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The Protector is the newest film from director Raul Gasteazoro, who also wrote and produced it. The new film is set to show an exciting new look into a post-apocalyptic future where trying to fight for freshwater is the only way to survive. The cast includes Marguerite Moreau, Graham Greene, Jade Tailor, and more! In an exclusive new trailer released by Collider, we get to see what Gasteazoro has in store for us.

The trailer begins by saying that the "West is once again wild" as we see people fighting for resources, determined to survive. Basically, think about how people reacted in Waterworldand then imagine that without the water. That's kind of what The Protector is proposing. Basically, it's Waterworld meets Mad Max,and that's kind of exciting! The trailer shows water being kept on a reservation and those who are struggling to survive without the valuable resource are ready...

Lestat's world tour is shaping up to be one for the ages. AMC has shared an awesome new poster for its acclaimed series Interview with the Vampire to announce that it is officially on track to return in 2026.

As you can see in the poster embedded below, we get a little peek at what Lestat's on-stage shenanigans will be like. The artwork shows a close-up of what appears to be a pool of blood on a stage with a microphone nearby and the mic cord shaped to read "2026."

Interview with the Vampire season 3 poster | AMC Networks

This poster follows the initial video teaser that AMC previously shared, showing Daniel Molloy prepping to interview Lestat, who is in full-on diva mode while on tour. That video also shared a snippet of Lestat's song "Long Face." It sounds like actor Sam Reid himself will be singing. The video is a total...

AMC is building a franchise called the Anne Rice Immortal Universe out of late author Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witch books – and while we wait to see what’s going to happen with the spin-off series about the secretive society called the Talamasca, the network has renewed the Mayfair Witches series for a third season, while confirming that season 3 of the Interview with the Vampire series won’t start airing until 2026.

It’s kind of surprising to hear that Interview with the Vampire season 3 won’t be making it to the airwaves by the end of this year, because it was officially announced last June, plot synopsis and all. The show is moving on to the events of the second novel in Rice’s Vampire Chronicles series, The Vampire Lestat. In this story, Lestat becomes the frontman in a rock band, something that carries over into the events of the third book,...

AMC's modernized Anne Rice adaptation "Interview With the Vampire" has been sleeping fairly quietly in its coffin as of late. "Interview With the Vampire" season 2 wrapped up in June 2024, so fans of the fanged fantasy have no doubt been awaiting for signs of more undead life.

Now, it appears that there are finally rumblings of continuation. While answering viewer questions, Matt Webb Mitovich of TV Line revealed inside intel about the third season's impending arrival:

"I am told they're in the writers room for season 3 as we speak, and aiming for production to begin 'soon' (though no Sop date has been set yet)."

Though this information isn't yet confirmed by AMC, we've known for a while that season 3 is coming -- in fact, the show was renewed before the season 2 finale even aired. As such, there's a very decent chance that fans can expect official news about the new season reasonably soon.

Last year, we learned that, forty-nine years after playing a major role in the Steven Spielberg classic Jaws (and fourteen years after making an appearance in Alexandre Aja’s Piranha 3D), Richard Dreyfuss had been cast in another film that promises to be packed with aquatic thrills, Vigilante Diaries director Christian Sesma’s Into the Deep. The film received a digital, On Demand, and limited theatrical release last Friday, and will be getting a DVD and Blu-ray release in the UK on February 3rd. To promote these releases, a clip from the film has dropped online and can be seen in the embed above. Dreyfuss got attacked while in a cage in Jaws, and this clip shows Into the Deep‘s version of a cage attack.

Scripted by Chad Law and Josh Ridgway – who have previously collaborated on the alligator movie The Flood, the Dolph Lundgren action thriller Section 8 (which...

Stars: Quinn P Hensley, Scout Taylor-Compton, Callum McGowan, Stuart Townsend, Richard Dreyfuss, Jon Seda | Written by Chad Law, Josh Ridgway | Directed by Christian Sesma

As a young girl, Cassidy saw her father killed by a shark while getting her to safety. Now a grown woman, Cassidy is returning to the same stretch of coast near Reunion Island on the anniversary of his death to try to put her nightmares behind her.

Along with her husband Gregg, they’re going out on a charter run by his friend Daemon Benz. On the way out she has a flashback to her grandfather Seamus telling his students “The ocean is a dangerous wonder, you’re a visitor here. You are a guest of their kingdom. Be careful.” It’s the first of many platitudes we’ll hear from him before the film is done.

In the present, as Cassidy, Gregg and the other divers head to their destination,...

After its success with The Walking Dead universe, AMC has found another genre series to sink its teeth into. The network has multiple seasons of Anne Rice’s famous works, Interview With the Vampire and The Mayfair Witches, and is now adding the world of the Talamasca to the list. The secret society is at the center of the Rowan Mayfair (Alexandra Daddario) story and was even featured in the long-maligned 2002 film Queen of the Damned. This new series will allow a deep dive into the notoriously secret motives of the Talamasca and now AMC has released a naturally ambiguous message intended to stoke curiosity.

Pop star Ronan Keating sang that life is a rollercoaster, and he wasn't lying -- but how does one get through the rough troughs to rise back up to the highest peaks? It's a complicated answer, but cinema holds the magical quality to turn any sad day around; all it takes is picking out one of the best feel-good movies and savoring the moment. In some instances, these motion pictures aren't considered the greatest films of all time -- except for "Paddington" because that little bear makes Daniel Day-Lewis look like Jamie Kennedy in comparison and deserves a lifetime supply of marmalade for his contributions to the arts -- but they know how to hit the right spot. Sort of like a warm toasted sandwich at any meal.

What's remarkable about these films is their rewatchability factor. No matter when or why, there's never a bad time to see them...

Robert Eggers’ version of Nosferatu opens with a breathtaking sequence of dark psychosexual romance, as melancholy maiden Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp) is beckoned by a mysterious figure out of her bedroom and onto the manicured lawn of a dignified manor home. Her white nightgown billows behind her under blue moonlight,...

Earlier this year, we learned that, forty-nine years after playing a major role in the Steven Spielberg classic Jaws (and fourteen years after making an appearance in Alexandre Aja’s Piranha 3D), Richard Dreyfuss had been cast in another film that promises to be packed with aquatic thrills, Vigilante Diaries director Christian Sesma’s Into the Deep. The film is set to receive a digital, On Demand, and limited theatrical release on January 24th – and with that date just one month away, a trailer has arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.

Scripted by Chad Law and Josh Ridgway – who have previously collaborated on the alligator movie The Flood, the Dolph Lundgren action thriller Section 8 (which was also directed by Sesma), the biker werewolf movie Howlers, and the mystery Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop – Into the Deep has the following synopsis: A group of divers...

It’s no secret that the 1960s gave us some of the finest horror movies ever made. Psycho, Rosemary’s Baby, Night of the Living Dead, and The Birds are just a few that come to mind, yet in the midst of all those came a psychological horror-thriller in 1962 that has gone on to be regarded as a classic of the genre, despite its campy elements. Now, more than 60 years later, the Academy Award-nominated film is a streaming hit on Tubi that’s being rediscovered by a ton of new viewers.

Per Tubi, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? sits at number five on the streaming platform’s Top 10 list at the time of this writing, sandwiched in between Queen of the Damned and the Robin Williams hit Mrs. Doubtfire. Released on Halloween, 1962, the film stars incomparable actresses Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as two former child star sisters tormenting one...

Since Bram Stoker's foundational novel Dracula, vampires have captivated movie audiences around the world, from masterpieces like Nosferatu to cult classics like Dracula Untold. In the century since the novel's publication, these creatures of the night have become one of the most successful classic monsters of cinema. They're also one of the most versatile creatures of horror and fantasy, something that continues to be shown across a variety of movies.

Vampire movies often touch on themes of loneliness, addiction, seduction, and horror, allowing for a wide variety of genres to serve as the backdrop for some great stories. While far from perfect, the 2000s delivered audiences some excellent takes on vampires, ranging from stylish action movies to terrifying isolated horror. The decade saw some excellent portrayals of classic characters, as well as dynamic, takes on monsters -- and these movies prove it.

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Akashas (Aaliyah) bloody reign finally receives some much-needed respect, as the 2002 follow-up to Interview with the Vampire (1994) is now a Top 10 hit on Tubi. Its been over 20 years since the much-maligned Queen of the Damned opened in theaters, but the Stuart Townsend and Aaliyah-led horror flick currently ranks among some of the most-watched films in the United States on the free streaming service. And Queen of the Damned holds an average ranking of No. 9 for the week. So, why did so many originally shun director Michael Rymers film?

First, Interview with the Vampire stars, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, were noticeably absent from Queen of the Damned. Cruises Lestat de Lioncourt was portrayed by Townsend, while Pitts Louis de Pointe du Lac didnt figure into the sequels plot at all. Part of what made the original movie so memorable was Cruise and Pitts unforgettable performances and their undeniable on-screen chemistry.

Interview with the Vampire is one of the most popular and beloved vampire movies, and though there was material for a sequel, Tom Cruise was right in not returning and thus stalling a sequel but, at the same time, he doomed the franchise. Vampires are some of the most popular creatures in horror, and they continue to be a source of inspiration for many artists. In literature, one of the most successful writers in the vampire genre is Anne Rice, who, in 1976, brought the novel Interview with the Vampire.

Interview with the Vampire got a film adaptation in 1994, starring Brad Pitt as Louis and Tom Cruise as Lestat. While depressed about the death of his family, Louis is targeted by the vampire Lestat and turned into a vampire and his companion. Struggling to adapt to his new condition, Louis feeds on a little girl named Claudia (Kirsten Dunst), who Lestat turns into Louis companion,...

Interview with the Vampire turns 30 years old today, and in a recent chat with Variety, director Neil Jordan spent some time reminiscing about his 1994 vampire classic, and revealed why his sequel never got made.

Based on the 1976 novel by the late Anne Rice, the film was released on Nov. 11, 1994, and would go on to gross more than $220 million at the box office. With numbers like that, The Vampire Lestat seemed like a sure thing at the time, but there was just one thing holding it back: Tom Cruise.

Jordan spent a considerable amount of time writing the script for the follow-up, which would have been a direct sequel, taking its cues from Rices second book in The Vampire Chronicles series that was published in 1985. However, even though Interview with the Vampire was a critical and commercial success, Jordan says Cruise wasnt interested in coming back as Lestat, which essentially caused...

Neil Jordan's Interview with the Vampire remains a cult classic 30 years after its release in theaters. However, the Anne Rice adaptation's success did not come without some controversy, particularly in the casting of Tom Cruise as Lestat.

Speaking with Variety about Interview's 30th anniversary, Jordan opened up about the controversy that emerged following Cruise's casting as the vampire Lestat. "I just saw that I liked him as an actor, its as simple as that," said the director regarding whether Cruise's star power gave him an edge over other actors for the role. "I mean, Lestat is described as tall, rangy, and blonde haired and all that sort of stuff. Tom was none of those things. But he had a conviction and a kind of a chilling centrality to him, that I thought hed be great in this role. It struck me that a huge Hollywood star was forced...

Interview with the Vampire, the adaptation of Anne Rice's first novel in The Vampire Chronicles book series, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt is celebrating its 30th anniversary. In a new interview, director Neil Jordan further shared several secrets from the set.

1994 featured two Anne Rice adaptations, Interview with the Vampire, and Garry Marshall's comedy thriller Exit to Eden. The latter was critically panned despite its famous cast, and the former has since become a cult classic despite many controversies. However, the road from the lengthy novel to the screen was long and tedious, and director Neil Jordan told Variety about some of the hardships, which also included cutting a violent scene from the original cut.

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Vampires never die. Not even sunlight and garlic can quash the enduring appeal of one of the most famous supernatural creatures in our mythological lore, especially when it comes to pop culture. For as long as cinema has existed, vampire movies have swarmed the screen, each offering a different representation of the mythic bloodsucker.

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Vampire films are one of the oldest genres of horror movies to grace the silver screen, and it's no surprise why. A good vampire flick can be addictive and fantastical, leaving the audience wanting more from the mystical underworld in the story. Over time, vampire films grew in versatility, from the seriousness of Francis Ford Coppola's Gothic hit, Bram Stoker's Dracula, to the angsty vampire romance of the Twilight series.

As pop culture's obsession with vampires grows with Hollywood, many underrated vampire films can fly under the radar. Though less popular than some of the bigger vampire classics and series, many of these hidden gems bring something fresh and unique to Hollywood's fascination with these monsters. For example, films like Queen of the Damned expand upon the mythology of Interview with the Vampire, and Nosferatu introduces audiences to the Dracula-alternative, German depiction of vampires.

Fans may wish for Tom Cruise to make another Edge of Tomorrow film, but he also has many past projects that deserved a sequel but never got any, such as 1994’s Interview with the Vampire.

Credits: Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire / Warner Bros.

The movie was a box office success, although it was also pestered with controversy, particularly with Cruise’s casting. Still, many believe he performed well as Lestat and even the actor was frustrated that the project did not get a follow-up.

Why Tom Cruise’s Interview with the Vampire Never Got a Sequel

Actor Christian Slater, who portrayed Daniel Molloy in Interview with the Vampire, revealed that he and fellow star Tom Cruise were shocked that they never got the chance to make a sequel. He told ComicBook:

Tom Cruise and I were both surprised that Interview With a Vampire didn’t get a sequel.

Jonathan Majors and his girlfriend Meagan Good looked absolutely stunning in their Halloween costumes. While Majors donned the look of Maximillian from Vampire in Brooklyn, Good’s costume was inspired by Akasha from Queen of the Damned. Fans were all in praise for their fantastic looks on social media.

Jonathan Majors in a still from Creed III | Credits: MGM

Good and Majors met amid the assault allegations against him and she has been supporting him throughout his conviction and sentencing. It was reported that Good was also financially supporting Majors after the allegations against him got him fired from several jobs, including his Marvel role as Kang.

Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good Look Stunning As They Dress Up As Iconic Characters Jonathan Majors as Kang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Credits: Marvel Studios

Jonathan Majors could almost play Maximillian in a potential sequel to Eddie Murphy’s Vampire in...

The official trailer for AMC Networks Mayfair Witches Season 2 has finally dropped, teasing whats next for lead star Alexandra Daddarios character Rowan Mayfair. During the first installment, Rowan is introduced as a neurosurgeon who discovers that she came from a longline of powerful witches.

The Mayfair Witches Season 2 video highlights Rowans biggest challenge in the next installment. It teases how she will deal with the repercussions of her decision to raise her baby, despite knowing that the baby is the reincarnated version of the demon Lasher. The trailer also reveals Lashers motives, which involve killing the women of the Mayfair family. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the shows first season still managed to break viewership records for AMC+. At the time of its debut, it garnered 1.7 million viewers, which was bigger than Interview with the Vampires premiere.

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Over the course of her 45-year career, novelist Anne Rice penned a multitude of books including a variety of series and standalone titles. She is probably best known for writing the Vampire Chronicles series, which has been adapted to the screen in various formats including the movies Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned. AMC's Interview with the Vampire show is the latest incarnation of the property, part of a line of adaptations that has drawn prominent stars over the years, including Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Christian Slater, Antonio Banderas, Aaliyah, and Ben Daniels.

Rice's other novels are also gaining more notoriety after the success of AMC's Interview with the Vampire. The show spawned an interconnected franchise known as Anne Rice's Immortal Universe that also includes Mayfair Witches, which is a spinoff starring Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa, Jack Huston, and Harry Hamlin, in addition to an upcoming Talamasca spinoff.

Upon the revival of Doctor Who in 2005, many longtime fans of the franchise were left scratching their heads as to why the series didnt follow the tradition of showing the regeneration from one Doctor to another. This includes Paul McGann, who portrayed the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 made-for-tv film Doctor Who: The Movie, and was unceremoniously left out of the mix when Christopher Ecclestons Ninth Doctor ushered in the modern era of the series.

In an interview with Doctor Who Magazine (via the official website), McGann revealed that when he first heard the rumblings that a new TV show was in the works that would once more bring the iconic franchise back to the small screen following its cancelation in 1989, he was ready and waiting for a phone call to at least make an appearance so that they could film the regeneration between him and Eccleston. Unfortunately, that call never came,...

Spoiler Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Interview with the Vampire season 2.

Delainey Hayles is an up-and-coming actress who earned herself an important role in the AMC series Interview with the Vampire. Based on the Interview with the Vampire books by Anne Rice, the show premiered in 2022 as the third adaptation of the series after the 1994 movie with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt and the 2002 film, Queen of the Damned, starring Stuart Townsend and Aaliyah. Unlike those first two films, Interview with the Vampire the series more readily embraces the queer ideas present in Rice's original texts and makes them a core part of the show.

Arriving in the cast in season 2 is Delainey Hayles, a British actress born on March 10, 1999. Hayles replaced Bailey Bass as Claudia in season 2 after a scheduling issue (via Variety). This is Hayles' first major acting role, coming after some small but notable...

AMC's Interview With the Vampire has been renewed for a third season, but if you can't wait to see what the future holds for the vampire Lestat, Peacock has you covered. The 2002 film adaptation of Queen of the Damned is coming to the streaming service next month. The second big-screen adaptation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series will be available to stream starting on October 1.

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AMC's Interview with the Vampire released to critical acclaim in October 2022. The series was so well-received that it was quickly renewed for a second season. As many know, it's an adaptation of the 1976 Anne Rice book of the same name. In 1994, the book was made into the classic film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, but what many don't realize is that Interview With the Vampire had a sequel.

Released in 2002, Queen of the Damned is perhaps best known for being the last film starring singer and actress Aaliyah before her tragic death.

With the recent announcement that AMC's latest Immortal Universe series has found its leading man in Nicholas Denton, fans are asking: Who or what exactly is the Talamasca? The answer is hiding in plain sight, as agents of this secret society have hovered on the edges of Interview With the Vampire, and one of them is a star of Mayfair Witches. Rumors of a crossover between the two existing Anne Rice-based series have been swirling for some time, and they are closer to becoming a reality with the addition of the recently greenlit Immortal Universe show, The Talamasca.

The fresh production found its first star in Nicholas Denton, who will play new recruit Guy Anatole. Talamasca agents have already appeared in both Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches, with Jason Kirk playing sinister second-stringer Raglan James in the former show, and leading man Tongayi Chirisa as Ciprien Grieve,...

AMC's Immortal Universe is expanding with new shows, with two already airing Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches and another Anne Rice spinoff in development: The Talamasca. Interview with the Vampire is the second time adapting one of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles book series after the classic 1994 movie adaptation starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. The TV series sees Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt and Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac in the roles Cruise and Pitt originated. In it, Louis tells investigative journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) the story of his life, both before and after becoming a vampire.

The 2002 Interview sequel Queen of the Damned replaced Tom Cruise with Stuart Townsend and removed the character of Louis entirely. It got overwhelmingly negative reviews and flopped at the box office.

Mayfair Witches, meanwhile, follows neurosurgeon Dr. Rowan Fielding who, after a series of troubling events at work,...

Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles have legions of fans who know the whole tale by heart. The epic romance between the tormented Louis de Pointe du Lac and his maker, Lestat de Lioncourt, unfurled in thirteen novels and two feature films so how could a new TV series freshen up such a familiar story? By introducing more twists and turns than the whole human circulatory system, AMC's Interview With the Vampire has hooked audiences with its unpredictable version of events. New fans hoping to catch up in time for Season 3 will need a big explanation of Season 2's conclusion.

In Rice's initial 1976 novel, the tormented Louis confesses the sordid details of his vampiric existence to a captivated journalist. In showrunner Rolin Jones's TV series, Louis (Jacob Anderson) gives a second interview to writer Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian); they first spoke fifty years prior, but neither man remembers exactly what happened.

Inside of me, there are two wolves. Well, in this case, there are two crows. One grew up being fed on a steady diet of Gothic horror action films like Underworld, Hellboy, Blade, and Queen of the Damned. That little crow loves black eyeliner and plastic jelly bracelets, suffered fishnet stockings for the aesthetic, and only wore black for a decade. That little emo corvid would have been obsessed with The Crow. But, then there is the other crow. This crow has seen a few more birthdays, watched a lot more movies, and experienced a whole lot more of life. That bird is far less impressed by this new reboot of a cult classic.

After years and years of waiting, the new Dragon Age game is finally at a stage where we’ve got a release date to mark on our calendars. The Veilguard will be arriving on 31 October 2024, as announced in the release date trailer that dropped earlier this week.

That’s not the only bombshell that dropped in the trailer, though. Everyone’s favorite witch made a shocking return, which surprised everyone seeing as how the voice actress herself confirmed she wouldn’t be in the game. That’s right, Morrigan is back!

The Witch of the Wilds Will Return in the New Dragon Age

Voiced by the talented Claudia Black, Morrigan’s surprise appearance in the trailer left fans shocked and ecstatic.

People normally wouldn’t be shocked seeing how she also appeared in Inquisition, but Black mentioned in 2022 that she believed her character wouldn’t be part of the new game.

Season 3 of Interview with the Vampire is adapting The Vampire Lestat, potentially avoiding Queen of the Damned's pitfalls. Sam Reid's well-received portrayal of Lestat will continue in season 3, promising to maintain exceptional writing and story focus. Season 3 is likely to avoid the mistake of overextending the plot, with a teaser hinting at an exciting music documentary twist.

Interview with the Vampire has been confirmed for a third season on AMC after two highly successful seasons spent adapting the original novel of the same name. As revealed in the trailer dropped at San Diego Comic-Con, Interview with the Vampire season 3 adapts The Vampire Lestat, the second book in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles. The original novel centers around Lestat awakening in the modern world and becoming a rock star, while revealing the titular vampire's past from his own perspective.

This isn't the first time The Vampire Lestat has been adapted.

The season 3 trailer of Interview with the Vampire at Sdcc introduces a sassy, rock star Lestat with a nod to Queen of the Damned. The show humorously parodies the 2002 movie while staying true to the source material, promising an even funnier season 3. Expect season 3 to lean into comedy with a mockumentary style, exploring new character dynamics in a contemporary setting.

Interview with the Vampire dropped a surprise season 3 trailer at San Diego Comic-Con, showing off Lestat's new look and rock star lifestyle, along with a Queen of the Damned reference that had me in stitches. One of the most significant trailer drops from Sdcc, this sneak peek at season 3 reveals Daniel interviewing Lestat on camera, taking a new journalistic approach since his interview with Louis in seasons 1 and 2, which was transcribed from audio recordings. The mockumentary-style trailer opens with Daniel complaining about Lestat's punctuality, with Daniel out of shot. The trailer is cheeky,...

[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the Interview With the Vampire Season 2 finale.] Interview With the Vampire revealed Sam Reid in his rockstar Lestat form at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 on July 27, thrilling fans with a musical teaser that gave a glimpse at Season 3’s interview format and original music. AMC dropped the Vampire Lestat’s debut single, “Long Face,” in full the next day, showing off what composer Daniel Hart had tucked up Lestat’s bratty chartreuse sleeves. That teaser and song will be the fandom’s nourishment as we wait for the third season. But more important than the music will be Lestat sharing his story in his words for the first time in the series — and in some respects, the first time onscreen anywhere. The 2002 film Queen of the Damned, based on Anne Rice’s third book in The Vampire Chronicles series of the same name, squeezed in some details from book two, The Vampire Lestat, but ...

Just last month, AMC announced that they had ordered a third season of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire – and that with season 3, the show would be moving on to the events of the second novel in Rice’s Vampire Chronicles series, The Vampire Lestat! In this story, Lestat becomes the frontman in a rock band, something that carries over into the events of the third book, The Queen of the Damned. That’s why those books were mashed together for the 2002 film Queen of the Damned, where Lestat’s singing voice was provided by Jonathan Davis of Korn. If you’ve been curious to hear what Lestat’s singing voice will sound like on the Interview with the Vampire TV series, AMC has you covered: they’ve just released Lestat’s first single, “Long Face,” and you can check it out in the embed above.

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Lestat is taking center stage in Interview with the Vampire season 3, starting a band and going on tour. New characters like Akasha, Enkil, Magnus, Marius, Nicholas, and Gabrielle will join the adventure. The show stays true to Anne Rice's characters, diving into their complex relationships and psychological depths.

Interview with the Vampire arrived in 2022 to high praise for its faithful rendering of the spirit of Anne Rice, and now a whole host of new characters from Anne Rice books have been revealed for Interview with the Vampire season 3. The season 3 press release announced that Lestat would be "starting a band and going on tour", looking to The Vampire Lestat for its source material. It also confirmed which characters would join Lestat on this adventure. This horror-fantasy book series turned romantasy TV show somehow perfectly translated Rice's characters thus far.

The Vampire Lestat is the second book in Anne...

Interview with the Vampire season 3 will explore Armand and Daniel's relationship, adding depth and staying true to the source material. Season 3 will adapt the "Devil's Minion" storyline, highlighting queer elements and the evolving dynamics between Armand and Daniel. Despite timeline alterations, the show continues to honor Anne Rice's stories, setting the stage for a complex and intriguing journey for Armand and Daniel.

Interview with the Vampire season 3 will bring more depth to Armand and Daniel's relationship, and I'm moved that there's finally an adaptation giving these characters the time they deserve. Since Interview with the Vampire burst onto screens in 2022, I knew I would be happy with it. It maintained the core elements of Anne Rice that I loved, while changing the story in ways that only served to highlight Rice's values and messages. Interview with the Vampire season 3 looks set to continue this pattern.

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AMC's Interview with the Vampire adaptation stays true to Anne Rice's characters, capturing their essence perfectly. Night Island, based on elements from Queen of the Damned, offers a unique take on the Vampire Chronicles universe. Fans can expect a crossover between Interview with the Vampire and Night Island in upcoming seasons, exploring Armand and Daniel's relationship.

There's an AMC Immortal Universe show I've not heard any news about in a while, and I'd love an update. I've been a horror fan for many years, and there's no shortage of vampire movies based on books, but when I started hearing about the AMC+ plans for their TV adaptation of Interview with the Vampire, I knew I was in for a treat. The show has committed legendary Anne Rice characters to screen in a way I didn't realize was possible. This upcoming show could continue doing that.

The Interview with...

We don’t get a ton of Gothic or romanticized horror anymore, at least not in the sense of the old days. The old days had a bit of a stretch too as I’m talking about the Universal classics and Val Lewton all the way through at least the early run of Hammer Films. To that end, what creature is more romantic or at least romanticized than Dracula and any of his vampire off shoots? While many of the vampiric screen adaptations have that feel to them from Frank Langella to Gary Oldman and David Bowie sandwiched in between, there are few vampires who embody that ideology more than those found in the writings of Anne Rice. While her novel Interview with the Vampire came out all the way back in 1976, it would take nearly 20 years for the adaptation to hit theaters with the movie of the same name...

Akasha is a significant character in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles books, and she's mentioned in the TV show Interview with the Vampire as the reason Louis and Armand can't kill Lestat. Akasha, a queen in ancient times, became the first vampire due to tragic events involving twin witches and a mysterious spirit. Lestat's power increases when he drinks Akasha's blood, making him exceptionally strong, and her story is complexly intertwined with the history of vampires. Fans are likely to meet her in the next season of the TV show.

After a truly unhinged finale that finally proved that no perspective in the show can be trusted, Interview with the Vampire Season 2 wrapped with a heartfelt and devastating reunion between the vampires Louis and Lestat. With the truth of what happened not just in Paris but also back in the early days of the pair's relationship in New Orleans finally revealed,...

Warning: Major Spoilers ahead for Interview with the Vampire season 2 finale and Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles book series!

Actors Assad Zaman and Eric Bogosian want to explore the unexpected romance between their characters Armand and Daniel in Interview with the Vampire. They discuss the "Devil's Minion" chapter from Queen of the Damned and its potential for adaptation in the series. The actors express excitement about the show's adaptation process, highlighting the imaginative world of Anne Rice's books and the creative freedom of the adaptation while also sticking to the books' big moments.

Interview with the Vampire stars Assad Zaman and Eric Bogosian want to see the TV series adapt one important romance from Anne Rice's books onscreen. Interview with the Vampire season 2 had a key focus on Louis and his love for other vampires, in particular his relationship with Armand and his history with Lestat. By the end...

Michael Rymer's Queen of the Damned is all about finding a second life as a vampire, that is. At first, audiences and critics alike were uninterested in the 2002 follow-up to Interview with the Vampire. But the movie itself found its own second life due to a shocking real-life event that occurred after its release. The movie, based on Anne Rice's book, follows the vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend) in modern times after the events of Interview with the Vampire. He awakens and becomes entangled with the titular vampire queen, Akasha, played by the late R&b singer Aaliyah. The character Akasha was already a huge talking point in the movie, as it was Aaliyah's last performance before her untimely death. But less than a year after the movie's release, Queen of the Damned gained even more infamy when it became the center of a gruesome murder.

There's more story to be told with Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire on AMC. The series will return for a third season on the network, with the news getting announced days ahead of the Season 2 finale on June 30.

Per Variety, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire has officially been renewed for Season 3. This will continue to further flesh out what the network is calling the "Anne Rice Immortal Universe," joined by Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches, which also has a second season in the works. A third series, Anne Rice's The Talamasca, is in development as well. These were good signs that AMC has been happy with how the shows have been doing, so the renewal is not a major surprise.

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Anne Rice's Immortal Universe is showing no signs of slowing down, with a third series now in development at AMC. Executive producers Mark Johnson and Rolin Jones recently addressed the growing Immortal Universe and whether there are plans in place to bring the worlds of Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches more closely together.

Speaking with Collider about Interview's second season, Johnson opened up about how, despite existing in the same universe, the worlds of Interview and Mayfair don't mesh as easily as one might imagine they would. "I assumed going into this that it truly was a franchise, and that the Immortal Universe and the Anne Rice world was somehow more connected. But in a strange way, with the shows that were making and developing, they arent directly connected," he said. "With that said, were discovering that there are some characters that it does work with. Theres...

Tom Cruise's controversial casting as Lestat was met with resistance but ultimately praised by Anne Rice after the release. Neil Jordan praises Cruise's acting abilities and labeles him as the last remaining film star. The financial success of Interview With The Vampire sparked plans for a sequel based on The Vampire Lestat, but they sadly never materialized.

Neil Jordan, the director of 1994s Interview With The Vampire, looks back on Tom Cruises controversial casting 30 years after the movie was released. Playing the Lestat de Lioncourt, the vampiric sire of Brad Pitts Louis, Cruises casting was initially met with strong resistance from fans of Anne Rices 1974 book and even the author herself. Famously describing Jordans decision to cast Cruise as so bizarre; it's almost impossible to imagine how it's going to work, Rice would eventually backtrack on her earlier assertions once the movie was released and personally called the...

In the pages of her 1976 debut novel Interview with the Vampire, author Anne Rice introduced readers to a blonde-haired vampire named Lestat de Lioncourt, who was given the nickname The Brat Prince. He’s a character Rice loved writing about and her fans loved reading about, and he appeared in several more stories that make up the series known as The Vampire Chronicles. These days, Sam Reid is playing Lestat on AMC’s Interview with the Vampire TV show – but the first actor to bring the character to life on the screen was Tom Cruise, who was cast to play Lestat in director Neil Jordan’s 1994 film adaptation of Interview with the Vampire – a bit of casting that was quite controversial at the time, with even Rice herself speaking out against it.

Jordan has written about the casting of Cruise in his memoir Amnesiac: A Memoir by Neil Jordan, which...

Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches will soon have some company on AMC. The network has officially greenlit a third series in its Immortal Universe, which is based on the works of author Anne Rice.

Per TVLine, the new Immortal Universe series, tentatively titled The Talamasca, "will feature the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, werewolves and other creatures scattered around the globe." The first season will consist of six episodes. A 2025 premiere on AMC and AMC+ is being eyed. John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty serve as co-showrunners, writers, and executive producers on the series. Hancock is also on board as a director.

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Louis recounts a fateful night in 1973, unveiling secrets edited by Armand that could unravel decades of bonds in "Interview with the Vampire" season 2, episode 5. Characters in the AMC adaptation are deeply flawed, adding charm and complexity to the narrative as Louis, Daniel, and Armand's web unravels without mercy. Luke Brandon Field discusses his portrayal of Daniel Molloy, revealing insights into his character's past, chemistry with the cast, and emotional journey in the latest episode.

Interview with the Vampire season 2, episode 5 sets the scene for a lore-heavy hour of television with the title "Don't Be Afraid, Just Start The Tape." Though the Anne Rice adaptation is set in the present, with Louis (Jacob Anderson) recounting the "true" story of his time with Lestat, it has consistently referred back to a previous interview conducted by Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) in the '70s. The latest episode finally returns to that fateful night,...

This article contains spoilers for Interview with the Vampire episode 3 and Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles novels.

AMC’s Interview with the Vampire episode 3 “No Pain” introduces a character from a future book in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe. In the opening scene, Daniel Molloy’s (Eric Bogosian) ongoing study of the undead is intercepted by “a live one.” The stranger implies knowledge of dubious doings behind the scenes in the insular vampire world. The long-form journalist wonders who this interloper is, and even scribbles “MI6?” on his notepad. He’s not that far off. Raglan James (Justin Kirk) certainly does belong to a secret organization, but he could also be anyone.

Anne Rice lets the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) tell the story of Raglan James, the title character of The Tale of the Body Thief, the fourth book in The Vampire Chronicles. It begins in Miami, a “city of water,...