Far away from Forks, Washington in the quaint little Bayou town of Bon Temps, Louisiana is where vampire fiction for a mature audience takes place — True Blood produced by Alan Ball (American Beauty, Six Feet Under) , which will make its season 3 premiere tonight.

Season two ended with the gang defeating the god-like Maynard beast — otherwise known as Maryann — who was thwarted by shape-shifter Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) during her ultimate bestial sacrifice.

This season begins with Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) turning to Eric for help in finding her 173-year-old boyfriend Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) who vanished after proposing to her.

True Blood Season 3, Episode 1 “Bad Blood” airs June 13 at 9 pm EST (8 pm CST) on HBO. Check out the official trailer below and remember to set those TiVo boxes or DVRs.

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The first and second seasons of HBO’s hit vampire show True Blood came and went relatively quickly (or so it felt), but it’s been a bit of a wait for the debut of the third season.

With the show set to return on June 13, 2010, the network has begun releasing many little tease promos to start getting fans ready for another wild adventure in their world of werewolves, shapeshifters, mythological beings, and of course, all of those vampires who prefer slaughter over sparkle.

So far, three posters have been released along with some small preview videos, one of which you can see below and the rest can be seen at the HBO True Blood homepage. A new poster will be released every week leading up to the season 3 premier, which will equal 12 posters in total.

Click over to see the short video (which I think might actually be a couple of months old, but new to me!) and three True Blood Season 3 teaser posters.