INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Officially Renewed For Season 3; Will Adapt THE VAMPIRE LESTAT

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Officially Renewed For Season 3; Will Adapt THE VAMPIRE LESTAT

Fans were wondering if this Sunday's season 2 finale of Interview with the Vampire would be the last we saw of Louis, Lestat and the others, but AMC has now announced that the show will return...

By MarkCassidy - Jun 26, 2024 01:06 PM EST
Filed Under: AMC
Source: Via FearHQ

Rockstar Lestat is coming!

The season 2 finale of Interview with the Vampire airs this Sunday, and fans of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles will be delighted to hear that AMC has renewed the critically-acclaimed series for a third run.

The upcoming finale will conclude the events of Rice's first novel, but the official synopsis confirms that season 3 is set to adapt The Vampire Lestat.

“Resentful of the perfunctory portrayal in the trashy bestseller ‘Interview With The Vampire,’ the Vampire Lestat sets his story straight in a way only the Vampire Lestat can — by starting a band and going on tour. Gabrielle. Nicholas. Magnus. Marius. Those Who Must Be Kept. They join Louis, Armand, Molloy, Sam, Raglan, Fareed and others we can’t tell you about yet on a sexy pilgrimage across space, time and trauma. No Auto-Tuning. No Trigger Warnings. All Feels Amplified.”

Could one of these "others" be Claudia, perhaps? The child vampire met her end in last week's penultimate episode, but Lestat actor Sam Reid seemingly hinted that her spirit could return to haunt her maker during an interview with THR.

“Claudia is going to be the biggest mistake Lestat has ever made in his entire life — not the fact that she’s alive, but the fact that she died. The death of Claudia is going to be the thing that haunts him forever, and I wish that he did save her. I’m not sure if he knew that he could, but the fact that he saw her look at him with a pure connection at the end — and the two of them did share a connection at multiple times in their lives. I think he’ll never get that image [of Claudia dying] out of his head, and I think what it does is it also sets us up for a relationship with a haunting of Claudia and Lestat that is quite exciting.”

He continued, “I think we’ve got the potential of not letting Claudia go, because Lestat has not gotten any closure there, and he has a lot to atone for. He has done some really terrible things, and I think a wonderful motivation for a character going forward is shame.”

Check out some official key art below, along with a teaser for this Sunday's finale.

“When you buy the rights to 18 Anne Rice novels that have sold more than 150 million copies, in your wildest dreams you hope there’s a show as good as Interview on the other end,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks, in a statement. “What Rolin has done with these stories and characters, working so closely with Mark, as the steward of this universe, has exceeded the loftiest version of our expectations. We can’t wait to see where this creative team takes the series from here and know we are walking alongside an incredibly loyal and passionate base of fans who feel as strongly about this material as we do.”

Showrunner Rolin Jones added: “Thank you to the brilliant casts and crews of the first two seasons that got us to this day. Thank you to the rabid, beautifully unwell fandom that scaled the castle walls to get us to this day. Thank you to Dan McDermott, Ben Davis for the funds and tools to continue the great work of dramatizing Anne Rice’s extraordinary novels. And sincere apologies to the family and friends of actor Sam Reid, for the possession that continues to this day. Monsieur L extends his promise to return his body upon cancellation (may that evening never come).”

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 6/26/2024, 1:53 PM
How much you can interview a guy?
Blergh
Blergh - 6/26/2024, 1:57 PM
I'm still miffed they didn't call the show "The Vampire Chronicles" and started chronologically with Akasha.
But I heard good things about it, haven't checked it out yet tho.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/26/2024, 1:59 PM
@Blergh - It's excellent... I wasn't expecting much after the trailers etc, but it's probably the best written, acted, shot series out there at the mo.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/26/2024, 2:03 PM
@MarkCassidy - House of Dragon. Dark Matter.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/26/2024, 2:05 PM
@McMurdo - Better than HOTD imo... haven't watched Dark Matter yet.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/26/2024, 2:07 PM
@MarkCassidy - you're gonna make me watch this series if you keep saying things like that! HotD is brilliant IMO.

Dark Matter....dude please watch this series. It's 9 total episodes with Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly and it's an adaptation of what's considered by many one of the greatest sci Fi novels of our modern time. It's thrilling, mysterious, and just incredibly well written. Give it a go. And write articles on it please.
Blergh
Blergh - 6/26/2024, 2:15 PM
@MarkCassidy - damn, that’s high praise! My gf is pushing us to start watching it because she knows I’m a diehard fan of the books (and Vampire: The Masquerade) but I was/am also still a bit skeptical.
Might use the coming weekend to binge seasons 1 and 2.


Blergh
Blergh - 6/26/2024, 2:16 PM
@McMurdo - you mean the new show that just dropped or the Lost-ish show from Syfy that aired a few years ago? Loved that show to death
Vigor
Vigor - 6/26/2024, 2:37 PM
@McMurdo - I watch all 3. All of them are excellent shows.

Intergiee with the vampire has the best writing and it has shots filmed that immerse me so much, I feel like I took a gummy beforehand.

Dark matter is fantastic. I recommend it to everyone
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/26/2024, 2:38 PM
@Blergh - it's the new series on Apple TV.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/26/2024, 2:40 PM
@Vigor - I'll start watching Interview tonight then. Thanks for the recommendation.
Cleander
Cleander - 6/26/2024, 2:25 PM
I hope the devise of the unreliable narrator continues in season 3. I don't want the show to take up Anne Rice's stance of fangirling Lestat by retconing the original premise and throwing all the other characters by the wayside.
FlixMentallo21
FlixMentallo21 - 6/26/2024, 2:38 PM
Maybe in a future season, they can adapt the little-known entry “A Few Good Monsters”:
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ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 6/26/2024, 2:49 PM
Great acting for this show.
BigPhilbowski
BigPhilbowski - 6/26/2024, 3:07 PM
Phenomenal show. Probably the best written and acted show around right now
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 6/26/2024, 5:18 PM
It’s possibly the best show on TV right now. This and HOTD. The acting, the design, the emotion. This show fires on all cylinders.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 6/26/2024, 5:51 PM
Since I'm reading only good things about this show, maybe I should try to catch up on it before S3 then. Too bad it's nowhere available to watch where I live though (for now)
InfraMan
InfraMan - 6/26/2024, 8:06 PM
Last week’s episode was peak TV, just phenomenal… the entire cast is fantastic, but damn Sam Reid is on another level!

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