We now have an official trailer forAnne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, a new TV series heading to AMC this fall. Of course, the series is directly based on the original novel and presents a new take on the story unrelated to the previous feature film adaptation. The full trailer, which you’re able to check out below, features tons of new footage to give viewers a good idea of what the new adaptation will be like, courtesy ofAMC.
The retelling stars Jacob Anderson (Game of Thrones), Sam Reid (The Newsreader), Bailey Bass (Avatar: The Way of Water), and Eric Bogosian (Succession). You can read the official logline for the AMC series below.
“Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampirefollows Louis de Pointe du Lac, Lestat de Lioncourt and Claudia’s epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality, as told to journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing at the limitations of life as a black man in 1900s New Orleans, Louis finds it impossible to resist the rakish Lestat’s offer of the ultimate escape: joining him as his vampire companion. But Louis’ intoxicating new powers come with a violent price, and the introduction of Lestat’s newest fledgling, the child vampire Claudia, soon sets them on a decades-long path of revenge and atonement.”
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Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire Will Launch a New Franchise on AMC
This story is just one of many planned projects in the works at AMC based on the works oflate author Anne Rice. The idea is to develop a new television universe linking all these shows, andAnne Rice’s Interview with the Vampirewill be the first to come followed byThe Lives of the Mayfair Witchesand other stories. This series wasofficially ordered by AMClast summer and the network is optimistic about the future.
The statement added, “WithThe Walking Dead, this Anne Rice collection and our majority stake in Agatha Christie Limited through our own Acorn TV, we are proud to have the stewardship of three unique, fan-forward and beloved franchises and universes, which we are only just beginning to explore. We are also thrilled to have Mark, a world class producer we have previously worked with on iconic series likeBreaking Bad,Rectify,Halt and Catch Fire,andBetter Call Saulon board at the helm of our efforts to develop an entire Anne Rice universe, with significant aspirations for these beloved stories and characters.”
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampireis set to premiere on Aug 16, 2025 on AMC and AMC+.
