There is still much of Lestat de Lioncourt’s story to be told. Interview with the Vampire showrunner Rolin Jones recently revealed which of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles novels would form the basis for a potential third season of the AMC series.
While speaking with Collider about Interview‘s second season — which is currently airing Sundays on AMC — Jones opened up about where the series will look next now that Rice’s 1976 novel has been fully adapted to the screen. “There’s no [third season] green light. I can’t talk about it. I can only talk about this: The next book I would do would be The Vampire Lestat,” Jones shared, which is Rice’s 1985 sequel to Interview with the Vampire. “That’s what I think it’s called, so that’s what I would like to make.”
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Jones continued by mentioning that Interview with the Vampire has already begun “pulling from other books,” including The Vampire Lestat. “We’ve pulled from The Queen of the Damned. We’ve pulled from The Vampire Armand. We’ve pulled a little bit or at least some seeds from The Body Thief. There’s some stuff from Prince Lestat,” Jones added. “We’ve read them. We’re building these things as if they’re all one giant thing.”
Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe Is AMC’s Next Big Franchise
Interview with the Vampire premiered on AMC in October 2022, with a first season consisting of seven episodes. A second season, dubbed Part II, began airing on the network in May 2024. Season 2 will comprise eight episodes and is scheduled to conclude on June 30, 2024. The series stars Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt, Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy, Assad Zaman as Armand, Bailey Bass and Delainey Hayles as Claudia, and Ben Daniels as Santiago.
Interview with the Vampire is the first series in AMC’s Immortal Universe franchise, which is based on Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches novel series. The second series, Mayfair Witches, headlined by Alexandra Daddario, premiered in January 2023 with an eight-episode first season. A second season is currently in post-production, having wrapped filming back in April 2024. Unlike Interview, which has received glowing reviews from critics, reception to Mayfair Witches has been more mixed, although viewership is on par with, if not higher than, Interview.
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AMC Greenlights New Immortal Universe Series
Both series will soon be joined by an untitled series focusing on the Talamasca organization featured in many of Rice’s novels. John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty serve as co-showrunners, writers, and executive producers on the series. Hancock is also on board as a director. The first season, consisting of six episodes, “will feature the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, werewolves and other creatures scattered around the globe.” The series was first announced in April 2023 but was not greenlit until June 2024. No casting has been announced at this time.
A new episode of Interview with the Vampire Season 2 airs every Sunday on AMC and AMC+ until June 30.
Source: Collider
Interview with the Vampire
Based on Anne Rice’s iconic novel, follow Louis de Pointe’s epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy.
- Release Date
- October 2, 2022
- Cast
- Jacob Anderson , Sam Reid , Bailey Bass , Eric Bogosian
- Seasons
- 2
- Studio
- AMC Studios
- Creator
- Rolin Jones
- Main Characters
- Louis de Pointe du Lac – Ancient vampire grappling with his conscience and humanity.Lestat de Lioncourt – Energetic and flamboyant vampire who created Louis.Claudia – Young vampire yearning for connection and revenge.Daniel Molloy – Present-day journalist interviewing Louis.Rashid – Mysterious figure with ties to ancient vampire lore (introduced in Season 2).Antoinette de Lioncourt – Powerful and vengeful vampire queen (introduced in Season 2).
- Producer
- Rolin Jones, Mark Johnson, Alan Taylor, Anne Rice, Christopher Rice
- Writers
- Rolin Jones , Glen Mazzara , Mark Fergus , Hawk Ostby
- Number of Episodes
- 16
