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It’s pretty well understood that HBO has no problem with some erotic and steamy content in series like Hung, True Blood and Sex and the City. The cable network knows that sex sells, but now it looks like they’re going to dive head first into the world of capitalist sex as The New York Post reports producers Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson are working with controversial and scrutinized writer James Frey to develop a one-hour drama that will delve into the world of pornography.

Though we’re not going to run any dirty pictures to go along with the story (that’s what the rest of the Internet is for) there’s more details on the series after the jump.

The drama series will use both Hollywood actors and real adult film stars in a story that will focus on a giant adult video company facing *ahem* stiff competition from online companies. Meanwhile a girl from the Midwest is convinced by her boyfriend to move to Los Angeles to become a star, but it’s unclear if he wants her to be a porn star or if she’s forced to turn to the adult entertainment industry after she fails in Hollywood.

Frey says, “We’re going to make a sprawling epic about the porn business in LA. We’re going to tell the type of stories no one else has told before, and go places no one has gone before.” It’s going to be kind of hard to find any places that many, many people haven’t gone before in the porn industry, but I get what he’s saying. This sounds a lot like a pornography centric version of Entourage (which isn’t surprising since Wahlberg produces that series), but I’m sure the saucy material will attract plenty of viewers.

Idris Elba has signed on to star in Cross, the latest installment based on James Patterson’s series of novels centered around the adventures of forensic psychologist Dr. Alex Cross.  The character was previously played on screen by Morgan Freeman in 1997’s Kiss the Girls and 2001’s Along Came A Spider.  According to Deadline, David Twohy (The Chronicles of Riddick) will direct — he is currently doing a rewrite on Kerry Williamson’s script.

Elba will next be seen on the big screen in the heist film Takers starting August 27th; on the small screen, Elba stars as the titular character at the center UK-based Luther, and lend his services to the cancer comedy The Big C in a multi-episode arc.  Hit the jump for a synopsis of Cross.

Here’s the official description:

Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. The killer was never found, and the case turned cold, filed among the unsolved drive-bys in D.C.’s rough neighborhoods.

Years later, still haunted by his wife’s death, Cross is making a bold move in his life. Now a free agent from the police and the FBI, he’s set up practice as a psychologist once again. His life with Nana Mama, Damon, Jannie, and little Alex is finally getting in order. He even has a chance at a new love.

Then Cross’s former partner, John Sampson, calls in a favor. He is tracking a serial rapist in Georgetown, one whose brutal modus operandi recalls a case Sampson and Cross worked together years earlier. When the case reveals a connection to Maria’s death, Cross latches on for the most urgent and terrifying ride of his life. [Amazon]

"True Blood" Stars Alexander Skarsgard, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer reveal plenty of secrets about their hit HBO series in the latest issue of Rolling Stone.

Moyer puts in his perspective on his real-life relationship with Paquin: "We pretty much consider ourselves married now, even though we aren't yet."

And Paquin elaborates on what it's like to be bit by a vampire, comparing the feeling to one of the many piercings she's had in the past, including her tongue.

"The bottom barbell kept hitting against my teeth... [a]nd it gave me a lisp," she explains.

Much of the real dirt on the series, though, comes from creator Alan Ball, who sounds off about how he really feels about a certain other vampire franchise.

"Vampires are sex," he says. "I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed."

A lot better promotion this season from Entourage and HBO, they are definitely becoming more social network savy with their heavy interaction on Facebook and Myspace. This season is reaching its mid-season point and things are surely looking promising to be the biggest season of the series yet.