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A new teaser forInterview with the Vampireseason 3 has been revealed atSan Diego Comic-Con, revealing Lestat’s return as a rock star in the upcoming episodes. The TV show, based on Anne Rice’sThe Vampire Chroniclesbook series, centers around Daniel Molloy interviewing the vampire Louis, with seasons 1 and 2 covering the first novel in its entirety. However,Interview with the Vampireseason 3will be widening its world, following the story ofThe Vampire Lestatas new events unfold.
Screen Rantwas on the ground during the Anne Rice Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con, where a new teaser forInterview with the Vampireseason 3 was revealed, showing Lestat coming back to the series as a rock star.
The trailer revealsLestat is sitting down with Daniel for what appears to be a documentary, donned in rock star attire.An original song sung by the vampire begins to play, as he appears in different outfits, seemingly as part of the interview process. The trailer teases the new season will be a musical mixed with documentary elements.
Interview With The Vampire Season 3 Already Looks Like A Unique Follow-Up
Interview with the Vampireseason 2ended with Louis and Lestat reconciling after Claudia’s death, the latter seemingly planning a musical tour with a band full of other vampires. In the meantime, the younger vampire ends up painting a target on his back for helping Daniel with his book, with many now wanting to hunt him down for revealing their secrets to the world.The interviewer himself was made a vampire by Armand, something that will no doubt have repercussions going into season 3.
While the new teaser doesn’t reveal much about what’s to come, the sit-down interview style makes it seem like Daniel is doing a documentary about Lestat, likely at the agreement of the elder vampire. He’s also singing the song in the trailer, hintingthe season will have plenty of musical elements tying its story together.This aligns with the story ofThe Vampire Lestat, with the titular character also having formed a band in the source material to tell his story through autobiographical means.
While it’s unclear what will truly happen during season 3 of the show, Lestat’s band and its members means theInterview with the Vampirecastwill be growing as his story begins. This could also include characters who show up in the past, as more of who he was prior to when he met Louis will likely be explored in the forthcoming episodes. With the new season having a very different feel from the previous, the new direction for the show seems like a fitting evolution now that it has a new main subject.
As of writing,Interview with the Vampireseason 3 doesn’t have a release date.
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Based on Anne Rice’s novel series that began in 1976, Interview with the Vampire is a gothic horror fantasy series that explores the life of Louis de Pointe du Lac through an interview with a journalist. Told through flashbacks of Louis' life during the interview, the series examines Louis' relationship with the vampire that turned him, Lestat de Lioncourt, and a teenage girl named Claudia, whom he turns. The series is the first of Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe media franchise.
