'True Blood' final season will include 'fewer stories,' says showrunner
The final season of the HBO drama begins on June 22.
'True Blood' stars Alexander Skarsgard (l.), Anna Paquin (center), and Stephen Moyer (r.).
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The HBO drama 鈥淭rue Blood,鈥� which is based on the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris, will air its final season this summer beginning on June 22.
Harris released the last book in her Sookie series, 鈥淒ead Ever After,鈥� in May 2013. It鈥檚 unknown if the ending of 鈥淏lood鈥� will be the same as the ending of Harris鈥檚 series, as the TV show has differed significantly from the book series.
鈥淏lood鈥� stars 鈥淢argaret鈥� actress Anna Paquni as Sookie, 鈥淒evil鈥檚 Knot鈥� actor Stephen Moyer as vampire and former Civil War soldier Bill Compton, and Alexander Skarsgard of 鈥淭he Giver鈥� as vampire and former Viking Eric Northman. The show takes place in the fictional town of Bon Temps, La.
In the sixth season finale, which aired last August, Bill and the Bon Temps mayor, Sam Merlotte, devised a plan in which normal humans would pair up with healthy vampires to protect the humans against vampires who were infected with a virus known as Hepatitis-V.
鈥淏lood鈥� showrunner Brian Buckner told the website that this plotline will mean that the focus will be back on the show鈥檚 main characters.
鈥淗ere鈥檚 my sincere hope: that we get to see more of everybody we love, because everybody is under the banner of fewer stories,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he story is 鈥榝or every human a vampire, for every vampire a human,鈥� and now that there鈥檚 a lesser need for separate plot and separate story development for every single character that we have, we鈥檙e actually going to get to spend more time with them.鈥�