The Immortal Universe at a Glance

• AMC has purchased the rights to 14 of Anne Rice’s novels, from each her Vampire Chronicles collection and her Lives of the Mayfair Witches collection.
• In June 2021, AMC greenlit the primary foray into the Immortal Universe with Interview With the Vampire, which premiered in October 2022.
• The first season of Interview With the Vampire started airing on AMC on October 2, and is at the moment accessible to stream on AMC+.
• The first season of Interview With the Vampire was seven episodes lengthy.
• Interview With the Vampire has been renewed for a second season—which can happen at the very least partly in Paris, France.
• AMC additionally launched a postmortem Interview with the Vampire podcast, hosted by author/comic/vampire-enthusiast Naomi Ekperigin, the place she is joined by the actors and writers behind the present.
• The subsequent Immortal Universe present, Mayfair Witches, will premiere January 8, 2023.
• Mayfair Witches can have eight episodes.

This article was initially printed on 12/1/2022; will probably be up to date to mirror new data when it’s launched. 

What is the Immortal Universe?

Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe is what AMC is looking its adaptation of Anne Rice’s numerous novels—particularly her Vampire Chronicles collection and her witch-centric collection Lives of the Mayfair Witches. They are technically two separate entities inside Anne Rice’s oeuvre, however the books have numerous crossover between characters. Just to streamline all the pieces, AMC is combining these two collection and placing them underneath the umbrella of the Immortal Universe.

The Anne Rice catalog AMC acquired in 2020 contains The Vampire Chronicles Series: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch The Devil, The Vampire Armand, Pandora, Vittorio the Vampire, Blood and Gold, Prince Lestat, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, and Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat; The Lives of the Mayfair Witches Trilogy: The Witching Hour, Lasher, and Taltos; and The Vampire Chronicles/The Lives of the Mayfair Witches Crossover Novels: Merrick, Blackwood Farm, and Blood Canticle.

What is AMC’s Interview With the Vampire about?

Interview With the Vampire follows vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) as he recollects his life story to reporter Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian), which incorporates his gothic romance with vampire Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) and his relationship with little one vampire Claudia de Pointe du Lac (Bailey Bass). It takes place in 2022, in Dubai, as Louis recounts his time in New Orleans with Lestat through the early 1900s. There’s additionally Louis’ mysterious attendant, Rashid (Assad Zaman)…

Who’s concerned in Interview With the Vampire?

Rolin Jones (Perry Mason, Friday Night Lights) is the creator, showrunner and an govt producer for Interview. Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Halt and Catch Fire, Rectify), can also be an govt producer. Anne Rice, earlier than her demise in late 2021, and her son Christopher Rice are non-writing govt producers.

The season one writers have been principally playwrights; they included Coline Abert, Eleanor Burgess, Jonathan Ceniceroz, David B. Harris, Hannah Moscovitch, and Ben Philippe. The rating was by Daniel Hart, who additionally did the music for The Green Knight. Mara LePere-Schloop was the manufacturing designer and Carol Cutshall designed the costumes.

Where can I watch Interview With the Vampire?

The first season is avaialble to stream on AMC+.

How is the tv present totally different from the 1994 film, Interview With the Vampire?

The large distinction is Louis’ timeline and historical past has been modified. The film is far nearer to the e book and is a extra direct adaptation. In the film, Louis has an interview with an unnamed journalist addressed solely as “the boy” in 1973. He provides out his life story, beginning as his time as a plantation proprietor in early 1800s Louisiana, with all the trimmings of landed Southern gentry, together with proudly owning slaves. He and Lestat will not be explicitly concerned in a romantic relationship, however the relationship is obsessive and borders on the romantic at instances. Claudia can also be a lot youthful; she’s round 7-10 within the film, whereas within the books she was 5 when she was turned.

The collection follows the identical emotional beats and plot line of the movie, however on the AMC present, Louis is a Black man in early 1900s New Orleans and the collection focuses on his struggles with racism and bigotry within the metropolis. He and Lestat are additionally proven to be in a romantic relationship, and Louis explicitly describes himself as a homosexual man. Daniel Molloy, who was a minor character within the e book and the movie, is now a extra current, energetic character. Claudia has been aged as much as 14, and her story focuses on the relentlessness of showing to be a younger teenager perpetually.

What about Queen of the Damned? (You know, the one with Aaliyah?)

There has been no announcement but about adapting Queen of the Damned, however numerous the lore and characterization of Lestat within the Queen of the Damned novel made its manner into Interview With the Vampire. AMC may select to do restricted collection of every e book, or it may proceed Interview With the Vampire by means of the remainder of the Vampire Chronicles novels, simply to maintain all the pieces in a single place, whereas additionally using essentially the most well-known of the books for model recognition. But that is AMC’s Immortal Universe, and the community may go both manner.

Did io9 do episode recaps for Interview With the Vampire?

Sure did!

When is Interview With the Vampire’s second season popping out?

Probably in late 2023, however that is only a guess. There’s been no announcement and as of December 2022, the writers are engaged on the scripts, so it’s in early phases of improvement.

When is Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches popping out?

The eight-episode season will kick off on Sunday, January 8. This is similar programming slot beforehand occupied by Interview With the Vampire, Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead. There’s additionally a trailer for the collection! Check it out beneath.

What’s the plot of Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches?

The official synopsis reads that Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches “follows a neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. She must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.”

The present relies on the trilogy of novels by Anne Rice, that are known as the Lives of the Mayfair Witches. The three books embody The Witching Hour, Lasher, and Taltos.

Who’s concerned in The Mayfair Witches?

The present is govt produced by Mark Johnson. Esta Spaulding (Masters of Sex, On Becoming a God in Central Florida) and Michelle Ashford (Masters of Sex, The Pacific, John Adams) are each on as writers and govt producers of the collection and co-showrunners. Cast members embody Alexandra Daddario as the primary character Rowan Fielding, Jack Huston as Lasher, Tongayi Chirisa as Ciprien, and Harry Hamlin as Cortland Mayfair.

Where can I watch The Mayfair Witches?

The episodes can be accessible to stream on AMC+, and it’ll air weekly on Sunday nights on AMC, beginning January 8.

What else is popping out?

So glad you requested!! From an April 6 press release, we’re getting The Night Island and Obsessed With the Vampire. These are being launched as digital originals by way of the Content Room, and we don’t have far more data apart from the beneath, although we’ll be updating this publish as we be taught extra.

Also a part of the Anne Rice universe, The Night Island is a digital authentic about an unique resort like no different, open solely from sundown to dawn, catering to an unique clientele of vampires and mortals, with strict guidelines in place that also can’t stop every evening from turning right into a close to catastrophe. Based on components inside Anne Rice’s Queen of the Damned, this can be produced with Mark Johnson (who’s overseeing improvement of your complete Anne Rice universe) and his firm Gran Via.

As AMC prepares to premiere Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampireas its subsequent franchise and universe later this yr, Obsessed with the Vampire is a digital post-show companion for the scripted collection that gives a one-of-a-kind episode dialogue with superfan insights round appears to be like, locales, design and all issues vampire tradition. The collection will launch with Weekly Obsessions— a social content material function and companion one-of-a-kind curated late-night store, solely open throughout vampire hours—and can culminate in an finish of the primary season Obsessed with the Vampire particular, unpacking each obsession worthy second of the epic first season.

Will AMC truly make all the Vampire Chronicles books?

Who is aware of! The community actually has grand ambitions. It’s an excellent risk it is going to convey elements of varied Vampire Chronicles novels into each Interview With the Vampire season.

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