Anne Rice’s ‘Interview with the Vampire’ set for AMC in 2022

LOS ANGELES – Anne Rice’s “Interview with the Vampire” is growing yet again on display, this time for Television.

The bestselling novel, which was adapted for the 1994 Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise film, will be the foundation for a new AMC and AMC+ series established for 2022, AMC Networks stated Thursday.

The announcement follows the company’s 2020 acquisition of 18 is effective by Rice, such as 1976’s “Interview with the Vampire,” its sequels and the Mayfair Witches series.

Producer Mark Johnson (“Breaking Terrible,” “Halt and Catch Fire”) will be in charge of acquiring the textbooks as a “streaming and television franchise and universe,” in accordance to an AMC launch. AMC+ is a membership streaming company.

In a statement, Johnson termed the problem of adapting Rice’s perform “both intimidating and exhilarating….I identify both the obligation and the obligation we owe the content.”

The 1st series, headed by govt producer Rolin Jones (“Perry Mason”), has been greenlit for eight episodes for year 1. Rice and her son, Christopher, are serving as govt producers.

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“We know how a lot this e book and the kinds that stick to indicate to their significant supporter base,” Jones stated in a statement. Casting wasn’t promptly introduced.

In Rice’s gothic horror novel, vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac recounts his life to a journalist. The film, which also highlighted Christian Slater, Kirsten Dunst and Antonio Banderas, been given combined evaluations but was a box-business achievement.