While everything may look set for The Vampire Diaries’ premiere in the fall, one of its stars may need to head over from Mystic Falls to Hawaii to revisit an old show.

Ian Somerhalder, who plays evil vampire brother Damon Salvatore on the upcoming CW series, tells TV Guide that there’s a “large or decent” chance that he’ll be back on the ABC series Lost for its final season.  He starred on the hit sci-fi series’ debut season as Boone Carlyle, stepbrother of Maggie Grace’s Shannon Rutherford, who is also rumored to be making a return.

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Comic-Con 2009 to be held in San Diego from July 22 to July 26 is expected to feature panels from a few programs that may be of interest to PIX viewers. Saturday, July 25– The Vampire Diaries (6-7pm) Sunday, July 26 – Smallville, 1030-1130am Sunday, July 26 – Supernatural, 1145am-1245pm

Apparently the entire event is already sold out, but I’ll keep my ears open and give you all the scoop about the new season and how it impacts your favorite CW stars and shows…

hough it is no secret that The Vampire Diaries is based off of a book series penned long before Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga, the new CW television show, whose star Ian Somerhalder said that it was a good thing Twilight was around, looks an awful lot like the 2008 Catherine Hardwicke film.

With a strikingly similar conceptual underpinning (vampire boy wants to be with fragile little brown-eyed human), the preview starts off in an amazingly comparative way. The main character even dazzles the school office’s front desk clerk like Edward Cullen tends to do.

However, as the preview goes to show, the storylines deviate quite dramatically. Dark and full of trials, the main character (Stefan, portrayed by Paul Wesley) has to keep his brother Damon (Somerhalder) away from Elena (by Nina Dobrev). Not for the same reasons, however, that Edward had to keep Jasper away from Bella in New Moon.

Take a look at the preview, and tell us what you think. Does it have a similar feel as Twilight, or are the storylines deviant enough to draw in separate audiences? Comment below and let us know!

With the “Twilight” phenomenon remaining undead for quite a while longer and with “True Blood” taking over HBO again this summer, it was only a matter of time before the CW decided to adapt the cult-classic books “The Vampire Diaries” into a TV show. And, when the show does make its debut this fall, Twilighters everywhere will have another way to get their hot vampire guy fix.

“['Twilight'] is a huge phenomenon,” “Lost” alumnus Ian Somerhalder, who plays a vampire in the new show, admitted to MTV News. “Quite possibly and inarguably, yes [we have a show because of it], so I’m not going to complain. I haven’t seen ['Twilight'] yet, so I don’t know how it compares, but yeah, it’s good that they’re around.”

“Vampire Diaries,” based on the early ’90s young-adult novels by L.J. Smith, is the story of Elena (Nina Dobrev) who is torn between a pair of vampire brothers, the tortured and well-meaning Stefan (Paul Wesley) and the devilish Damon (Somerhalder).

“Vampires are very hot. It’s fun playing a vampire,” Somerhalder said. “You’re 200 years old. You can fly around. You can eat beautiful girls — well, you can suck on their neck. I don’t physically cut them up and eat them. That would be a little sick.”

Somerhalder isn’t about to complain about getting to play a guy who uses his dark vampire ways to make girls fall in love with him, because he thinks that his character’s motives aren’t necessarily all bad.

“It’s fun having all these layers,” he said. “It depends on what you call bad and good. I’m definitely the more sadistic, prankster one, which is fun. He’s a lot of fun. He’s charming and it’s hard to hate him, but he’s kind of a bastard. You walk that fine line between liking him and absolutely hating him, like with most vampires. They kill people; they have to eat too. Population control.”

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