The difference of Anne Rice’s novel stars Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid. 

The BBC has acquired AMC Community’s latest adaptation of Interview with the Vampire, based mostly on Anne Rice’s best-selling novel.

The seven-part telling of the story comes from showrunner and author Rolin Jones (Friday Evening Lights).

Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid& Claudia (Picture: BBC/AMC Community Leisure LLC)

The manufacturing stars Jacob Anderson (Physician Who’s ill-fated Danny Pink) as Louis de Pointe du Lac, with Sam Reid (The Newsreader) as Lestat de Lioncourt. The forged additionally contains Bailey Bass (Avatar: The Manner of Water) as Claudia, Eric Bogosian (Succession) as Daniel Molloy and Assad Zaman (Resort Portofino).

Right here’s the synopsis for Interview with the Vampire:

It follows Louis de Pointe du Lac, Lestat de Lioncourt and Claudia and their epic story of affection, blood and the perils of immortality, as advised to journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing on the limitations of life as a Black man in 1900s New Orleans, Louis finds it unattainable to withstand the rakish Lestat’s provide of the last word escape: becoming a member of him as his vampire companion. However Louis’ intoxicating new powers include a violent value, and the introduction of Lestat’s latest fledgling, the kid vampire Claudia, quickly units them on a decades-long path of revenge and atonement.

A second collection, persevering with the e-book’s adaptation throughout an additional eight episodes, was in manufacturing earlier than the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

The story was beforehand delivered to the large display in 1994 by director Neil Jordan. That model starred Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst, Brad Pitt and Christian Slater.

Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition, says:

“Interview with the Vampire is a luxurious, sensual, complicated and disturbing deal with. Anchored by the charismatic lead performances of Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid, the collection stays true to the gothic spirit of Anne Rice’s eternally in style novels, while sympathetically re-imagining her world for a brand new era.”

Interview with the Vampire will air on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.