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We’re Returning To ‘Midnight, Texas’ For Season Two!

Just when we thought for sure that we would never visit “Midnight, Texas” again, NBC comes along and delivers the joyous news that the supernatural series will be returning for a second season. Can I get a hallelujah? François Arnaud will return along with Parisa Fitz-Henley, Dylan Bruce, Jason Lewis, Peter Mensah, Arielle Kebbel, and Sarah Ramos for the series based the books written by Charlaine Harris, the same author behind HBO’s “True Blood”. There will be a little change in the show’s lineup, Sarah Ramos and Yul Vazquez will going from series regulars to guest stars. ‘Midnight, Texas’ is set in a town that serves as a mysterious safe haven for those looking to hide from the world, and that includes supernatural beings like psychics, vampires, angels, demons, weretigers, witches, and more. There is no word yet about when season two might premiere, but as soon as we find out we’ll let you know.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 15, 2018

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Bryan Fuller Goes To Work On Anne Rice’s ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ TV Series

Bryan Fuller is currently sinking his teeth into the pilot for the television adaption of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Amy Powel, Paramount’s TV president, revealed that fuller is now working with Anne Rice and her son Christopher on the show’s pilot. It has not been revealed at this time is Fuller will be the showrunner for the vampire series. We bought 11 novels as part of the Vampire Chronicles initiative,” Powel stated. “Bryan Fuller is working with Anne Rice and [her son] Chris, who are writing the pilot. We hope that he chooses to stay on and potentially showrun.” Rice has hopes to make an ongoing series with a similar feel as ‘Game of Thrones’. The series will begin with the novel ‘The Vampire Lestat’. Fuller recently exited his position as showrunner along with Brian Green for ‘American Gods’. Creative differences with producers have been rumored to be the cause. Fuller has

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 12, 2018

Streaming TV

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Cast As The Lead In FOX’s Vampire Series ‘The Passage’

We’ve been following the development of FOX’s vampire series The Passage for a while now. Back in May we revealed plot details. Now, we can report that Saved by the Bell alum Mark-Paul Gosselaar will star in the lead role as an FBI Agent, Variety reports. Gosselaar will be joining the cast alongside Brianne Howey (The Exorcist), Saniyya Sidney (Hidden Figures), Genesis Rodriquez (Tusk), Jennifer Ferrin (Hell on Wheels), and B.J. Britt (Agents of Shield), who will all be series regulars. The hour-long series from executive producers Ridley Scott and Matt Reeves is expected to enter production this summer and is still aiming for the 2017-2018 season. The pilot is being filmed this month in Atlanta. Based on Justin Cronin’s best-selling trilogy by the same name, The Passage is told over a century and centers on Amy (Sidney), a 10-year-old girl, who must save the human race. Gosselaar’s character refuses orders to kidnap Amy so that she can used for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 3, 2017

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Plot Details For FOX’s Vampire Series THE PASSAGE Revealed

Back in January Fox ordered the pilot for the the vampire series The Passage. Now, Deadline is reporting that FOX has ordered a second script which is a good sign for the show and will help the series get off to a great start if FOX greenlights the series. The Passage, an adaption of Justin Cronin’s book trilogy, will begin production this summer and is one of two pilots FOX has picked up. The other series is The Beast. Marcos Siega will be in the director’s chair for the pilot which is being eyed for a midseason launch. Executive producer Liz Heldens revealed some of the series plot to Deadline. “The Passage” begins as a character-driven government conspiracy thriller that morphs into a post-apocalyptic saga with vampires. The series spans more than a century and focuses on a young girl named Amy who must save the human race.” Heldens said. Heldens executive produces alongside Matt Reeves, and Adam Kassan for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 5, 2017

Streaming TV

Sink Your Teeth Into This Update On The Lost Boys Television Series

We reported back in August that The CW was adapting the beloved classic ‘The Lost Boys’ for a new television series. There has been little news since, until today. Rotten Tomatoes talked with Rob Thomas, the new series’ showrunner, at a Television Critics Association panel this past Sunday where he discussed the show. He revealed that the series was being eyed for a seven-season run, each depicting a different decade where the vampires will be the only ones to featured in each. The first season will be set in “1967 Summer of Love Haight-Ashbury”, Thomas said. He also told the site that we might get to see a crossover from the series and the original film. Vampires stay the same age, so those vampires that we meet in the ’80s in the original ‘Lost Boys’ movies could exist in the 1960s version,” Thomas said. “We could run into them there as well. We might not even have to wait until

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 9, 2017

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Anne Rice Gives An Update On The Upcoming ‘Vampire Chronicles’ TV Series

Last Night, genre literary icon Anne Rice made a stop at the San Diego Library where she chatted with KUSI before heading to the last stop on her ‘Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis’ tour in La Jolla , California. Both Anne Rice and her son, Christopher, talked with KUSI about her past, present, and future projects. There is one in particular that we are looking forward to, the upcoming series based on her novel ‘The Vampire Chronicles’. Rice confirmed that the ‘Vampire Chronicles’ series, which reveals the origin story of Brat Pince, is indeed in the works. We want to write the pilot and several of the scripts for the first season and also a detailed outline for about five seasons, five years… We’ve been very, very surprised – and we’re grateful for – the response we’ve gotten. Our agents have heard from a lot of people. It’s been very exciting.” Rice almost let the details of another

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 19, 2016

Streaming TV

Anne Rice Planning A TV Adaption Of The Vampire Chronicles

Anne Rice’s novel, ‘Vampire Chronicles’, seems to be headed for a television adaption. The acclaimed horror novelist posted on Facebook Saturday that the theatrical rights to her novels has returned to her and that a possible adaption was headed our way. A television series of the highest quality is now my dream for Lestat, Louis, Armand, Marcus and the entire tribe. In this new Golden Age of television, such a series is THE way to let the entire story of the vampires unfold,” Rice stated. Rice has teamed up with her son Christopher Rice, also an author, to work on a script. “developing a pilot script and a detailed outline for an open-ended series faithfully presenting Lestat’s story as it is told in the books, complete with many with many situations that readers expect to see.” Both Anne and her son will serve as executive producers. Reportedly, the series will begin with ‘The Vampire Lestat’, the second book of the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 27, 2016

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