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Release date, trailer and everything you need to know about AMC’s gothic horror series

Vampires have returned to screens once again in the upcoming AMC series, Interview with the Vampire, that everything is ready to debut in Sunday, October 2.

Created by Rolin Jones, the series is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Anne Rice. It’s follows Louis de Pointe du Lac, Lestat de Lioncourt and Claudia’s epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality.

Here’s everything viewers need to know about AMC’s upcoming series, Interview with the Vampire.


Interview with the Vampire features Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Bailey Bass and others in leading roles

The series stars Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt, Jacob Anderson as Louis, Bailey Bass as Claudia, and Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy in the main cast. The sensual, contemporary reinvention of Anne Rice’s groundbreaking gothic novel will air on 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific and will have seven episodes in total in the first season.

Interview with the Vampire It is executive produced by Rolin Jones, Mark Johnson, Anne Rice, Christopher Rice and Alan Taylor. The official synopsis for the upcoming series reads:

“Based on the iconic novel by Anne Rice, it follows Louis de Pointe’s epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality, as told to journalist Daniel Molloy.”

Other cast members set to appear on the show include Assad Zaman as Rashid, Steven Norfleet as Paul, Kalyne Coleman as Grace, Rae Dawn Chong as Florence, Jeff Pope as Finn O’Shea, and Chris Stack as Thomas ‘Tom’ Anderson.

The highly anticipated show will also star Rachel Handler as Peg-Leg Doris, John Dimaggio as Alderman Fenwick, Dana Gourrier as Bricktop Williams, Christian Robinson as Levi Freniere, and Maura Grace Athari as Antoinette.

Showrunner Rolin Jones revealed that the first season of Interview with the Vampire he will not cover the entire book as he and the producers are hopeful that the story will continue in future seasons.

He said:

“You will tell us if this will be a franchise or not, but I think this world, the world of Anne Rice, will continue for some time at AMC. We are building a universe.”


More about the novels and their adaptations

AMC Interview with the Vampire will be an adaptation of a novel of the same name by the late Anne Rice, the first in a series of thirteen books called the vampire chronicles. Published in 1976, the novel is considered the most important work of vampire literature since Bram Stoker. dracula.

Interview with the Vampire It has also been adapted before in a 1994 film of the same name starring Brad Pitt as Louis, Tom Cruise as Lestat, and a young Kirsten Dunst as Claudia. It has also been adapted as a comic on three separate occasions.


Watch the trailer for the series

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The trailer of the Interview with the Vampire dropped at Comic-Con and featured Lestat’s relentless pursuit of Louis and the tormented immortal bond that followed. The trailer also revealed a major change to the source material, which was that the setting for this adaptation was updated from 1791 to 1910.

Showrunner Rolin Jones discussed what to expect from the series during a panel.

He said:

“The two biggest differences between the book and this one are that Molloy is so much better at his job than he is in the books and that a primal version of the ‘Brat Prince’ has been put back into this.”

He also revealed that the series will not only focus on Molloy’s first interview with Louis, but also a second interview that takes place 40 years later. Eric Bogosian, who plays Molloy on the series, mentioned:

“The script is very clear, forty-odd years later, and Daniel is no longer the guy who was a rookie journalist, who had just started, making tapes of this interview with vampires. Now he’s doing it for the second time. It’s been very successful, he’s actually on the downside of his career, and this is his last chance to grab the bronze ring. It’s dangerous, but he wants to go get that story.”

Capture Interview with the Vampire on AMC and AMC+ on Sunday, October 2.


Edited by Adelle Fernandes

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