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True Blood showrunner Alan Ball will step down at the end of the upcoming fifth season, and in his place, Mark Hudis will step up. According to Deadline, co-executive producer Hudis will claim Ball’s spot for season six—if the show is renewed....  

When word spread of Alan Ball's departure from True Blood after Season 5, fans began to wonder who be bold enough to take the reigns of the highly successful vampire drama if the series (hopefully) gets picked up for a sixth season. Well, according to ...  

In The Catch-Up, a longtime fan and a newcomer discuss a TV show, movie, book, music, or other pop-culture item. In this installment, Steve Heisler and John Teti discuss the first season of Six Feet Under, Alan Ball’s funeral-home family drama. Steve: When I was growing up, HBO series were things my parents watched, because they were intense and dramatic and not for me. This wasn’t exactly about how old I was, because when Alan Ball’s Six...  

"True Blood" has tapped a replacement for Alan Ball as showrunner on the HBO series if it receives a sixth-season renewal, reports Deadline.com. Co-executive producer Mark Hudis will get the call.Hudis has worked on "True Blood" in seasons four and five, with the fifth season set to debut June 10, the story notes. Ball is stepping down as showrunner at the end of the fifth season, and Hudis would be promoted to executive producer/showrunner...  

Alan Ball has been a good sport and stuck with his steamy, bloody vampire series True Blood on HBO for a few years now, but as we learned in February, the Six Feet Under creator is leaving at the end of the fifth season. Now, Deadline has word on a new deal with HBO for True Blood co-executive producer Mark Hudis to take over the reins as the main executive producer and showrunner for the cable series if it gets renewed for a sixth season, a...  

True Blood’s new showrunner will be one of their own; it seems co-executive producer Mark Hudis will be taking over the position – assuming the show gets a sixth season of course, which seems likely given its popularity. The highly anticipated and much hyped fifth season has yet to premiere, but it seems HBO is looking to the future already.  

With True Blood creator Alan Ball stepping down the end of the upcoming fifth season (he'll be devoting time to his new Cinemax project, Banshee), the HBO series needs someone to step in as showrunner. Deadline is reporting that Mark Hudis, who has served as co-executive producer for the last two seasons, will fill the role of executive producer for the sixth season — assuming there is one, that is. Read more posts by...  

We can only guess as Alan Ball certainly likes to keep us on our toes. Fans of the Sookie-Bill-Eric triangle, take heart. Mid-season, Sookie teams up with her ex-lovers when they need her mind-reading skills to help question a human witness who ...  

Co-workers! Pffft! Amirite? Yeah! You know what I mean! It looks like Elizabeth Banks feels me too, as she is set to star in Alan Ball‘s dark comedy What’s The Matter With Margie? as a “downtrodden” office drone who snaps and kills her co-workers. Fun! Deadline Henderson reports that Daniel Minahan will be directing the film, which comes from producer Balls’ own original screenplay. Not much else is known about the project at this time, but so...  

“[What’s The Matter With Margie?] is very funny and dark and brilliant in the way that only Alan Ball can write,” Myriad CEO Kirk D’Amico said. “I look forward to seeing the story come to life on screen.” Myriad’s director of ...  

Even though he scripted "American Beauty" for Sam Mendes before his two successful television shows "Six Feet Under" and "True Blood," Alan Ball has only returned to the silver screen for little-seen directorial debut "Towelhead." Last year, though, brought news that Emmy and Oscar winning writer-director (hello EGOT?) was lining up a return with a dark comedy for Paramount. While Ball has now stepped away from the director's chair for...  

CANNES -- Elizabeth Banks has signed up for writer-producer Alan Ball's dark comedy What's the Matter With Margie?, which Myriad Pictures is launching at the Marche du Film this week. Daniel Minahan will direct from Ball's original script and is set to ...  

Deadline reports Ball, who won an Oscar for his original screenplay American Beauty, penned the feature and is on board to produce; Daniel Minahan, who has helmed numerous episodes of True Blood's including its upcoming season five premiere ...  

Pamela McClintock Kirk D'Amico's Myriad Pictures is shopping the comedy in Cannes. read more  

Ball, who wrote the script, will co-produce the new film with Anthony Bregman, and Daniel Minahan is brought in as the director. What's The Matter With Margie? will start filming next year in Los Angeles. Banks recently paid tribute to Beastie Boys member ...  

Pamela McClintock Kirk D'Amico's Myriad Pictures is shopping the comedy in Cannes.read more  

Also starring “Modern Family’s” Julie Bowen and Jamie Chung, the film is directed by Bill Guttentag and co-written by Guttentag and former Bill Clinton advisor Chris LeHane. The film had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival Wednesday ...  

Howard Kendall, Graeme Sharp and Dave Hickson are among a host of Everton legends who will be paying homage to the late great Alan Ball at a special dinner on Friday, May 11.The Alan Ball Tribute Nigh...  

HBO/Cinemax has begun production in and around Charlotte, N.C., on the action series "Banshee", executive produced by Alan Ball, Greg Yaitanes, Peter Macdissi, Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler....  

NEW YORK, May 1, 2012 – HBO/CINEMAX has begun production in and around Charlotte, NC on the action series BANSHEE, executive produced by Alan Ball, Greg Yaitanes, Peter Macdissi, Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler. Scheduled for ten hour ...  

NEW YORK, May 1, 2012 - HBO/CINEMAX has begun production in and around Charlotte, NC on the action series BANSHEE, executive produced by Alan Ball, Greg Yaitanes, Peter Macdissi, Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler. Scheduled for ten hour-long episodes ...  

College football's stars of yesterday are ready to take the leap into the world of professional football. While expectations run the gamut, fans are hopeful that each player their favorite team selects will resemble a current or former NFL star. Will ...  

Details souring the newest season of the Alan Ball-created drama “True Blood” are always kept highly secretive until the premiere of each episode, but Moyer did divulge some news to MTV. He would like for his vampire character, Bill Compton ...  

The project, written by authors Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler ... Dunn (Canterbury’s Law), Daniel Ross Owens (The Lying Game, Detroit 1-8-7) and Hoon Lee (Blue Bloods, White Collar). Yaitanes, who’s directing the opener, will serve as an ...  

The mere thought of a potential end to any part of the immortal vampires of True Blood is unthinkable to fans of the popular HBO series. But changes are coming up as sure as vampires rise after dark. Creator Alan...