Posted by Red | July 1, 2009, 17:35 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: Books, TV Series
There’s a new, official Vampire Diaries twitter account, @vampirediaries, who have tweeted to say that they’ll be updating all summer long with news about the TV series. We’re not sure if they’re official as in Harper/Alloy from a book perspective, the CW from TV series perspective, or Alloy with a foot in both camps, but we’ll update with the info when we find out. We’re guessing at the moment that they have something to do with the publishers on account of the book logo in their icon, but we’ll have to wait and see.
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Posted by Red | June 26, 2009, 11:20 (EST) | No Comments
Category: L.J. Smith
Just a little post to let you know that L.J. Smith – author of the Vampire Diaries – is now on twitter as @drujienna. Go ahead and follow her and give her a warm welcome. :)
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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 | June 3, 2009, 17:41 (EST) | 8 Comments
Category: TV Series
For anyone wondering about a possible Vampire Diaries panel at Comic Con International in San Diego this July, here’s some clarification straight from executive producer Julie Plec:
all signs point to yes!!
Unfortunately, the Con is completely sold out, but good news for those of you who already have your passes! We’ll post more details on the who and when as soon as we know more.
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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 Vee | May 21, 2009, 3:57 (EST) | 19 Comments
Category: TV Series
More news – and we think some of you will find this particularly FANTASTIC.
Executive producer Julie Plec tweeted:
It’s Salvatore after all. But not Salvatooreee. Just Salvatore. Subjective choice, felt right. Hope u like it anyway.
We asked if she could clarify and she did:
@tvdnews yes, that’s the official name. There was a concern that we wouldn’t be able to clear it — hence, whitmore — but it made it thru.
She then added:
@tvdnews but before you feel too good, I will admit that it’s Stefan, not Stefahn. Another subjective choice. We’ll explain all in due time
“Whitmore” is being kicked to the curb, guys. We’re getting Stefan and Damon Salvatore (as in…?). Vampire-Diaries.net can’t wait to banish the double character tagging going on all over this humble website. (Might not be all the last names, but it’s the one that counts.)
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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 9, 2009, 6:05 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series
While we don’t want to get into the habit of posting about every photo Vampire Diaries director Marcos Siega tweets from the set (besides, you should just follow him – he’s a funny and cool guy), we thought one might interest the book fans: Is this the legendary Mr. Tanner’s History class? Script would seem to indicate so. (Also, we think we spot at least one sweater in the photo, which means The Vampire Diaries sweater legacy remains somewhat intact.)
Take a peek at the classroom and spot the sweater… ;)
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