Interview with the Vampire (2016 remake film)

Note: Please do not add "Anne Rice died on December 11, 2021." on here, because this was before she died.

According to The Wrap, in August 2014, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment had secured the rights to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series of vampire books in order to make a new film series based on Rice's books. A remake of Interview with the Vampire was announced to be in development in May 2016 and would have been directed and written by Josh Boone, with Brian Gazer, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci as producers. Jared Leto was considered to play Lestat de Lioncourt in the remake.

Plot
Despite being titled Interview with the Vampire, the plot for the remake would have been based on the aforementioned novel as well as featuring elements from The Vampire Lestat.

Cast

 * Jared Leto as Lestat de Lioncourt

Rest of the cast is unknown.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) The rights for the Vampire Chronicles book series returned to Anne Rice's hands in November 2016, thus killing any possibilities for the film to be made.

Results

 * The film was permanently cancelled.
 * Interview with the Vampire will be adapted by AMC as a television series, which is slated for a 2022 release.