A deal has been reached between AMC Networks and Anne Rice to acquire her major literary works for the series development of The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches.
Encompassed in The Vampire Chronicles is 18 titles, from The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, and my favorite, Interview With The Vampire. Let’s hope they cast well. AMC get in touch with me for suggestions.
The deal was first reported by Variety. Under the AMC Studio’s umbrella, they will hold the comprehensive rights for the IP to develop for its own streaming service and television networks. They will have external partner licensing, with Anne Rice herself and her son Christopher Rice. For all series and films, they will be the executive producers. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Worldwide the two series; The Lives of the Mayfair Witches and The Vampire Chronicles series have sold more 150 million copies.
Directly involved in developing the Anne Rice projects is recently signed Rolin Jones (Perry Mason, Friday Night Lights). The overall development deal with AMC Studios is to be directly involved with the Anne Rice television catalog.
The Lives of the Mayfiar Witches series includes; The Witching Hour, Lasher, Taltos . This series goes on to progress (and become a part of) Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles (later towards the end of that series)
The Vampire Chronicles series in order; Interview with the Vampire (1976), The Vampire Lestat (1985), The Queen of the Damned (1988), The Tale of the Body Thief (1992), Memnoch the Devil (1995), The Vampire Armand (1998), Merrick (2000), Blood and Gold (2001), Blackwood Farm (2002), Blood Canticle (2003), Prince Lestat (2014), Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016), and Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat (2018).
h/t: Deadline
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