True Blood, which ended its seven-season run at HBO in 2014, is being rebooted by way of the top rate cable outlet. The vampire saga, based on a chain of novels by way of Charlaine Harris, will be advanced by means of Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and produced through original sequence author Alan Ball.
True Blood, which debuted in 2008, was once set in the town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, and starred Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress who falls in love with 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton, played by Stephen Moyer, who married Paquin in actual existence in 2010.
The sequence also starred Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten, Nelsan Ellis, Chris Bauer, Carrie Preston, Joe Manganiello and Kristin Bauer van Straten and derived its title from the factitious blood the vampires devour, which allows them to co-exist with mortals.
The series garnered a loyal following with just about Five million same-day viewers according to episode in its third and fourth seasons. Aguirre-Sacasa, who can even oversee a reboot of Pretty Little Liars at HBO Max, is set to jot down a pilot for the True Blood reboot with Jami O'Brien, whilst Ball will serve as govt manufacturer.
On Rotten Tomatoes, True Blood had a score of 95%, with a mean ranking of 8.25/10 in keeping with 22 opinions, all the way through its third season. The critical consensus learn, "True Blood seems to fully understand its appeal, and its third season provides plenty of graphic thrills, steamy romance, and biting satire for its fans."
The collection was once observed as a parallel to the LGBTQ rights motion, as vampires combat for equal rights among Christian conservatives. The show paraphrases a number of expressions used towards and about LGBTQ people, such as God Hates Fangs and Coming Out of the Coffin. True Blood was HBO's most watched series since The Sopranos. The display gained an American Film Institute Award in 2009 as One of the ten Best TV Programs and was once chosen as Favorite TV Obsession at the thirty sixth People's Choice Awards in 2010.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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