True Blood, which ended its seven-season run at HBO in 2014, is being rebooted by the premium cable outlet. The vampire saga, based on a series of novels by Charlaine Harris, will be developed by Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and produced by original series creator Alan Ball.
True Blood, which debuted in 2008, was 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 real life in 2010.
The series 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 name from the synthetic blood the vampires consume, which allows them to co-exist with mortals.
The series garnered a faithful following with nearly 5 million same-day viewers per episode in its third and fourth seasons. Aguirre-Sacasa, who will also oversee a reboot of Pretty Little Liars at HBO Max, is set to write a pilot for the True Blood reboot with Jami O'Brien, while Ball will serve as executive producer.
On Rotten Tomatoes, True Blood had a rating of 95%, with an average rating of 8.25/10 based on 22 reviews, during its third season. The critical consensus read, "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 series was seen as a parallel to the LGBTQ rights movement, as vampires fight for equal rights among Christian conservatives. The show paraphrases several expressions used against 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 show received an American Film Institute Award in 2009 as One of the 10 Best TV Programs and was chosen as Favorite TV Obsession at the 36th People's Choice Awards in 2010.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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