AMC’sInterview With the Vampireis gearing up to return for season 3, with the show’s producer offering a major production update. Based on Anne Rice’sThe Vampire Chroniclesnovels, the season 2 finale saw the show complete the story based on the original 1976 novel that began the series. Withthe vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac’sstory now told,Interview With The Vampireseason 3 is expected to shift its attention onto Sam Reid’s Lestat de Lioncourt as it charts his rise as a modern-day rockstar, in accordance with the events depicted in the 1985 bookThe Vampire Lestat.
Speaking atDeadline’s Contenders Television event,Interview With The Vampireproducer Mark Johnson offered insights into the progress on season 3. Suggesting that the show’s writers are busily working on the scripts, series creator and showrunner Rolin Jones currently “has no time to himself.” Johnson also revealed thatfilming is due to begin in Toronto later this year, and that much of the season rests on Reid’s shoulders. Check out his comments below:
The writers are busy working away, meaning Rollin has no time to himself right now. We are going to be shooting in Toronto, of all places, later in the year, not too far away. So much of this season all rests on this man’s [Sam Reid’s] shoulders.
What Johnson’s Comments Mean For Interview With The Vampire Season 3
Sam Reid’s Lestat Should Rightfully Be The Show’s Main Focus
While Jacob Anderson’s Louis does continue to appear throughout the later novels in Rice’s original books, fans of the source material already know that much ofthe author’s focus eventually shifted onto Lestat as the series’ central figure. Johnson’s assertion that much ofInterview With The Vampireseason 3’s storywill rest on Reid’s shoulders suggests that the show will also reflect this switch in perspective.
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With AMC already releasing ateaser video for the songLong Face,as sung by Reid’s character, all signs point to the show’s latest season sticking close to the source material. If so, it is possible that the filming that is scheduled forToronto may serve as a stand-in for modern-day San Francisco, whereThe Vampire Lestat’sclimactic ending is set. Given that the original book also traces Lestat’s own 18th century origins in France, it will also be interesting to see whether the production is to return to Prague, which was previously used as a stand-in for season 2’s Paris.
Our Take On Interview With The Vampire’s Season 3 Latest Update
There Is Still No Official Release Date Set
At this stage, there is stillno clear indication when viewers can expectInterview With The Vampireseason 3 to arriveon screens, but with filming still yet to commence, the likelihood of it arriving sometime this year is looking increasingly slim. Given that it took seven months for season 2 to premiere after filming wrapped in October 2023, even the most optimistic estimates would place a potential release date sometime in either early or mid-2026.
Nonetheless, with AMC already teasing Lestat taking center stage as the flamboyant rock star of Rice’s books, expectations are high asInterview With The Vampirefinally sees the author’s beloved Brat Prince be given the full spotlight. With filming set to get underway later this year, hopefully, a more concrete release date announcement may not be too far off.
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Based on Anne Rice’s novel series that began in 1976, Interview with the Vampire is a gothic horror fantasy series that explores the life of Louis de Pointe du Lac through an interview with a journalist. Told through flashbacks of Louis' life during the interview, the series examines Louis' relationship with the vampire that turned him, Lestat de Lioncourt, and a teenage girl named Claudia, whom he turns. The series is the first of Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe media franchise.
