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Alan Ball

  1. vulture festival la
    We Almost Lived in a World Where Benedict Cumberbatch Played Bill on True BloodAnd Jessica Chastain auditioned for the role of Sookie.
    By Diane Gordon
  2. Here and Now Is Here and Not Worth WatchingAlan Ball’s third HBO series is no Six Feet Under or True Blood.
    By Jen Chaney
  3. Here and Now Trailer: Alan Ball Is Giving HBO Its Own, Heart-Tugging This Is UsTim Robbins and Holly Hunter star as the parents of several adopted children and one biological child.
    By Jackson McHenry
  4. Holly Hunter Joins Alan Ball’s HBO ShowLet’s hope she wears her Top of the Lake wig.
    By Jackson McHenry
  5. the industry
    A New Alan Ball Family Drama Is Coming to HBOIt will focus on a “contemporary multiracial family.”
    By Devon Ivie
  6. party chats
    Alan Ball: Six Feet Under’s Finale Still Makes Him CrySame.
    By Alyssa Shelasky
  7. oral history
    The Oral History of Six Feet Under’s Final SceneAlan Ball, Lauren Ambrose, Michael C. Hall, and others reminisce about one of TV’s best finishes.
    By Patti Greco
  8. oral history
    Can You Imagine Chris Meloni in Six Feet Under?Rolling Stone has a comprehensive new oral history.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  9. virtuoso
    Elton John and Alan Ball’s HBO Pilot Sounds Really CoolIt’s about musical prodigies in 18th-century Vienna. 
    By Lindsey Weber
  10. stripper dramas
    Ben Stiller in Talks for I Am ChippendalesIt’s a stripper drama.
    By Halle Kiefer
  11. vampires
    Rick Santorum Inspired This Season of True BloodIs that why it’s so terrible?
    By Margaret Lyons
  12. tv
    True Blood Co-Executive Producer to Take Over for Alan BallMark Hudis will step in as showrunner.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  13. casting couch
    Elizabeth Banks Set for Alan Ball’s New MovieShe’ll play an office drone who snaps.
    By Margaret Lyons
  14. tv
    Alan Ball Is Developing a Show for CinemaxAnd it’s set in Amish country.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  15. tv
    Alan Ball Will Stay With True Blood for Season Five“I don’t have any desire to leave because I’m having more fun than I ever had in my life.”
    By Kyle Buchanan
  16. lawsuits
    Quentin Tarantino Sues Alan Ball for Having Very Loud Exotic BirdsLifestyles of the rich and famous.
    By Willa Paskin
  17. the industry
    Industry: DiCaprio is The Devil in the White CityPlus: Alan Ball sells “a dark comedy with a twist.”
    By Avi Zenilman
  18. comic-con 2010
    Comic-Con Roundup: Guillermo del Toro Wants to Direct Frankenstein; True Blood Uses MerkinsPlus: Ruffalo as the Hulk!
    By Mike Vilensky
  19. casting couch
    Alan Ball Casts Ben Whishaw in His New HBO PilotWhishaw will be the lead in ‘All Signs of Death.’
    By Willa Paskin
  20. ballsy
    Alan Ball Creating a New Series About DeathHe seems to have a thing for that theme.
    By Mike Vilensky
  21. quote machine
    Jack White Will Never See This Blog PostPlus: Lady Gaga hasn’t slept in three days.
  22. quote machine
    It’s All Downhill After the Second Oscar, Says Hilary SwankPlus: David Beckham to be a REAL sex symbol for Halloween.
    By Emma Pearse
  23. kiss my grits
    True Blood Finally Gets a Much-Deserved Laugh TrackCall us crazy, but we vastly prefer this to ‘Alice’!
    By Mark Graham
  24. fangbangers
    True Blood Casts the Vampire King of MississippiSay hello to Denis O’Hare, everyone!
    By Mark Graham
  25. vampires
    Vulture Presents Another Minor True Blood Quibble, or: Eric Can Fly!?!Alan Ball keeps messing with the laws of vampire physics!
    By Mark Graham
  26. vampires
    True Blood Scares Up Big Ratings for HBOThe season-two premiere was the highest-rated program on the network since ‘The Sopranos.’
    By Mark Graham
  27. chat room
    Alan Ball on ‘True Blood,’ ‘Towelhead,’ and Hollywood’s Crush on VampiresBall raps with Vulture about pedophiles, death, and sex.
    By Jada Yuan
  28. vampires
    HBO Orders Second Season of ‘True Blood’ Because, Well, What the Hell Else Have They Got?In other news, hasn’t ‘Mad Men’ been great lately?
    By Lori Fradkin
  29. vampires
    Sternbergh on ‘True Blood’: Who Are These Vampires Supposed to Be, Anyway?So this is about vampires as the gay community, right? Well, not precisely.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  30. quote machine
    Noel Gallagher Inadvertently Invents Awesome New Genre of Video GamesPlus: Kristen Schaal goes nuts!
    By Stan Park
  31. apropos of nothing
    Alan Ball’s New Movie Has Everyone Pissed Off, Except for Warner BrothersWarner Independent Pictures and Netflix’s Red Envelope Entertainment have upped the ante by purchasing rights to American Beauty scribe Alan Ball’s controversial directorial debut Nothing is Private.
  32. the industry
    Let’s Go, Voltron Force!Plus industry news on Thor, Anne Hathaway, and Chris Farley.