Most TV iterations of my books’ characters have looked different, except Chris Bauer, who played Sheriff Andy Bellefleur in True Blood. At first, I was like, “Uh, that’s not how I described the character.” But the thing is not to pick the person who looks most like the character, but to pick the person who can best act the part. Now that I’m in my third rodeo, I understand that casting has to meet certain criteria that doesn’t have anything to do with the way the characters were written. When I saw the first episode, I was impressed and terrified because it was so different and so graphic. I didn’t have an official role on True Blood, but Alan was nice enough to let me in on what they were doing and who they were thinking about casting. We’re both Southern, we both have a taste for the dark side and he’s a genius. It was also way outside my comfort zone, but after talking to Alan Ball, I felt very comfortable entrusting a series to him. That was way beyond what I had ever imagined. “I’m a lucky woman,” says Harris.Ībout a decade ago, I had several offers to adapt my Southern Vampire Mysteries for television and movies. Then came Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ series of films adapted from the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, which star Candace Cameron Bure as a murder-solving librarian four more are scheduled from October through 2018.

She struck gold with the first: HBO’s True Blood, based on her Southern Vampire Mysteries (aka the Sookie Stackhouse novels). Midnight, Texas, NBC’s supernatural drama about a town harboring the world’s misfit creatures, is author Charlaine Harris’s third series of novels to be adapted for TV. HBO Gives Updates on ‘Succession’ Spinoff, ‘True Blood’ Reboot & More.

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Īnd, of course, you can buy copies of Midnight Crossing and Charlaine Harris’ other books through the Web Store. “Midnight, Texas” premieres on July 24, but you can get a sneak peek at the series and the actors in a recent article by Carrie Bell. And there’s new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own). There’s a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). There’s a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town. Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. But then, that’s how the locals prefer it…

The first book was Midnight Crossing.įrom Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse and her world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes the first novel in a series that takes place in a darker locale-populated by more strangers than friends. Are you ready for the new NBC series, “Midnight, Texas”? It’s based on Charlaine Harris’ series about that small town.

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