Alan Ball

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...  

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 ...  

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....  

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 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...