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Interview With The Vampire (TV Series)
''Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire'', or simply ''Interview with the Vampire'', is an American gothic horror television series developed by Rolin Jones for AMC, based on ''The Vampire Chronicles'' by Anne Rice, named after the first book. Starring Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac and Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt, it begins with the vampire Louis recounting his past and tumultuous relationship with the vampire Lestat. The series embraces the queer elements of Rice's work, which are only insinuated in the 1994 film adaptation, and deals with themes such as race and abuse. It is the first series set in the Immortal Universe, a shared universe based on Rice's novels. A series order was made in June 2021, after AMC Networks purchased the rights to intellectual property encompassing 18 of Rice's novels in 2020. The series premiered on October 2, 2022, with the first two seasons covering the events of the novel. In June 2024, the series was renewed for a th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Fiction
Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare an audience. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for larger fears of a society. History Before 1000 The horror genre has ancient origins, with roots in folklore and religious traditions focusing on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic, and the principle of the thing embodied in the person. These manifested in stories of beings such as demons, witches, vampires, werewolves, and ghosts. Some early European horror-fiction were the Ancient Greeks and Ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Daniels
Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964) is an English actor. Initially a stage actor, Daniels was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for '' Never the Sinner'' (1991), the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for ''900 Oneonta'' (1994), Best Actor in the M.E.N. Theatre Awards for ''Martin Yesterday'' (1998), and won the 2001 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Arthur Miller play '' All My Sons''. In 2008, Daniels made his Broadway début in a revival of '' Les Liaisons Dangereuses'', for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Daniels has also appeared on popular television series including '' Cutting It'' (2002–04), '' The Virgin Queen'' (2005), '' Law & Order: UK'' (2009–11), '' The Paradise'' (2013), '' House of Cards'' (2013–14), and ''The Exorcist'' (2016–17). On 1 April 2018 he appeared in the NBC live televised concert rendition of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera ''Jesus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lestat De Lioncourt
Lestat de Lioncourt () is a fictional character from Anne Rice's ''The Vampire Chronicles'' novel series. Born in the mid 1700s, Lestat is an immortal vampire and the antihero of the franchise. Publication history Lestat is introduced in Rice's 1976 novel ''Interview with the Vampire'', the first book of what would become ''The Vampire Chronicles''. His full backstory is explored in ''The Vampire Lestat'' (1985), which follows Lestat's exploits from his youth in the Auvergne region of France to his early years as a vampire fledgling. Lestat is the lead character in most novels in the main series, including ''The Queen of the Damned'' (1988), '' The Tale of the Body Thief'' (1992), ''Memnoch the Devil'' (1995), and '' Blood Canticle'' (2003). Rice later revisited the Lestat-centric series, starting with '' Prince Lestat'' (2014), followed by '' Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis'' (2016) and '' Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat'' (2018). Character development Accordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis De Pointe Du Lac
Louis de Pointe du Lac is a fictional character in Anne Rice's ''The Vampire Chronicles'' series. He begins his life as a mortal man and later becomes a vampire. He is the protagonist who tells his story in '' Interview with the Vampire'' (1976, the first book of ''The Vampire Chronicles''). He also features in '' The Vampire Lestat'', '' The Queen of the Damned'', '' The Tale of the Body Thief'', '' Memnoch the Devil'', '' The Vampire Armand'', '' Merrick'', '' Prince Lestat'', '' Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis'' and Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat'' Mortal Louis de Pointe du Lac is born in France on October 4, 1766, to a Roman Catholic family who emigrated to North America when he was very young. His mother, sister and brother, Paul, live just outside New Orleans on one of their two indigo plantations, named Pointe du Lac after the family. Louis' brother, who insists that he has religious visions, dies after a terrible quarrel with Louis. Louis blames hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interview With The Vampire
''Interview with the Vampire'' is a gothic horror and vampire novel by American author Anne Rice, published in 1976. It was her debut novel. Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter. Rice composed the novel shortly after the death of her young daughter Michelle, who served as an inspiration for the child-vampire character Claudia. Though initially the subject of mixed critical reception, the book was followed by many widely popular sequels, collectively known as ''The Vampire Chronicles''. A film adaptation was released in 1994, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, and a television series premiered in 2022. The novel has also been adapted as a comic three times. Plot summary A vampire named Louis de Pointe du Lac tells his 200-year-long life story to a reporter referred to simply as " the boy". In 1791, Louis is a young indigo plantation owner living in Louisiana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Fiction
Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name of the genre is derived from the Renaissance era use of the word "gothic", as a pejorative to mean medieval and barbaric, which itself originated from Gothic architecture and in turn the Goths. The first work to be labelled as Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764 novel ''The Castle of Otranto'', later subtitled ''A Gothic Story''. Subsequent 18th-century contributors included Clara Reeve, Ann Radcliffe, William Beckford (novelist), William Thomas Beckford, and Matthew Gregory Lewis, Matthew Lewis. The Gothic influence continued into the early 19th century, with Romantic works by poets, like Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Lord Byron. Novelists such as Mary Shelley, Charles Maturin, Walter Scott and E. T. A. Hoffmann frequently drew upon gothic motifs in their works as well. Gothic aesthetics continued to be used throughout the early Victorian li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immortal Universe
''Anne Rice's Immortal Universe'' is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on the 2020s AMC television series adaptations of Anne Rice's '' Vampire Chronicles'' and '' Lives of the Mayfair Witches'' supernatural horror novel series. The books, which originated with the 1976 novel ''Interview with the Vampire'', follow vampires and witches in the ancient and modern world. The franchise includes two television series, ''Interview with the Vampire'' and ''Mayfair Witches''. A third, '' The Talamasca: The Secret Order'', is in development, focused on the Talamasca, a secret society in Rice's novels who investigate the paranormal. AMC coined the term "Immortal Universe" with the October 2022 release of its ''Interview with the Vampire'' series. Notable characters include the vampires Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis de Pointe du Lac, the witch Rowan Mayfair and paranormal investigator and empath Ciprien Grieve. History Novels from Rice's ''The Vampire Chronicl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AMC (TV Channel)
AMC (an abbreviation of the channel's original name, American Movie Classics) is an American basic cable television channel that is the flagship property of AMC Networks. Launched in late 1984, the channel aired classic films prior to the 1970s, similar to Turner Classic Movies, the channel's former rival, until 2002, when AMC retired the American Movie Classics name as a result of a Channel drift, major shift in List of programs broadcast by AMC, its programming, and today airs original shows that are mainly dramas and documentaries, while airing theatrically released films, and acquired television programming. As of December 2024, AMC was available in approximately 60 million U.S. pay-TV households. This marks a decline from 65.1 million households in December 2023 and 94.8 million in July 2015, reflecting the broader trend of cord-cutting and the shift toward streaming platforms. History 1984–2002: Focus on classic films American Movie Classics, as AMC was originally kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AMC Studios
AMC Networks Inc. is an American mass media and entertainment corporation headquartered in 11 Penn Plaza, New York City. The company owns and operates the AMC cable channel, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, and We TV. It also owns the art house movie theater IFC Center in New York City; the independent film companies Independent Film Company and RLJE Films, the anime licensor Sentai Filmworks, the premium subscription streaming services AMC+, IFC Films Unlimited, Acorn TV, Allblk, Shudder, Sundance Now, Philo, and Hidive, and a minority interest in the Canadian production studio Shaftesbury Films. The company operates in Europe and Latin America through its international division, AMC Networks International. AMC Networks also maintains a minority share in the US operations of the British-TV streaming service BritBox, a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc. The current incarnation of the company, founded as a publicly traded company in July 2011, is the successor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Tattersall
David Tattersall (born 14 November 1960) is a British cinematographer, known for working with big-budget CGI-driven films like the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy. Education Tattersall studied at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys before moving on to Goldsmiths College in London, receiving a first class BA in Fine Arts. He went on to study at Britain's National Film and Television School at Beaconsfield Beaconsfield ( ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, northwest of central London and southeast of Aylesbury. Three other towns are within : Gerrards Cross, Amersham and High Wycombe. The ... in Buckinghamshire. Filmography Film Television TV movies Accolades References External links * The Starwars.com profile 1960 births Living people English cinematographers Emmy Award winners Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Alumni of the National Film and Television School {{UK-film-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Rice
Christopher Travis Rice (born March 11, 1978) is an American author. Rice made his fiction debut in 2000 with the bestselling ''A Density of Souls'', going on to write many more novels, including ''The Snow Garden'', ''The Heavens Rise'', ''The Vines'', as well as the ''Burning Girl'' series. His work spans multiple genres, including suspense, crime, supernatural thriller, and erotic romance. With his mother Anne Rice, he is the co-author of the historical horror novel '' Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra'' and its sequel, ''Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris''. As of 2025, Rice lived in West Hollywood, California. Early life and education Christopher Rice was born on March 11, 1978. His parents were novelist Anne Rice and poet Stan Rice; his aunt, Alice Borchardt, was a noted writer of fantasy and historical fiction. Rice had an older sister, Michele, who died from leukemia in 1972 when she was five years old. Rice was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Taylor (director)
Alan Taylor (born January 13, 1959) is an American television director, film director, screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his work on television series such as ''The Sopranos'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Mad Men'', and ''Game of Thrones''. He also directed films such as '' Palookaville'', '' Thor: The Dark World'', ''Terminator Genisys'', and ''The Many Saints of Newark''. In 2007, Taylor won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for ''The Sopranos'' episode " Kennedy and Heidi". In 2008 and 2018, he was also nominated in the same category for the ''Mad Men'' episode "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and the ''Game of Thrones'' episode " Beyond the Wall", respectively. Early life Taylor's father, James J. Taylor, was a private in the U.S. army translating for Voice of America, stationed in Yokohama, who subsequently held numerous jobs before becoming a videographer in Washington, D.C. Taylor's mother, Mimi Cazort, was ''curator em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
