More television vampires? Thank Kevin Williamson
While there may be some that think the vampire genre is already oversaturated with HBO’s True Blood on television and the new Twilight saga hitting the screens this month, the CW premiered The Vampire Diaries in September and quickly proved that audience’s thirst for sexy bloodsuckers has not been quenched.
To find out more about what sets this latest entry aside, how much violence and sex is okay for the CW network and the amazing abs on some of the male vamps, EDGE’s Jim Halterman rang up show creator Kevin Williamson (best known for inventing the Scream franchise on screen and Dawson’s Creek on the tube) to get the scoop.
No shortage of vampires
EDGE: Why did you go with the vampire genre when there’s definitely not a shortage of those types of projects out there right now?
Kevin Williamson: It wasn’t like I was dying to come in and do the third Vampire project or whatever. It was a matter of wanting to do something with Julie Plec. We’ve worked together off and on over the last several hundred years. The timing was right.
EDGE: What was it about the books that attracted you to it?
KW: I’m a sucker for epic love stories and it has sort of that epic love. Also, when I was reading the book once you get past the Twilight setup it really is its own monster, it’s own story and it takes a different path from the Twilight story and True Blood story. I thought it was a sexy Dark Shadows. I loved Dark Shadows as a kid and I’ve always wanted to do a show like that. I remember talking to the WB about Dark Shadows years ago and I thought it would be kind of fun. Story continues on the following page.
An extended preview by the CW of The Vampire Diaries
