Blood, and yes, Vampire Diaries.
For anyone who missed E’s “10 Vampires We Love” special on Monday night, you have plenty of opportunity to catch a repeat. Thanks to Zap2It for the schedule and @CW_VampDiaries for the heads up. You can see snippets from the Kevin Williamson and Ian Somerhalder interviews on E’s website. (There’s also an interview with Anne Rice where she utters the words “Vampire Diaries” – I think a piece of my brain actually broke off.) Hopefully the entire segment will surface soon, as it features sound bites from Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev, Zach Roerig, and Kayla Ewell. While Ian was featured at #10 on the “Love” index, the piece was really about the show as a whole, and there were some fun facts (most previously known), including:
- Kevin Williamson and True Blood executive producer Alan Ball are neighbors.
- The blood mixture includes raspberries.
- Julie: “First thing [Kevin] said was call the True Blood guys and find out what they do because their blood is awesome.”
- Kevin explains that they hired the True Blood special effects team and told them, “whatever you do, keep it different, so we can keep our show special and unique.”
- Vampire Diaries uses several editors who also work on True Blood.
- Red contacts that cover the entire eye and fangs are the only “real” effects, the rest being CGI.
- The sound of a vampire’s bite? Celery. (Ha!)
And finally, an AP video interview with Ian: “Damon just wants his girl back. And he wants his brother back. And he’s going to stop at absolutely nothing to get ‘em.”
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Posted by Vee | November 14, 2009, 10:33 (EST) | 26 Comments
Category: TV Series
This week’s edition of Soap Opera Weekly features Vampire Diaries on its cover and a revealing interview with executive producer Julie Plec. She talks about the major events of The Turning Point, changes from book to screen, and why Damon’s every motivation can be traced back to Katherine.
“It’s going to be really interesting exploring that side of his humanity, because it runs so deep and it’s so profound that it actually make him even crazier and more evil than you might think,” warns Plec. “He’s willing to do anything and everything in the name of love!”
Click the images to see bigger versions in our Gallery. Thanks to Denise for the scans.
And yes, you read that opening paragraph correctly – looks like The Vampire Diaries does indeed start its holiday hiatus after next week (we haven’t seen CW’s official word on this yet, but it’s the first time we’re seeing it in print). That means Nov. 19th’s The Turning Point is the last new episode until January 2010. Keep in mind that the CW launched Vampire Diaries early. We’ll update with an official network release when we have it.
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Posted by Vee | November 3, 2009, 22:37 (EST) | 12 Comments
Category: TV Series
The Vampire Diaries Wednesday night re-run spree continues with an encore of last week’s episode, Haunted. And Thursday brings a brand new ep: 162 Candles. Talk about both in the discussion forum, where the back and forth is already in full swing (seems a lot of people aren’t sure what to make of Lexi). Oh, and you can still chime in on the Haunted poll, of course.
If we told you how many hits this humble website receives off “vampire diaries music” keyword searches alone, you’d be more than a bit surprised. Hell, we still boggle at it and we’re total music junkies. TV Guide Magazine has taken note of the show’s unique soundtrack and chats with Julie Plec about the challenges and song choices thus far:
“There’s something about the indie artists that really works well for our vibe,” says co-executive producer Julie Plec, stressing that the tunes heard in Vampire Diaries aren’t just background music, but help advance the romance and drama of Damon, Elena and Stefan.
What’s your favorite song from the series so far? (Our picks? Red loved Sea Wolf’s “You’re a Wolf” from Friday Night Bites and the Submarines’ “Brightest Hour” during Bonnie’s candle-lighting scene in Family Ties. I personally loved White Lies’ “Death” from the pilot, and I especially liked how the Black Keys’ “Strange Times” and that Moby cover of New Order’s “Temptation” were used in Friday Night Bites. Actually, we’re both in agreement that FNB has the overall best songlist. Agree? Disagree?) Props to series music supervisor, Chris Mollere.
Marcos Siega announced that Liz Friedlander – who’s also been known to direct a music video or two, including one for Blink-182 – will be taking over TVD directing duties. We believe she’ll be helming episode 11 (#110).
And, finally, TV Guide’s Mega Buzz has a “WTF?” tidbit about an upcoming character development that’s sure to set all of you buzzing for all sorts of different reasons (please don’t forget your spoiler tags in the comments!):
Witches and vampires aren’t the only supernatural creatures in Mystic Falls. It won’t be right away, but a major male character will reveal himself to be a werewolf. And don’t think having read the books will help you figure this one out. In fact, the werewolf in question won’t even know he’s a werewolf, initially at least.
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Posted by Red | October 28, 2009, 10:32 (EST) | 11 Comments
Category: TV Series
For those of you who missed the SCREAM Awards last night, you can see Ian, Nina and Paul presenting the ‘Best TV Show’ award here. Here’s to the cast and producers of the Vampire Diaries being on the stage next year accepting an award. ;)
We also have a behind the scenes video interview with Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec and Marcos Siega, talking about the series from back when the pilot episode was being shot. Nothing we don’t already know by now, but it’s fun to watch, and I think this may be the first time we’ve seen Marcos Siega talking on camera about the series.
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Posted by Red | October 20, 2009, 13:45 (EST) | 8 Comments
Category: TV Series
We’ve got stills from episode eight of the Vampire Diaries, “162 Candles” up in the gallery. Not really helping with the withdrawal, we have to admit. ;)
There’s also another one from “Haunted” of Elena and Vicki (first thumbnail above) via Entertainment Weekly, along with an article discussing the episode (thanks, @Joselito4390!):
“The school does an awesome haunted house Halloween party, where the parking lot is decorated and the whole interior hallway of the school is this cool, creepy haunted house,” Plec tells EW. “And all the action of the episode culminates there when you’ve got people in vampire costumes running around. You’ve got monsters and demons and, as everything with Vicki comes to a head, as she fights off her urges to feed, we’re in this haunted house and we’re at this Halloween party, and the s— hits the fan, as they say.”
Read the entire article at the EW website.
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