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AMC has officially ordered the new series adaptation of Anne Rice’s “Interview With the Vampire” with an eight-episode first season, Deadline reports. The series is created by Rolin Jones (“Friday Night Lights”) who will also serve as showrunner and writer. Deadline notes, that “Interview With the Vampire” will premiere in 2022 on both AMC and AMC+. “The challenge of adapting for television the groundbreaking and immensely compelling work of Anne Rice is both intimidating and exhilarating,” Mark Johnson (“Breaking Bad”) said in a statement shared by Deadline. “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.” The “Interview With the Vampire” saga centers on vampires Louis and Lestat, who were played by
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We first told you about Anne Rice’s planning a television adaption of her Vampire Chronicles back last year. Back in December she confirmed her plan to bring the story to television with her son Christopher by her side. Since then, we haven’t had heard any new, until now. Rice revealed on her Facebook page that Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the series along with the rights to eleven other books from the brilliant writer. Below is the statement she shared on her page. Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to 11 books from acclaimed author Anne Rice’s bestselling series The Vampire Chronicles. Christopher Rice, four-time New York Times Bestselling® author and recipient of the Lambda Literary Award, will pen the series and serve as executive producer alongside Anne Rice and Anonymous Content’s David Kanter and Steve Golin. “It is undeniable that Anne Rice has created the paradigm in which all vampire stories are measured against.
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When I say the name Jared Leto the first thing you probably think of is his role as the new Joker in Suicide Squad. He’s also been in a lot of really great films, like Fight Club, American Psycho and many others. Well, he may very well have his next role already lined-up, as the new vampire Lestat. Yes, you read that right. There is new mixed adaption of Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire and her novel The Vampire Lestate in development. Yesterday, writer/director Josh Boone shared that the screenplay that he co-wrote with Jill Killington was complete. And confirmed that Universal Pictures is developing it for their new shared universe. The film’ is titled The Vampire Chronicles, according to Bloody-Disgusting. The film would join Universal’s upcoming remakes such as The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, The Invisible Man, starring Johnny Depp, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Wolf Man, The Bride of Frankenstein and Dracula. Not only did
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AMC has officially ordered the new series adaptation of Anne Rice’s “Interview With the Vampire” with an eight-episode first season, Deadline reports. The series is created by Rolin Jones (“Friday Night Lights”) who will also serve as showrunner and writer. Deadline notes, that “Interview With the Vampire” will premiere in 2022 on both AMC and AMC+. “The challenge of adapting for television the groundbreaking and immensely compelling work of Anne Rice is both intimidating and exhilarating,” Mark Johnson (“Breaking Bad”) said in a statement shared by Deadline. “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.” The “Interview With the Vampire” saga centers on vampires Louis and Lestat, who were played by
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Streaming TV
We first told you about Anne Rice’s planning a television adaption of her Vampire Chronicles back last year. Back in December she confirmed her plan to bring the story to television with her son Christopher by her side. Since then, we haven’t had heard any new, until now. Rice revealed on her Facebook page that Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the series along with the rights to eleven other books from the brilliant writer. Below is the statement she shared on her page. Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to 11 books from acclaimed author Anne Rice’s bestselling series The Vampire Chronicles. Christopher Rice, four-time New York Times Bestselling® author and recipient of the Lambda Literary Award, will pen the series and serve as executive producer alongside Anne Rice and Anonymous Content’s David Kanter and Steve Golin. “It is undeniable that Anne Rice has created the paradigm in which all vampire stories are measured against.
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When I say the name Jared Leto the first thing you probably think of is his role as the new Joker in Suicide Squad. He’s also been in a lot of really great films, like Fight Club, American Psycho and many others. Well, he may very well have his next role already lined-up, as the new vampire Lestat. Yes, you read that right. There is new mixed adaption of Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire and her novel The Vampire Lestate in development. Yesterday, writer/director Josh Boone shared that the screenplay that he co-wrote with Jill Killington was complete. And confirmed that Universal Pictures is developing it for their new shared universe. The film’ is titled The Vampire Chronicles, according to Bloody-Disgusting. The film would join Universal’s upcoming remakes such as The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, The Invisible Man, starring Johnny Depp, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Wolf Man, The Bride of Frankenstein and Dracula. Not only did
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