AMC Networks has staked its claim for more “Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire.” The series has been renewed for Season 3 on AMC and streaming outlet AMC+, the outlets announced Wednesday. News comes just days before the show’s Season 2 finale (which airs June 30).
The series was the first in AMC’s expanding “Anne Rice Immortal Universe,” which now also includes “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches” (which is in production on Season 2) and the just-ordered tentatively titled “Anne Rice’s The Talamasca.”
“Interview With the Vampire” stars Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac — the vampire who reconnects with interviewer Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) nearly 50 years after their initial sessions. Sam Reid plays the famed Vampire Lestat, while Season 2 also features Assad Zaman (Armand), Delainey Hayles (Claudia) and Ben Daniels (Santiago).
Mark Johnson oversees AMC’s “Anne Rice Immortal Universe, while Rolin Jones is the creator, writer and showrunner of “Interview With the Vampire.” Exec producers include Johnson, Jones, Mark Taylor, Christopher Rice and the late Anne Rice.
“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,” Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks, said 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.”
“Interview With the Vampire,” which premiered Oct. 2, 2022, has received a stellar 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes for its two seasons.
Said Jones: “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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