‘Interview With The Vampire’: Sam Reid To Play Lestat In AMC Series Based On Ann Rice’s Book

Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing

The Girls On The Bus, Greg Berlanti and Julie Plec’s drama series adaptation of Amy Chozick’s best-seller Chasing Hilary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns and One Intact Glass Ceiling, is now in the works at The CW after being dropped by Netflix, Deadline confirmed.

Before the Southern vampires of True Blood and the sparkly vampires of Twilight, there was Interview With the Vampire, Anne Rice‘s classic 1976 novel about vampires in Louisiana.

Jacob Anderson has landed a huge new role!

AMC is behind a series adaptation of the Anne Rice novel “Interview With The Vampire” that had been previously turned into a feature film from 1994 that starred Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, a young Kirsten Dunst, Christian Slater, and Antonio Banderas. Now, Variety reports that British actor Jacob Anderson has secured the leading role of Louis in the show.

It's time to head back to . On Wednesday, Showtime announced a pilot order for a comedy series based on the well-loved '90s film. Rick Famuyiwa, director and co-writer of the original, has signed on to executive produce and direct the pilot, with Justin Hillian writing the script.The original was released in 1999 and followed Omar Epps, Richard T.

Game of Thrones alum Jacob Anderson has been tapped to star as Louis opposite Sam Reid’s Lestat in Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire series for AMC and AMC+. The series, based on Rice’s book, is slated to begin production on its eight-episode first season later this year for premiere on AMC and its sister streamer AMC+ in 2022.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJacob Anderson has been cast in the lead role of the “Interview With the Vampire” series at AMC, Variety has learned.Anderson will play the titular vampire, Louis, known in the novel as Louis de Pointe du Lac. The book centers on Louis as he relates the story of his life to a reporter, in particular how he was turned into a vampire and then mentored by Lestat de Lioncourt.

Robert Altman’s 1994 fashion industry satire Prêt-à-Porter is getting a TV series adaptation. Paramount+ is developing a TV series based on the feature comedy-drama, sources said. It comes from Miramax Television.

EXCLUSIVE: Indigenous actress Jessica Matten (Tribal) is set as a series regular opposite Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon and Noah Emmerich in Dark Winds, AMC’s Western noir thriller series based on Tony Hillerman’s popular Leaphorn & Chee book series. It hails from creator Graham Roland and executive producers George R.R. Martin and Robert Redford.

Paula Abdul has been taking her moves to TikTok, and the internet can't get enough!In a new interview with ET, the legendary dancer and choreographer opens up about all the fun she's been having on the social media app, and what it's like being called «the queen of TikTok.»«It's been so much fun! Doing these TikToks has been like an added bonus of joy, fun and laughter,» Abdul, 59, tells ET's Nischelle Turner.

EXCLUSIVE: The Americans alum Noah Emmerich has been tapped for a major role opposite Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon in Dark Winds, AMC’s Western noir thriller series based on Tony Hillerman’s popular Leaphorn & Chee book series, from creator Graham Roland and executive producers George R.R. Martin and Robert Redford.

AMC has made it abundantly clear that the deal with Anne Rice for the TV rights to a swath of her novels is all part of a master plan to populate its network and streaming platform with the latest, greatest TV franchise.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAMC has opened writers’ rooms for three new series under their script-to-series model, including one based on the Anne Rice novel series “Lives of the Mayfair Witches.”The potential series would focus on an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches.

AMC Studios has opened a writers’ room for a potential series based on Anne Rice’s “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” for AMC+ and AMC, the company announced as part of its portion of TCA’s summer virtual press tour today. The project is being developed as part of AMC’s scripts-to-series model, which includes the commissioning of a writers’ room to develop additional material and produce backup scripts for handpicked projects which, in success, would move straight to a series order.

If you build it, he will come…

Sam Reid has joined the cast of the new Interview with a Vampire series at AMC!

Sam Reid will play the vampire Lestat in AMC’s “Interview With the Vampire,” which is based on Ann Rice’s popular novels.Last year, AMC acquired the rights to Rice’s bestselling “Vampire Chronicles” and “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” book series, giving the network access to develop film and television projects from any of the 18 titles under both best-selling series.The series will be available on both AMC and AMC+.The author and her son Christopher Rice will serve as executive producers on all