News: Vampire back on TV

The american CW Television network is looking for a vampire show, now that vamps are back in vogue. They're trying to cash in on the trend by picking up a pilot based on L.J. Smith's Vampire Diaries book series.

Vampire Diaries follows a young woman torn between two brothers, one good, one evil, both vampires. The two brothers battle for her soul and her pals, family and the small town where they live.

Kevin Williamson (Scream, Dawon's Creek) and Julie Plec (Kyle XY) will executive produce and write.

Dracula Lives

Dracula is back. While he has been the source of numerous books, TV shows, movies and comics, Dracula was first the creation of Bram Stoker. The Carpathian nemesis returns in a new novel that will be the first Dracula project authorized by the Stoker estate since the 1931 film that starred Lugosi. The new book, Dracula: The Un-Dead, by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt, a Dracula historian, was acquired for United States publication by Dutton Books. It is scheduled for an October 2009. Film rights for Dracula: The Un-Dead were also acquired by a group of producers that includes Jan de Bont, the director of Speed and Twister.