Television Adaptation
The Southern Vampire Mysteries have been adapted by HBO into a television series called True Blood. The storyline of Club Dead forms the basis of True Blood's third season. Its first episode aired on June 13, 2010. Although the main characters and story lines are the same, there are significant differences between the book and the series, most notably:
- In the series, themes and characters from novels following Club Dead are already introduced, such as Sookie's fairy background.
- In the book, Tara Thornton is merely an escort to a vampire friend, Franklin Mott. In the series, she is abducted and raped by him, and he is a spy to Russell Edgington investigating Bill's project.
- Debbie Pelt is introduced as a werewolf in the series, rather than a shapeshifter.
- In the series, Russell Edgington has Bill abducted by werewolves and tries to have him shift his loyalty - he treats him as a guest and orders for his execution, resulting in Lorena torturing him, later on.
- Russell Edgington has a main vampire consort in the series. In the novel, vampire relationships are described as unusual and Russell is accompanied by a human consort.
- In the series, Josephine's is a werewolf/shifter exclusive bar, rather than a vampire bar that accustomes to all of the supernatural community.
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