Television network AMC has announced a new adaptation of the classic Anne Rice vampire novel Interview with the Vampire, set to debut on the channel next year.
For the unbitten, Interview with the Vampire chronicles the life of a vampire named Louis. After the death of his brother, he crosses paths with a flamboyant vampire named Lestat who shares the “dark gift,” making him a vampire as well. The two become a gay couple of sorts, traveling the world and even adopting a vampire child named Claudia, and watching society evolve from pre-industrial to modern.
The book, published in 1976, won wide acclaim and spawned a whole series of sequels. AMC has optioned all 18 novels and shared plans to spin off the stories into different, overlapping franchises, somewhat akin to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Producer Mark Johnson, the producer of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul will oversee development. Rolin Jones, fresh off the success of the network’s Perry Mason reboot will showrun.
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“The challenge of adapting for television the groundbreaking and immensely compelling work of Anne Rice is both intimidating and exhilarating,” Johnson said in a statement. Having previously produced films from such singular works, I recognize both the responsibility and the obligation we owe the material. I strongly believe that with AMC and Rolin Jones we are equipped to meet this challenge and to thrill and entertain both the loyal Anne Rice fan and the viewer who is just now discovering her work.”
In addition to Jones and Johnson, Anne Rice and her son Christopher will also produce.
Interview with the Vampire went before the cameras before in the popular 1994 film, directed by Neil Jordan and starring Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas and Brad Pitt. Despite the success of the film, some vocal fans felt censorship of the time constrained the movie’s ability to explore the homoerotic relationship between Louis and Lestat. Thankfully, standards have since evolved, so we’re hoping for some very gay vampires in the new series.
Interview with the Vampire will debut on AMC in 2022.
lykeitiz
Surprised no one has commented. This movie is a classic. as are the books. Glad to hear who’s involved. The books were certainly more detailed than the running time of a single movie could accommodate. Yes, I’m pretending “Queen of the Damned” never happened. Could be interesting.
DarkZephyr
Love the books!
Idrathergoblind
I’ve read Vampire Chronicles. Quite a few people have read Vampire Chronicles. In IWTV The Vampire Lestat falls in love with a guy called Louis in 1791 and makes him into a vampire too. When Lestat’s too controlling and Louis will leave him he makes a 5 year old child, CLAUDIA into a vampire. Louis forgives Lestat and stays for family. After 60 years CLAUDIA breaks free of controlling Lestat by trying to kill him. CLAUDIA and Louis travel Europe and find other vampires at a theatre in Paris, led by ARMAND. Louis falls in love with ARMAND. The Theatres vampires kill CLAUDIA. Louis forgives ARMAND and they travel and stay together for 100 years. Then Louis tells the reporter Daniel Molloy the story. Daniel crushes on Louis and becomes obsessed with being a vampire. Daniel finds ARMAND and has a decade long love story with ARMAND before ARMAND turns Daniel into a vampire. In other books we learn ARMAND was made a vampire in 1499 by his lover MARIUS, an ancient Roman vampire. We also learn that Lestat also has history with MARIUS and with ARMAND and about Lestat’s mother GABRIELLE and mortal lover NICOLAS who he also turned into a vampire in 1780.
Yes, THEY ARE ALL GAY. AS HUMANS AND AS VAMPIRES EVERY SINGLE MAN IN THE SERIES IS GAY. Why are the producers lying about what is in the IWTV book, ERASING CLAUDIA AND HER QUEER FAMILY and ERASING THE GAY CHARACTER ARMAND and
Why are they STRAIGHTWASHING THIS SERIES?
And why are using BLACK WOMEN PORTRAYED AS WHORES to ERASE GAY CHARACTERS AND A GAY FAMILY?!?
Idrathergoblind
I’ve read Vampire Chronicles. Quite a few people have read Vampire Chronicles. In IWTV The Vampire Lestat falls in love with a guy called Louis in 1791 and makes him into a vampire too. When Lestat’s too controlling and Louis will leave him he makes a 5 year old child, CLAUDIA into a vampire. Louis forgives Lestat and stays for family. After 60 years CLAUDIA breaks free of controlling Lestat by trying to kill him. CLAUDIA and Louis travel Europe and find other vampires at a theatre in Paris, led by ARMAND. Louis falls in love with ARMAND. The Theatres vampires kill CLAUDIA. Louis forgives ARMAND and they travel and stay together for 100 years. Then Louis tells the reporter Daniel Molloy the story. Daniel crushes on Louis and becomes obsessed with being a vampire. In other volumes we learn Daniel finds ARMAND and has a decade long love story with ARMAND before ARMAND turns Daniel into a vampire. ARMAND was made a vampire in 1499 by his lover MARIUS, an ancient Roman vampire. We also learn that Lestat also has history with MARIUS and with ARMAND and about Lestat’s mother GABRIELLE and mortal lover NICOLAS who he also turned into a vampire in 1780.
THEY ARE ALL GAY. AS HUMANS AND AS VAMPIRES EVERY SINGLE MAN IN THE SERIES IS GAY. Why are the producers lying about what is in the IWTV book, And why are they using BLACK WOMEN PORTRAYED AS WHORES to erase CLAUDIA AND HER QUEER FAMILY?!?
Idrathergoblind
ATTN: IT desk
edit function just makes two posts. Might want to fix that.