Alan Ball has a lot of work ahead of him this year. Cinemax , HBO ’s sibling, just ordered 10 episodes of Alan Ball’s crime drama, Banshee . He will be the executive producer on this show.
The writers of this show are Jonathan Tropper and David Schicker. Here is a description of the show:
“The show will revolve around a criminal who steps into the identity of the Banshee, Penn., where he continues his shady ways while being hunted by gangsters he crossed in his past.”
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Weblog / Blog article: Alan Ball talks to NYTimes ArtsBeat about True Blood’s creation
Posted by Lynnpd On June - 17 - 2011 1 COMMENT
Alan Ball , spoke to Arts Beat of the New York Times about “True Blood.” In these excerpts from that conversation, he discusses the creation and history of the show, what the new season holds in store and why he recently filmed a portion of a coming “True Blood” episode in 3-D. Below are “excerpts” from these “excerpts...Read Full Story
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Weblog / Blog article: Follow Your Bliss (And Meet Alan Ball)
Posted by Shadaliza On November - 10 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS
Alice Carbone is an Italian novelist and screenwriter based in Los Angeles recently had a chance to interview Alan Ball and below is a portion of that interview with the creator of our favorite show, True Blood.
When it comes to writing, among the many authors that I love, there’s always been a special one I wanted to know and work with...Read Full Story
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Weblog / Blog article: Alan Ball discusses Sunday’s shocking death
Posted by Shadaliza On July - 12 - 2011 3 COMMENTS
SPOILER ALERT
This past Sunday’s episode concluded with Eric sucking the life out of Claudine, Sookie’s fairy godmother. The twist surprised many fans of Charlaine Harris’ book series, because Claudine doesn’t bite the dust until much later in the novels. Alan Ball tells EW that just because Sookie’s mentor is gone doesn’t mean we’ve seen...Read Full Story
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Weblog / Blog article: Alan Ball “They’re Never Really Dead”
Posted by Lynnpd On August - 24 - 2011 4 COMMENTS
The creator and executive Producer of True Blood, Alan Ball sat for an interview with Pedestrian.TV prior to his Australian tour which takes place in September.
The interview is very in depth and Alan talks alot about True Blood, and his other projects, American Beauty and Six Feet Under, etc. One very interesting thing I learned during this...Read Full Story
Cinemax sounds like the perfect destination for anything from Alan Ball. What is True Blood if not the realization of the common Cinemax soft-core porn perception? And now the man behind the successful supernatural soap opera is bringing his newest project called Banshee to HBO's sister network.
Six Feet Under and True Blood creator Alan Ball has sold another drama series—one that, for the first time in many years, has zero to do with dead things, a lesson that Ball learned the hard way when HBO passed on All Signs Of Death and gently hinted that he might need some counseling. Instead he’s moving on to crime with Banshee, executive-producing a show about an ex-convict master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff in the...
Just Jared'True Blood' Alan Ball's crime drama 'Banshee' picked up by CinemaxDigital SpyCinemax has picked up True Blood creator Alan Ball's new project Banshee to series. House director Greg Yaitanes will helm the pilot episode and will also serve as executive producer, according to Deadline. Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler have ...'True Blood' Creator Alan Ball Brings 'Banshee' to CinemaxGather.com'Banshee': True Blood Creator's New...
Cinemax has ordered to series a project from “True Blood” and “Six Feet Under” creator Alan Ball, TheWrap.com reports."Banshee" focuses on an ex-con who takes on the identity of a murdered sheriff to get his own form of justice, the story says. The setting is a town in Pennsylvania's Amish country.The order comes as Cinemax is trying to beef up its original series, according to the story.Ball first took the project to Cinemax back in August...
True Blood creator Alan Ball is gearing up to pull double-duty. While Ball is currently in the midst of filming the fifth season of the hit HBO supernatural series True Blood, the cable channel’s sister network Cinemax has commissioned as series order for Banshee on which Ball is the executive producer. The action drama centers on an “ex-convict and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, PA, where he continues his...
James Alan Ball Jr. , MBE ( 12 May 1945 â 25 April 2007 ) was an English professional footballer and football club manager. He was the youngest member of England's 1966 World Cup ...
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - BSS Group Plc. said Alan Ball , managing director of its domestic division PTS, bought 5,000 shares at 2.795 pounds per share, and now holds 22,073 shares or 0.0179 percent. Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2008 ...