There is an upcoming Anne Rice Immortal Universe series that everyone has forgotten about and I am really looking forward to it

There is an AMC Immortal Universe show that I haven’t heard about in a long time and I would love an update. I have been a horror fan for many years and there is no shortage of vampire movies based on books, but when I heard about AMC+’s plans for their TV adaptation of Interview with the vampireI knew I was looking at something special. The show brought Anne Rice’s iconic characters to the screen in a way I never thought possible. The upcoming series could continue to do so.

The Interview with the vampire The characters are taken directly from Anne Rice’s books, albeit with some significant changes. Despite this, they never felt wrong or contrary to the spirit of the books. If anything, they took the essentials and put them front and center. It is these characters that could appear in the new AMC show, despite Immortal Universe also a look at Anne Rice with her Mayfair Witches Show and the upcoming The Talamasca show.

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The Night Island series was already announced in 2022

Night Island is based on the Vampire Chronicles

On April 6, 2022 AMC Networks issued a press release confirming the order Night Islanda digital original show “based on elements from Anne Rice’s Queen of the Damned.” Third in The Vampire Chroniclesin connection Interview with the vampire And The Vampire LestatThis novel follows the story of Lestat de Lioncourt from his perspective. Night Island was an island administered by Armand. this in “The story of Daniel, the servant of the devil, or the boy from Interview with a Vampire,” is one of my favorite chapters. Lestat told it as Daniel and introduced himself from Daniel’s point of view.

In April 2023 AMC Networks provided some more details. The show “will premiere in the fourth quarter of 2023 on all AMC Networks digital, streaming and linear platforms.” The “six-part short form” The digital-only show was not released in 2023 and no updates have been released since thento my curiosity – I hope this delay does not mean cancellation. The show follows “two art thieves who want to steal a legendary painting and investigate undercover on Night Island,” and who unfortunately know nothing about the vampiric inhabitants and clientele of the island.

Night Island could be the most entertaining series in Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe

Night Island is a highlight of the Vampire Chronicles

There are many things that form the basis for Night Island as a great idea for AMC. I think a purely digital series has legs, but after the success of Interview with the vampire Season 2, I’m sure Night Island could be suitable for television broadcast. I also love the idea of ​​a short series with episodes of only 10 or 15 minutes; that would fit well into my busy evenings. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want an entire long-form episode for every great point of “the servant of the devil“ Chapter.

This chapter was all about Daniel, who is probably my fourth favorite character in The Vampire Chroniclesto Lestat, Louis and Armand, of course. This may not sound significant, but there was a huge ensemble of characters in Anne Rice’s sprawling saga, and Daniel wasn’t really mentioned that often. But I “got him“, especially as a colleague, and I am glad that the Interview with the vampire The show gives it the importance it deserves. Despite its focus on art theft, I can imagine Night Island must also address its canonical and entertaining heartpieces – Daniel and Armand.

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Night Island could draw on Interview with a Vampire

Interview with the vampire gave Daniel a bigger role than in the book and Night Island one could build on that. Interview with the vampire will be “get going” Daniel’s role will continue in future seasons, as Daniel actor Eric Bogosian has confirmed. This sets the stage perfectly for Night Islandwith The only additional complication is, of course, the fan-favorite Anne Rice couple Daniel and Armandset on Night Island and throughout the storyline. To say that this duo deserves their own TV show would be an understatement.

As one of the explicitly queer parts of the book series The “Night Island” Plot describes Armand’s problematic pursuit of Danieland the eventual turning of the tables that left Daniel wishing he could find Armand. The two fell in love amidst a bizarre and often hilarious courtship that included terrible smoothies, eight telephones, and three (literal) shipwrecks. The romance is worth watching in Night Islandalbeit marginalized next to the protagonists of the art thieves. It is an affair that I have already experienced in some ways in Interview with the vampire.

Armand turned Daniel into a vampire in the end Interview with the vampire Season 2, which aired in “Night Island” plot in the books. Showrunner Rolin Jones confirmed that Interview with the vampire Season 3 will indeed be the “Servants of the devil” Change of plot, in conversation with The WrapI wonder if the inevitable transition between Interview with the vampire And Night Island is the reason for the delays in Night Islandwhile the show irons out its adaptation of the relationship between Armand and Daniel. Anyway, I hope this promising Immortal Universe Show is published.

Sources: AMC Network, TheWrap

Immortal Universe

Immortal Universe is based on Anne Rice’s various novel series, including The Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches. It is a gothic horror fantasy media franchise created by AMC and led by her son Christopher Rice after Anne Rice’s death. The franchise began in 2022 with a television adaptation of Interview with the Vampire and continued in 2023 with Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches.

Created by

Anne Rice

Pour

Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Bailey Bass, Assad Zaman, Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin

Characters)

Louis de Pointe du Lac, Lestat de Lioncourt, Claudia (Immortal Universe), Armand (Immortal Universe), Rowan Fielding, Ciprien Grieve, Lasher, Cortland Mayfair