Interview with the Vampire AMC series trailer: Lestat gives Louis the Dark Gift this October

AMC has released a new trailer for their upcoming mini-series adaptation of the Anne Rice novel Interview with the Vampire, one that gives us our best look yet at what this show is going to have in store for us when it starts airing on October 2nd. To get a preview of the story of Louis de Pointe du Lac and the Dark Gift he receives from the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, check out the video embedded above.

Rice’s novel Interview with the Vampire 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 stars Sam Reid (The Newsreader) as Lestat; Jacob Anderson (Game of Thrones) as his companion Louis de Pointe du Lac; Bailey Bass (Avatar 2) as Claudia, a young girl who becomes part of Louis and Lestat’s vampire family; Assad Zaman (Small Axe) as Rashid, Louis’ companion in present day; newcomer Kalyne Coleman as Louis’ sister Grace; Christian Robinson (Power Book III: Raising Kanan) as Levi, an upstanding Baptist who has won Grace’s heart; and Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio) as Daniel Molloy, an investigative journalist nearing the end of his career who’s given a second chance at the interview of a lifetime.

Alan Taylor, who rdirected 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 AMC’s 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.

What did you think of the new trailer for Interview with the Vampire? Will you be watching this show in October? I’m still not sure about it, but I’m not going to be able to resist taking a look at it.