The Vampire Lestat has thousands of fans, but he wants MILLIONS, no, BILLIONS of them. And you know what, if this trailer for The Vampire Lestat is any indication, he is about to GET his wish. We have to say this: The Vampire Lestat trailer might be the best one we’ve seen all year. If Interview with the Vampire was a slowly unfurling, operatic play of the highest degree, then The Vampire Lestat is all explosive intensity, pure emotion, and unadulterated FUN. This is the kind of trailer and series that fans who have been in fandom a LONG time can only dream of. Full camp, full queer, full tangled mess of relationships. It scratches every itch, claws them with vampiric nails. Get ready to bow to your new god and check out The Vampire Lestat‘s trailer below.
It’s incredible how well AMC’s Immortal Universe has captured the difference in kind between the stories of Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat. Because, looking back on this trailer vs. having just rewatched a whole lot of Interview with the Vampire, I am struck by the same exact juxtaposition I was when I first read both novels. Interview with the Vampire is beautiful and melancholy; dense and full of ennui. The Vampire Lestat is no less angsty, but it has SPEED. Lestat is moving, he’s rocking and rolling, he’s taking over the world, and he’s doing it to a catchy beat.
As we said, this The Vampire Lestat trailer has it ALL, not the least of which is Armand, in all his beautiful, big-eyed glory, in a scene with Daniel. And the crowd (ArmanDaniel/Devil’s Minion defenders) goes WILD.
Of course, we can FEEL the tension between Lestat and Louis in every turn of this The Vampire Lestat trailer. We want them to just figure it out and be happy. But let’s be real, we wouldn’t trade the dramatic blow-outs and single blood tears for ANYTHING.
We also were rocking out to Lestat’s (Sam Reid) rendition of Billy Idol’s song, “Dancing With Myself.” So far, we’ve loved every single one of Lestat’s original hits. But a cover song here and there soothes the soul. And this one is SO GOOD.
A release shared with the trailer notes, “The wild and captivating next chapter in Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe follows Lestat as the world’s first immortal rock star on an electric multi-city tour, while he’s haunted by “muses” from his rebellious past.” In addition to Sam Reid, The Vampire Lestat stars Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and, Jennifer Ehle and is executive produced by award-winning producer Mark Johnson, creator, writer and showrunner Rolin Jones, Hannah Moscovitch, along with Christopher Rice and the late Anne Rice.
The Vampire Lestat premieres Sunday, June 7 at 9pm ET/PT on AMC and AMC+. Interview with the Vampire seasons one and two are now streaming on AMC+.
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