Posted by Vee and Red | January 6, 2012, 7:30 (EST) | 23 Comments
Category: TV Series
Okay, so The New Deal (EP310) was a big deal for a whole slew of reasons (those are spoilers we can continue to suppress here for the international fans), but we know that fans of The Vampire Diaries book series had reason to be very excited about last night’s episode. After nearly two and a half seasons, a fan favorite book character finally made her debut on TV: Say hello to Dr. Meredith Fell, played by Torrey DeVitto.
If you’ve been following this website since the beginning, when we were covering the pilot’s development and production – waaaaaay back in early 2009 – you know there was a big sticking point with book series fans: Where’s Meredith? We blogged about it one, or two, or three times. In April 2009, Julie Plec acknowledged Meredith’s absence from the pilot for the first time, saying: “Be patient, Meredith fans.” And now here we are.
Zap2It has a nice write-up on Julie and Kevin Williamson finally making good on their promise to bring Meredith into the TV series fold. As is to be expected, there have been some changes made to the character in translating her from page to screen – TV!Meredith is now a Fell and is older than her book counterpart – but Julie hints that the good doctor will have a bigger role to play as we head into the rest of Season 3:
Book Meredith is unique in that she’s one character who is completely unaffected by Damon’s charms — in fact, she makes him a little bit nervous. Most of Meredith’s scenes are with Alaric and Damon, so viewers can look forward to seeing just how Damon reacts to a little romance getting in the way of his bromance. “She’s a Fell, so she’s got a point of view about how to handle the vampire business in this town,” Plec teases. We’re sure Damon will be thrilled.
READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT ZAP2IT.
We know she had a very brief appearance on last night’s episode, but how do book fans feel about finally having Meredith on their TV screens? Let us know in the comments!
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Posted by Vee | April 25, 2011, 11:18 (EST) | 65 Comments
Category: Books
The U.S. and U.K. covers of Phantom, the first volume in the new Vampire Diaries trilogy The Hunters, have turned up – and do our eyes deceive us or is that Meredith making her first appearance on a TVD U.S. book cover? Or is it a darker-than-usual Elena? You can check out bigger versions in the Gallery. Phantom hits shelves on October 25, 2011. Pre-Order: [Amazon US] [Amazon UK].
As for The Hunters trilogy itself – since L.J. Smith is no longer writing The Vampire Diaries series, we’re not sure how much of the original concept (as alluded to in her blog) remains intact. Here’s the official release from HarperCollins:
A regular on national bestseller lists, having sold well over three million copies, The Vampire Diaries series is a classic of thrilling paranormal romance. The Vampire Diaries series has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers—and the CW network TV show that it inspired has introduced millions more to the chills, thrills, and heart-stopping romance. Phantom begins a new trilogy in this breathtaking saga of love among vampires.
Since meeting the irresistible vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore, Elena Gilbert has been to hell and back. Now that she and her friends have saved their hometown from a demonic spirit, everything can finally go back to normal. But Elena should know better than anyone that Fell’s Church will never be normal. In Phantom, a dangerous new threat sets its sights on Elena. And this time she can only count on one Salvatore brother to protect her.
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Posted by Red | April 1, 2011, 19:01 (EST) | 16 Comments
Category: TV Series
According to the CW primetime schedule posted over at SpoilerTV episode 20 of the Vampire Diaries has the rather ominous sounding title of The Last Day. Thanks to @LEXpressions or the heads up.
Entertainment Weekly have some details from Julie Plec on what’s in store for Damon regarding his treatment of Andie, and also rising tensions between Damon and Stefan.
Julie Plec says we’ll get to see Elena’s and Stefan’s reactions to Damon’s decision to use mind compulsion on local TV news reporter Andie Star (Dawn Olivieri) to make her his substitute girlfriend/blood donor. “We won’t hit that for a few more episodes, but there will be that moment when Damon’s desire to distract himself from his feelings for Elena blow up in his face, and the allure of Andie starts to leave a bit of a sour taste,”
Julie also offered to answer some fan questions on Twitter recently (follow her, @julieplec), clearing up a few things and teasing us for things that may come. We’ve got the ones that may be of interest to you all highlighted below.
- S2 wraps around April 15. No official order for S3 yet, but I imagine that will be soon.
- We usually go back to work the first week of July. Right when it gets REALLY HOT.
- We don’t follow a true timeline for many reasons. Weather being one. Serialized storytelling being another.
- Stefan and Caroline’s friendship — we’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg on that. Hopefully much more to come!
- Caroline having chemistry with everybody has been the best surprise to us as writers. Makes it easy to find story.
- The Meredith character is always in the cards and remains that way. Just not sure when we’ll get to her!
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Posted by Vee | September 11, 2009, 20:01 (EST) | No Comments
Category: TV Series
Hi, guys. Anything exciting going on? We’re still playing catch-up from the full-on crazy that was last night and today, and a lot of stuff has been slipping through the cracks. Here’s an attempt to gather some of it in one place. Thank you to the five gazillion of you (okay, it wasn’t that much, but it felt close) who emailed us with links, news, videos, songs, you name it, all through last night and today. This site is truly what you guys make it; we’re just the facilitators. You’ve humbled us big time with your help and overwhelming enthusiasm.
We’ll add to this post throughout the night as the need arises. And breathe. Feel free to drop links in the comments if we’ve missed something super-important.
If you’re just getting around to watching the pilot, or will be catching it tonight or Sunday, be sure to swing back by and vote in the Pilot poll.
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Posted by Red | September 11, 2009, 15:13 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series
Kevin Williamson spoke to Zap2it about the Vampire Diaries, and boy has he dropped some major information in there for us. He talks about how he became involved in the series, the obvious comparisons to Twilight and True Blood, and then goes into a lot of detail about the story, characters and relationships on the show, and also explains a little about why Meredith wasn’t in the pilot.
We originally wrote Meredith into the pilot. What happened was we had Meredith and Caroline and Bonnie. Bonnie is the sidekick, Caroline is sort of the antagonist, twitty character. And Meredith is sort of Elena’s rock and her best friend. But when you read the script, there were all these girls, and you couldn’t really tell them apart.
Read the entire article on Zap2it.
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Posted by Vee | June 24, 2009, 15:41 (EST) | 9 Comments
Category: Books
Sabrina Rojas-Weiss has a new installment of her Book Report: The Vampire Diaries up on MTV’s Hollywood Crush blog. While I think Red will take great exception to what she has to say about Matt (that flag flies high around these parts!), she does list off five reasons why the series will appeal to “Twilighters and Twi-Haters.” She touches on why Elena Gilbert kicks ass and why her friends are awesome, the appeal of Stefan and Damon, and why Fell’s Church is a very interesting place to live.
We also appreciate that she’s unafraid to touch on the series’ faults, too. Read the entire post over on the Hollywood Crush blog.
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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 Red | April 23, 2009, 18:57 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: Fandom
We’re going to bombard you with a few links here, as we want to give a shout out to our affiliates, and direct you to some fansites you might be interested in. First up, our affiliates:
- SookieStackhouse.com
- Sucker for Vampires (Portuguese)
- TrueBloodNet.com
- True-Blood.net
- Twilight Tales
- Vampire-Diaries.de (German)
If you have a Vampire Diaries, L.J. Smith or similarly themed website and you’d like to affiliate, please contact us.
Next up, we have the fansites and fanlistings that are related to the Vampire Diaries:
- Blame – A Stefan Salvatore fanlisting
- Carne, Morte, Diavolo – A Klaus fansite and fanlisting
- Chilvalry is not Dead – A Matt Honeycutt fansite and fanlisting
- Droo-id Priestess – A Bonnie McCullough fanlisting
- Elusive Truth – A Meredith Sulez fansite and fanlisting
- Ice Cool – An Elena Gilbert fanlisting
- Opulence – A Damon Salvatore fansite
- Scorpio Boy – A Damon Salvatore fansite and fanlisting
- The Locker Room – A Matt Honeycutt & Stefan Salvatore fansite
- Wickery Bridge – A Vampire Diaries book series fanlisting
Finally, a reminder that you can chat with other Vampire Diaries fans in our forums, which are getting pretty active now (thanks everyone!). If you’re looking for general L.J. Smith discussion, be sure to visit the Devil’s Playground forums.
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Posted by Vee | April 20, 2009, 3:06 (EST) | 39 Comments
Category: TV Series
Well, well, well. Exec producer/writer Julie Plec has a message for you, Vampire Diaries fans:
We have 42 minutes to establish and get to know TEN characters in the pilot that are all crucial to the plot. Be patient, Meredith fans.
In other news, these people are all trying to give me a midnight heart attack. Aren’t you glad the v-d.net staff is spread across a few times zones?
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Posted by Vee | April 15, 2009, 6:55 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series
It’s the question fans have been asking more than any other, regardless of how they feel about the other changes in the pilot script: Where is Meredith Sulez?
No, you’re not confused – Meredith does not seem to be part of the Vampire Diaries TV series, or at the very least she is not part of the pilot. Instead we have Caroline (Candice Accola) sliding into Meredith’s BFF spot with the promise of book-like conflict between her and Elena (Nina Dobrev) later on down the road. (Or so it appears – we’re trying not to assume anything at this point.)
We don’t know why Meredith has not been included in the pilot. Some fans speculate the elusive nature of her character proved difficult to adapt to the screen. Others think she was sacrificed for the sake of Caroline’s expanded storyline. And still others believe that Jenna Moyer (Sara Canning), Elena’s new grad student aunt, will be fulfilling “voice of reason” duties. Read more
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