True Blood

When True Blood returns for season three, spoilers have revealed that Jason Stackhouse will fall in love.

But it sounds like he may have difficulty taking this werewolf woman home. After all, Jason won't be living alone this summer.

The character will be paired with a new roommate: Hoyt Fortenberry.

“Jason lets me sleep on the couch,” says Jim Parrack told TV Guide Magazine. “We’re definitely the Odd Couple.”

Will bunking with Stackhouse have its privileges/ You bet.

“Rooming with Jason will lead to some pretty adventurous times,” said Ryan Kwanten. “He’ll encourage Hoyt to sow his oats. In the first episode, my character wakes up with two women.”

In a funny spoiler alert: Hoyt gets invited into bed by the trio, but Parrack says: “I decide to stand by my girl.”

That's a good move, considering his girl is a vampire.

Yesterday, True Blood announced the casting of one of its most important new roles:

Brit Morgan will portray Debbie Pelt, the psychotic ex of werewolf Alcide.

But HBO hit isn't done adding to its already-impressive cast. This week, the network sent out a casting notice for Eric's father. Named Ulfrick, he's a Swedish viking king in his late 40s or early 50s and his face is covered in battle scars.

The show will flash back to 900 A.D. to depict scenes between Ulfrick and his son, most of which will take place in Swedish.

Any actors come to mind for this role?

Brit Morgan has landed the final new, major role on season three of True Blood.

The little-known actress - who has appeared on episodes of Greek, Cold Case and The Middleman - has nabbed the pivotal role of Debbie Pelt, the crazy ex-girlfriend of werewolf Alcide (Joe Manganiello).

Last month, True Blood producer Alan Ball said the role was being beefed up.

“[Debbie is] going to be in more episodes,” he said, “so maybe that will have an impact on [what actress] we can get for her, which is a big question right now.”

Consider that question answered. Are you happy with the casting of Pelt? Sound off in our True Blood forum and/or the comments section below!

Dawn Olivieri must be doing something right to earn such doubly great casting fortune.

Last week, the actress was killed off the train wreck that is Heroes, as her character of Lydia took a bullet to the chest. Today, meanwhile, she's landed a role on one of TV's hottest shows:

Olivieri will portray Janice Herveaux, the sister of werewolf Alcide (Joe Manganiello), the rising star's rep confirmed to TV Guide.

The character isa  tom boy/biker chick who's quite protective of her younger brother. She's also into horoscopes and psychics.

Olivieri will debut in the new season's fourth episode. She's previously appeared on installments of My Boys, Entourage and How I Met Your Mother and Cold Case.

Through a series of True Blood spoilers, we know that werewolves will be present on season three, Jason will have plenty of sex and more.

Now, in a pair of interviews with E! News, series stars Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley and Nelsan Ellis are shedding some light on what their characters will be up to when the show returns in June.

"Jason finally falls in what he thinks is love. It's a pretty rare, unknown concept for him," said Kwanten, adding, on a different note:

'The fact that my character is dealing with the fact that he really has killed someone now is pretty crazy, and there's a whole host of new characters. There's the addition of werewolves coming in. We're using real wolves. It's crazy. I've yet to work with them. I'll work with them later on in the season, but I'm looking forward to it."

As for Wesley's Tara?

"She's going to have to grieve a lot to get over [Eggs]. And then it's going to be crazy madness," said the actress.

Finally, Ellis chimed in about another character on the show:

"Sam moves away from Sookie and Bon Temps, and he clings to the family that he's now starting to get to know. He finds his mother, father and brother."

Among a lot of other True Blood casting news this winter, it's been announced that J. Smith-Cameron has landed the former role as Mrs. Merlot.

From werewolves to new villains to a boyfriend for Lafayette, there's a lot for viewers to look forward to on season three of True Blood.

But many cast members were present at this weekend's SAG Awards and they all confirmed one constant on the episodes ahead: a great deal of nudity.

"A lot of people will be getting naked this season," Todd Lowe (Terry Bellefleur) told E! News, while Carrie Preston made female fans excited when asked about Alexander Skarsgard:

"Alex is not shy about getting naked at all! And there will be lots of those kinds of scenes with Alex this season."

Added Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette): "There are a lot of hunky dudes and beautiful women who have been added to the cast, so it doesn't surprise me that more clothes are coming off."

Sadly for Sam Trammell, though, his character of Sam Merlotte isn't seeing his fair share of nude bodies at the moment.

"I'm not having any sex yet," Trammell said. "They really should provide Sam with more sex."

Any women out there care to volunteer?

Love her or hate her, Maryann provided quite the evil presence on True Blood last season.

How will she be replaced going forward? By multiple nefarious forces, says series creator Alan Ball.

In an interview with Michael Ausiello, Ball hypes the presence of three new character on season three as accounting for some serious trouble ahead:

“We have a triumvirate of evil this season,” he said. “I’m talking about Franklin Mott, Russell Edgington, and Debbie Pelt. They are all bad to the bone. They’re not just crazy, they’re evil.”

James Frain will portray Mott, a blood-sucking love interest for Tara; Denis O'Hare is on board as Edgington; and Pelt has not been cast yet. Nevertheless, the latter's role has already been increased.

“We actually beefed up Debbie,” Ball said of Alcide's ex-girlfriend. “She’s going to be in more episodes, so maybe that will have an impact on [what actress] we can get for her, which is a big question right now."

Who should play Pelt? Offer up suggestions in our True Blood forum.

Yes, True Blood fans, you read that headline correctly.

Remember when Bill gave some of his blood to save Sam's life on the September finale? Many presumed this would come back and play a role on season three and creator Alan Ball says this prediction is correct... but perhaps not in a  way anyone saw coming.

Ball told Entertainment Weekly that the blood donation would create an "erotic connection" between Bill and Sam when the series returns to HBO in June. He wouldn't elaborate, but that's enough to get viewers buzzing.

Fortunately, Ball was more open about another couple of the same sex: Lafayette and his upcoming love interest, Jesus (played by Kevin Alejandro).

Especially following his torture at the hands of Eric and company, Lafayette  “is very guarded, Ball said. "And Jesus is a guy who is willing to knock down some of those guards. [Though] it’s not an easy relationship, they have a lot in common. They’re both shamans of sorts, healers, so there’s a reason they get brought together."

What might that reason be? Discuss it in our True Blood forum!

The third season premiere of True Blood is still months away. HBO has tentatively scheduled it for June.

But creator Alan Ball has spilled a couple of secrets about the episode, and both of them involve characters' sex lives! On the season premiere, viewers can look forward to...

• ...Sam Merlotte in an Arkansas motel room with a familiar face: "It should be curious and confusing to viewers," said star Sam Trammell.
• ... Jason Stackhouse waking up with two women next to him, though Ryan Kwanten says he's looking forward a more meaningful romance for his character: "He will find love in the werewolf world, and love is a pretty unknown concept for him."

Speaking of that world, most fans are aware that Joe Manganiello has been cast as Alcide.

As readers of the book franchise on which True Blood is based know, Alcide's girlfriend Debbie Pelt will also come abord the drama.

She'll debut on the third episode and, as Ball told TV Guide Magazine, is "a badass bitch you do not want to get on the wrong side of. She is not going to like Sookie."

True Blood has made a number of casting moves over the last few weeks. And that's almost an understatement.

Denis O'Hare, Marshall Allman, Theo Alexander, Grant Bowler, Kevin Alejandro and Lindsay Pulsipher will also play key roles on season three.

But creator Alan Ball - who signed a new contract this week that ensures at least four full season of the show - isn't shy about citing the most important casting addition: Joe Manganiello as Alcide.

The new character (a werewolf) plays an integral part in the book series on which True Blood is based. How did Ball know he found the right actor for the role?

“We were looking for a guy who was big, sexy, decent and heroic, with some darkness,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “And [Manganiello] showed us all of that in the audition.”

As for Alcide's relationship with Sookie (semi-spoiler alert!), the werefold isn’t introduced as a potential suitor for Bill's gal.

“As in the book, he’s helping her find Bill; and he has a business reason for owing Eric a favor," Ball said. “He’s there with her during a very painful time in her life — and his life, actually. And they’re thrown into some pretty intense situations together.

“And hello, he’s hot! And hello, so is she. Two hot people in some intense situations and, for whatever reasons, their significant others are not there... they’re human.”

Well, not exactly. But we get his point - and can't wait to see how it all plays out.