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Super hard to find 1978 edition! Fresh blood on the sites. Use search bar on website. #70s #annerice #vampires #classics #horror
Oh, I love this cover. And yes, I have a copy, so one of you other Vampire Chronicles fans should go buy it from lacreeperie!
“HORRIBLE… BEAUTIFUL… EROTIC…EXTRAORDINARY!”
IWTV premiere, Savoy Cinema in Dublin, January 1995.
“What attracted you to the vampire movie?”
“It was a very exotic story and uniquely told, and, to have the opportunity to work with Neil Jordan, I was very excited about that… wonderful actors to work with, with… there’s a… obviously it’s something I’d never done before!”
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I take such issue w/ interviewer Colm Connolly’s second question more like a statement, “There were all kinds of stories that there were bad feelings on the set while you were making it…(?)”
Tom had even given him an easy starter for a different line of questioning, when the guy said, “Welcome to Ireland!” Tom said, “Thank you, it’s good to be back.” That was an opportunity to ask him, “Oh, when were you here last? Was it when you were filming Far and Away?”
Like, Colm, c’mon, you really think Tom’s going to say, “Yeah I was an incredible diva and I upset everyone around me with my insane demands and jealousy over Brad’s intense hawtness bc he is going to replace me in Hollywood and I am so worried about getting older omgz-” ??! At the PREMIERE for his movie? ON CAMERA? Just bc you ASKED?
No.
Don’t stir up drama.
Especially Don’t stir up drama at the premiere for his movie.
Am I the only one who saw Lestat, Louis, and Claudia in that “One Unfulfilled Idea of Family” in Hannibal, Will, and Abigail? Or am I just one of those helpless cases of VCians who can easily find reference to VC just anywhere and everywhere? 0_o
It’s definitely not just you. I know I’ve talked to adirotynd and wicked-felina about this very phenomenon. There’s a hell of a lot of common ground between the VC and Hannibal: perverse yet more-intense-than-anything-ever intimacy based on mutual experience of (committing) violence; heightened sensuality; a fine line between black comedy and high-flown philosophy… and then of course Hannibal is in itself a fanfic-like remix of the Thomas Harris canon, which is interesting to look at, considering the fanon that has grown up around the VC over the years.
I was surprised-yet-not-surprised when I found out that Bryan Fuller was a huge IWTV fan growing up – there’s a Nerdist podcast in which he describes how, at the age of 13, he phoned Anne Rice because he wanted to work on the IWTV screenplay. The story is a gem and starts about 32 minutes in, but the whole thing is really great:
http://nerdistwriters.libsyn.com/bryan-fuller
Edit: basically what I’m saying is, if you’re a VC fan who can handle looking at gore, there is a very good chance that Hannibal will be right up your street. Meanwhile, if you are a Hannibal fan who enjoys historical settings and can cope with a canon that gets increasingly bizarre as the series progresses, you might find a happy home in VC fandom. Hey, I like to matchmake.
12-year-old Kirsten Dunst was made to look 5 years old in IWTV and technology has advanced so much since then so there is no excuse for Tom Cruise not to be Lestat again.
^Agrees aggressively
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I just saw your post about Gaspard Ulliel being Lestat, I just wanted to say he would be awesome as lestat! I saw him recommended before on YouTube or something but yes he’s a good choice. (Sorry if this seems a little pointless I was just excited)
I think Tom should be consulted on his opinion, and then when they do cast a Lestat, Tom should train him personally.
Anne Rice’s ‘Vampire Chronicles’ Takes Flight at Universal
Setting up a potential “Twilight”-like franchise, Universal Pictures has acquired movie rights to Anne Rice’s novels in “The Vampire Chronicles” series for Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment.
YOU GUYS.
According to Variety, Universal Pictures has acquired the production rights to multiple books in Anne Rice’s beloved Vampire Chronicles series, apparently including but not limited to The Vampire Lestat.
The first screenplay they mention within the article is an adaptation of Tale of the Body Thief, which you’ll remember is actually written by Anne’s son Christopher Rice.
The article mentions Interview with a Vampire and the latest book in the series, Prince Lestat, which raises the question of a remake of the Brad Pitt/Tom Cruise version of Interview we’ve all come to adore in its be-wigged glory.
Imagine President Erica Huggins will oversee the films for Imagine Entertainment, Bobby Cohen will be executive producer, and Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are onboard to produce. The latter two are also known for teaming up on multiple projects such as Transformers, Now You See Me, Cowboys and Aliens, and Star Trek Into Darkness
which worries me just a little.No word yet on any release dates, but since Body Thief sounds like maybe it’s already being worked on, that might be the first to go, I’m not sure.
So. Thoughts? Dreamcasts? General freaking out? Hit me up at my askbox and let me know.
WHAT? WHAAAAAT?
I would love to see a film version of The Vampire Lestat (as long as it was better than Queen of the Damned), but … aaaugh! I am wary of that production team, who would write the script, and dear G-D, so many possible casting pitfalls.
I-want-my-IWTV 