No one asked for this (well someone sorta did but they’re on hiatus, sadly), I had made these ‘shops bc RDJ might have played Lestat ages ago (article from 2009, I think), and so I wanted to ‘shop him into place, and this is what happened. The middle one is the cleaned version, the other 2 were WIPs, anyway, HAVE IT. I happened on this file today and felt like someone might appreciate it.

“…Now it looks is though RDJ has his eyes on Twilight moms.

According to Bloody Disgusting, Robert Downey Jr. is almost done closing a deal to take over the highly coveted role of Lestat, the head honcho vampire of a reboot adaptation of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. For those who don’t remember, the role of Lestat has already been played by Stuart Townshend in Queen of the Damned and Tom Cruise in the vastly superior Interview with the Vampire. It’s not yet known how this new series will take place, as there are 10 Anne Rice novels, but if it’s a reboot, it’s safe to assume that they’ll be starting up with the first novel, Interview with the Vampire.

It’s not big news at all that Universal Pictures is deciding to reboot this franchise at this time. Vampires are huge, and a Robert Downey Jr. vampire? Well, that’s just good business. With the right director and a good screenplay (Yo Guillermo, how about you take some time off those lame Hobbit movies and get on this?), this could definitely be something to look forward to, but with a great adaptation of Interview already out there in the world, I hope they let that one go and start with The Vampire Lestat.