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With less than two weeks to go until Showrunner Rolin Jones' (Perry Mason, Weeds) highly-anticipated Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire hits our screens, we have a new teaser to pass along that emphasizes the "family dynamic" we can expect from Sam Reid (Lestat De Lioncourt), Jacob Anderson (Louis De Point Du Lac), and Bailey Bass (Claudia)[...]

Previously, we met Bailey Bass' ("Avatar" sequels) Claudia & Eric Bogosian's (Talk Radio) interviewer Daniel Molloy, and Sam Reid's (Lambs of God, The Hunting) Lestat De Lioncourt As expected, that would lead to a look at our interviewee, Jacob Anderson's (Doctor Who: Flux) Louis De Point Du Lac. Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac[...]

This time around, the spotlight (but definitely not sunlight!) shines on Sam Reid's (Lambs of God, The Hunting) Lestat De Lioncourt. Sam Reid as Lestat De Lioncourt – Interview with the Vampire _ Season 1, Episode 4, Photo Credit: Alfonso Bresciani/AMC The series also stars newcomer Kalyne Coleman as Grace, Christian Robinson (BMF, Power Book III: Raising Kanan)[...]

Joining Sam Reid's (Lambs of God, The Hunting) Lestat and Jacob Anderson's (Game of Thrones, Doctor Who) Louis are Bailey Bass ("Avatar" sequels) as Claudia, newcomer Kalyne Coleman as Grace, Christian Robinson (BMF, Power Book III: Raising Kanan) as Levi, Assad Zaman (Hotel Portofino, Small Axe) as Rashid, and Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio) as interviewer Daniel[...]

Joining Sam Reid's (Lambs of God, The Hunting) Lestat and Jacob Anderson's (Game of Thrones, Doctor Who) Louis are Bailey Bass ("Avatar" sequels) as Claudia, newcomer Kalyne Coleman as Grace, Christian Robinson (BMF, Power Book III: Raising Kanan) as Levi, Assad Zaman (Hotel Portofino, Small Axe) as Rashid, and Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio) as interviewer Daniel[...]

Author Anne Rice (Vampire Chronicles & Mayfair Witches novels) passed away this weekend at the age of 80 due to complications from a stroke.

"Avatar" sequel star Bailey Bass has been cast in the role of Claudia opposite Sam Reid's (Lambs of God, The Hunting) Lestat and Jacob Anderson's (Game of Thrones, Doctor Who) Louis in AMC Networks' upcoming adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. Played by Kirsten Dunst in the 1994 movie, Claudia was an orphan child turned[...]

Less than two weeks after AMC Networks announced it had found its Lestat for its upcoming adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire in Australian actor Sam Reid (Lambs of God, The Hunting), they're also confirming that they've found their Louis in Jacob Anderson (Game of Thrones, Doctor Who). With showrunner Rolin Jones (Perry Mason, Weeds)[...]

Nearly a month after learning that Emmy Award-winning director Alan Taylor (Mad Men, Game of Thrones) would direct the first two episodes of the series and serve as executive producer, AMC and AMC+ have found their Lestat for their upcoming adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire With showrunner Rolin Jones (Perry Mason, Weeds)[...]

AMC Studios' Rolin Jones will be directly involved in any television projects developed from Rice's catalog, which encompasses 18 titles between both book series (including Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, The Vampire Lestat, and The Witching Hour) While the terms of the deal were not revealed, reporting from December had the Rices looking[...]

The deal would reportedly include "The Vampire Chronicles" as well as "Mayfair Witches" (currently at Warner Bros.) – with a pricetag of $30M-$40M (as well as a buyout of WB's rights) that would give the owner holding rights in perpetuity. Fans of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles were excited when the author announced she had reclaimed[...]

Hulu announced today that they will be sinking their fangs into the television series based on the works by Anne Rice.  Also, the confirmation that the series will be about the chronicles, and not just the Brat Prince Lestat. Long rumored to be in development as a relaunch of the film Interview with the Vampire, the series was[...]



Christopher Rice is working with his mom on the long-rumored and long in development tv series about the brat Prince of Vampires, Lestat deLioncourt.

 Anne Rice, author and creator of the Vampire Chronicles, has long lamented the lack of additional film/tv about her main fanged character Lestat, and has revisited her creations in written form[...]

Credit: The Vampire Chronicles (Facebook) Following up on Bleeding Cool's earlier reporting, author Anne Rice's son, novelist/columnist Christopher Rice, has confirmed that American Gods writer/producer Bryan Fuller is officially part of the creative team behind the series adaptation of The Vampire Chronicles. The author originally announced in 2016 that she had reclaimed the rights to her novels,[...]

Credit: CarlaVanWagoner / Shutterstock.com Fans of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles were excited when the author announced in 2016 that she had reclaimed the rights to her novels, writing on her Facebook page at the time, "A television series of the highest quality is now my dream for Lestat, Louis, Armand, Marius, and the entire tribe." With Rice's son, novelist and[...]

Fans of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles were excited when the author announced last year that she had reclaimed the rights to her novels, writing on her Facebook page at the time, "A television series of the highest quality is now my dream for Lestat, Louis, Armand, Marius and the entire tribe." Excitement continued to grow[...]