In the lead-up to The Vampire Lestat, I spoke to executive producer and head of the AMC Immortal Universe, Mark Johnson, about a long-percolating show in the franchise, Night Island. Night Island, is, of course, the name of the island and palatial complex that the vampire Armand and his human lover, Daniel Molloy, built together in Anne Rice’s books. Johnson gave me a positive response about the series, and fandom rejoiced. But, of course, it’s been three years since we learned about Night Island, and the premise of the series will have likely changed, not the least of all because we know way more about Armand, Daniel, and their relationship now. But, actors Assad Zaman, who plays Armand in The Vampire Lestat, and Luke Brandon Field, who plays a young Daniel in Interview with the Vampire, gave us a silly video that feels like a pretty good pitch for what Night Island should be like to us. Check it out and have whatever day you’re having made even better.
Okay, if this isn’t Zaman and Brandon Field’s serious pitch for Night Island, it should be. AMC, are you paying attention? We need this hilarious version of Night Island, stat. Or at least we need this to be a web series we receive regularly. You can’t squander this incredible talent. I was grumpily waking up, and now I am cackling and happy to be alive to witness this level of shenanigans.
Besides, in my opinion, this incredible vision that Zaman and Brandon Field present fits with the Devil’s Minion relationship. Armand and Daniel’s romance can be said to be a dark and twisted psychosexual drama… but you have to admit the Devil’s Minion chapter of Queen of the Damned is also HILARIOUS. Armand ordering every item off the menu because he didn’t know what Daniel would like, comedic genius. Armand making Daniel call France and throwing money all over the bed, I was giggling. (And you can check out this illustration of it here, please and thank you.) So, we can really see a slice-of-life sitcom Night Island happening after this video, and we WANT it. Although please invite older Daniel actor Eric Bogosian for a round two of this video, please and thank you.
In any case, Night Island or not, we all needed this. Millennial Safe Space, indeed.