Posted by Red | June 22, 2009, 10:20 (EST) | 30 Comments
Category: TV Series
According to Marcos Siega, shooting for episode one of the Vampire Diaries begins in four weeks. From the way those dates stack up, it looks they’ll be heading off to Georgia (where Julie Plec is currently scouting for Elena’s house in Atlanta, if she isn’t lost in the airport) to start filming and then flying back for the panel at San Diego Comic-Con. (Who will be attending the panel is not yet known.) Quite what this means for the rumours that the pilot will be shown at Comic-Con remains to be seen.
Meanwhile, Kevin Williamson is busy staying up late and working on the next episode, even if he is taking breaks to watch True Blood. We’d say he was paying far too much attention to the wrong vampires, but as it’s True Blood, we think we can let it slide. ;) [Um, I watch True Blood, too! -Vee]
On a tangent, we’re still getting a lot of comments on the subject of Elena not being blonde and how that ‘ruins’ the whole plot regarding Katherine. Putting all feelings of disappointment over Elena not being a blonde aside, we just want to say that Nina Dobrev is featured in an old photograph as Katherine in the extended trailer, and will have brown hair and eyes for both roles. The plot still works, they’re just both brunette instead of blonde. Hopefully that fact will help alleviate the worries some people have on the issue.
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Posted by Vee | June 15, 2009, 14:55 (EST) | 4 Comments
Category: TV Series
Toro Magazine has an interview with Canadian actress Cindy Busby, who apparently is in The Vampire Diaries pilot. Could this be the unidentified actress playing Brooke? Sure looks like her – and she confirms in the blog on her official website:
Last March I shot the pilot and first episode to the CW’s new show “The Vampire Diaries”… I’m so excited because I get to open up the series (meaning I’m the first actor you ever see in the show)… AWESOME!!!
Busby plays Ashley Stanton, a regular, on the CBC TV series Heartland. She’s also “a serious vampire fan.”
“I personally have always been a huge vampire fan. When I was a kid, it was all that I would ever have nightmares about, which is so weird. But at the same time, I enjoyed it. It was kind of like an enjoyable torture.”
Back in April, she wrote a brief post about her experience filming The Vampire Diaries pilot:
I got to realize a life long dream of being in a Vampire project. This week I shot some scenes in the new CW pilot called “Vampire Diaries” produced by the legendary Kevin Williamson! I was SOOO excited to meet and work with him. Mr. Williamson also gave me the best compliment… after hearing my famous scream, he said that I reminded him of a young Jamie Lee Curtis…. holy smokes, my jaw dropped! Everyone on the set was amazing and friendly and extremely professional, which is always such an enjoyable experience! I have a wonderful feeling that this show will be a hit!
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Posted by Vee | June 5, 2009, 8:55 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series
Industry database Inbaseline.com is listing Bryan Holdman as Executive Story Editor for the 2009-2010 season of The Vampire Diaries. (So he’s the guy in charge of supervising the writers, banging the scripts into shape for production, etc.) Holdman was previously a writer and executive story editor for Kyle XY, which many of you know by now is TVDtv Executive Producer Julie Plec’s former show. He also wrote episodes for Everwood (which featured TVDtv actor Steven R. McQueen) and Hidden Palms (Kevin Williamson’s last television venture).
Andrew Kreisberg has joined the show as Co-Executive Producer (second-in-command, if you will). His previous producer credits include Eli Stone, Fringe, and Boston Legal, and he was also a writer and story editor on The Simpsons.
So, the Vampire Diaries chatter amongst the Atlanta acting community has been non-stop since the CW upfront, and just the other day director Marcos Siega confirmed he was headed to Georgia once he wrapped Dexter. And now we see that Atlanta is listed as the shooting location on InBaseline.com. So, yes, that all adds up to quasi-official confirmation that The Vampire Diaries is shooting in and around Atlanta, Georgia, as not-so-subtly hinted at by Williamson last month.
And, finally, Jezebel in the TVD forums alerted us to this nugget of information on Katerina Graham’s Wikipedia page and we’ve confirmed with Julie Plec: Bonnie’s last name is BENNETT in the pilot (not McCullough, and Plec does say “as of the current cut”).
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Posted by Vee | May 27, 2009, 21:39 (EST) | 15 Comments
Category: Books, TV Series
Due to the influx of Vampire Diaries fans just hearing about the upcoming TV series – not to mention the resurgence of comments and email we’ve been receiving on the subject – we just wanted to make clear, again, that TVDtv producers Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson have said Meredith WILL be in the show. (*tiny voice* There’s even a little note about it, right there, at the top of the middle column. And it’s on The Cast page.)
We don’t know how, or when, or – most importantly – who (that casting will be huge news in fandom at this point), but we’ve been promised that Meredith will live. Good news, yeah? You can read the original post from April 20th here: “Be patient, Meredith fans.” (The comment from Williamson is here.)
But for the record? No matter how many times we have to answer the “Where’s Meredith?” question, we think it’s pretty damn rad that so many people have been concerned for her existence on the small screen. Because who else will be the rock and the wit, all while remaining immune to Damon’s considerable charms?
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Posted by Vee | May 26, 2009, 4:07 (EST) | 12 Comments
Category: TV Series
Thanks in large part to the lovely Sucker for Vampires – who’s been translating a lot of our major news since early April (Olá!) – we receive a lot of hits from Brazil, so we’re pleased to point out that DARKSIDEsubs has added Portuguese subtitles to The Vampire Diaries three-scene teaser trailer and promo trailer. (SfV will have to let us know if the subtitles are any good, but here’s hoping!)
And it looks like The Vampire Diaries is plowing headfirst into pre-production with a (new?) production designer and writing officially begins (glance at clock) today. Really great to hear Marcos Siega will still be involved in the project.
Here’s the big one – we finally know for certain what the deal is with Fell’s Church vs. Mystic Falls, straight from Julie Plec:
Fell’s Church not clearable, like some of the characters’ names. Everything needs to be legally cleared.
Translation: It wasn’t an arbitrary change. They can’t use Fell’s Church.
So that answers that. At least we have Salvatore.
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Posted by Red | May 19, 2009, 14:45 (EST) | 9 Comments
Category: TV Series
Marcos Siega has just twittered the news:
It’s official! Vampire Diaries is picked up!
Followed shortly after with a tweet from Kevin Williamson:
Just got a really nice phone call from Dawn Ostroff!!!!
Congratulations to everyone involved!
Update: Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are both running articles confirming the pickup by the CW. THR has something interesting to say:
CW brass is said to be so high on “Vampire” that they are even considering launching the series as a tentpole on Thursday, capitalizing on the built-in sci-fi audience on the night as it is preparing to bid farewell to “Smallville.”
Keep an eye on this blog, we’ll update with more substantial news later when we get it.
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Posted by Red | May 10, 2009, 20:22 (EST) | 10 Comments
Category: TV Series
It’s been a good, long while since we asked the question: what do you think about the cast? Since then, the Vampire Diaries pilot has been filmed, edited, and screened to the people at the CW network, and now we’re waiting for the 21st of May to see if the show gets picked up.
Many responses to the question about the cast were honest reactions from the heart. We know that a lot of people were upset at the casting, and you definitely let us know about it. Back then, the changes were quite a shock for fans of the books, and many of the opinions expressed reflected that initial outrage. Now that some time has passed, and you’ve been able to digest the news and pictures trickling in from the set, have those initial thoughts changed any in the past month and a half? Do you still feel the same way as you did when you first heard the news? If you’ve got something new to add, please share it with the rest of us in the comments.
While we’re on the subject of the TV series, Kevin Williamson tweeted something interesting this morning:
Going to Georgia to see if it can pass for Vancouver which passed for Virginia.
We can’t think of anything else that Williamson is working on that is set in Virginia and has been filmed in Vancouver. Whether or not it’s in relation to The Vampire Diaries, who can say? But the possibilities are certainly intriguing.
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Posted by Red | May 3, 2009, 23:49 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: TV Series
According to the Hollywood Reporter, TV networks are set to start screening pilots to their respective Powers that Be this week, a major step in deciding just what we’ll be seeing on our screens come this Fall. The CW’s Vampire Diaries pilot seems to be attracting buzz and may well be in with a good chance of being picked up.
At the CW, “Melrose Place” remains on cruise control toward a series order, but the “Gossip Girl” spinoff no longer is a sure thing. It is expected to compete for the network’s two or three available slots with the pilots “Beautiful Life” and “Vampire Diaries” — both tracking strong — as well as the early standout “Light Years” and bubble freshman “Privileged.”
This is all the more interesting given that the Gossip Girl spinoff was being touted as a sure thing only a few weeks back, and now the Vampire Diaries appears to be giving it some hot competition.
Speculation aside, we here at Vampire-Diaries.net wish the cast and crew the best of luck with the screening of the Vampire Diaries!
UPDATE: According to a tweet from Julie Plec, it looks like today is the big day for the Vampire Diaries pilot. Fingers crossed, guys! We’ll be sure to post news here as soon as we hear anything.
UPDATE: So Williamson and Siega posted tweets within a minute of each other on Tuesday night saying “Enjoying the good news.” and “Enjoying the good news!” around 11 p.m. EST/8 p.m. Pacific. Siega followed up saying he was celebrating the Man U victory today. We don’t know. “Enjoying the good news” is odd terminology if it’s in reference to a football game. Just sayin’.
UPDATE: Williamson says they won’t know until pick-ups on the 21st. So there you go.
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Posted by Vee | April 26, 2009, 14:43 (EST) | 4 Comments
Category: TV Series
After a week straight of editing – and periodic updates on take-out orders via Twitter – it seems The Vampire Diaries pilot is now complete.
Now we wait. The CW Network will present its Fall schedule on May 21st at the Madison Square Garden Theatre. Not familiar with an upfront? It’s when network execs meet up with the media and – most importantly – advertisers to present their wares and drum up advertising dollars and interest for their shows.
Regardless of what happens from this point, thanks to Marcos Siega, Julie Plec, Kevin Williamson, and Katerina Graham for giving us a peek into the entire experience.
UPDATE: Looks like Siega is still making a few final tweaks (like color timing and dubbing), but for the most part the pilot seems to be done.
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