NEWS ON THE UPCOMING SALEM'S LOT

Rutger Hauer will play Kurt Barlow, an antiques dealer and vampire, in TNT's upcoming adaptation of Stephen King's novel Salem's Lot, the Zap2it Web site reported. It's not the first time the Dutch-born actor has played a bloodsucker; he has played vampires several times in movies and TV, mostly famously as Lothos in the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, the site reported.

Salem's Lot will also star Rob Lowe, Andre Braugher, James Cromwell and Samantha Mathis. Peter Filardi (Flatliners) wrote the script.