Author Anne Rice passed away back in December, but the characters she created will endure not only in the pages of her books, but also in adaptations. AMC is working on TV shows inspired by both Rice’s Vampire Chronicles and her Mayfair Witches stories, and this endeavor is kicking off with an eight-part adaptation of the novel Interview with the Vampire. The Interview with the Vampire mini-series just started filming a couple months ago, but some footage from it was ready to be included a new promo AMC released to give previews of several of their upcoming shows. You can get your first look at Interview with the Vampire in the video embedded above.
Rice’s novel centers on
the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac as he relates the story of his life to a reporter, in particular how he was turned into a vampire and then mentored by Lestat de Lioncourt.
The AMC version of Interview with the Vampire stars Sam Reid (The Newsreader) as Lestat de Lioncourt, Jacob Anderson (Game of Thrones) as Louis de Pointe du Lac, and Bailey Bass (Avatar 2) as Claudia. These three characters make up the dysfunctional vampire “family” at the heart of the story.
Alan Taylor, who recently directed the Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark, is executive producing Interview with the Vampire and directing the first two episodes of the show. Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul producer Mark Johnson is overseeing the building of the Vampire Chronicles franchise. Rolin Jones, co-creator and showrunner on the first season of the HBO series Perry Mason, is the creator, showrunner, and writer of the Interview with the Vampire series. Jones and Johnson executive produce the show alongside Taylor. Anne Rice’s son Christopher Rice is also on board as executive producer, and Rice herself will be receiving executive producer credit as well.
Interview with the Vampire will air on AMC and AMC Plus sometime in 2022. The story previously served as the basis for a 1994 film directed by Neil Jordan (watch it HERE), in which Lestat, Louis, and Claudia were played by Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst.