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Sam Reid Plays Bloodsucking Rock Star

Sam Reid Plays Bloodsucking Rock Star

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sam Reid plays the camp vampire rock star Lestat de Lioncourt looking to set the record straight after being alive and undead for 265 years in the official trailer for AMC’s The Vampire Lestat drama that dropped on Wednesday. The Interview With The Vampire series, based on the late Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles books, has been retitled for the third season, as Reid’s character looks to reclaim his centuries-old story as an immortal, yet turbulent rock star. “It’s my era. I’m a rock star now,” a strutting de Lioncourt says at one point in the stylized and fast-paced teaser trailer, with one camera angle revealing the celebrity touring performer’s boots have the word “Hate” on one sole and “Me” on the other. But, as he attempts to set the record straight with a “rewrite” of the Vampire Chronicles, de Lioncourt’s life begins to spin out of control as he is haunted by the muses from his rebellious past. “I’m immortal… I’ve been a monster. This is my reckoning,” Reid’s character cries out as AMC reveals …

The Secret Order’ After One Season

The Secret Order’ After One Season

Published by Daniella Wilson

AMC‘s Talamasca: The Secret Order has been canceled after one season, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. “While we are not proceeding with another season of Talamasca: The Secret Order, we are proud of the series and grateful for the efforts of everyone involved,” AMC said in a statement shared with THR. “The Talamasca has a storied place within the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, and we expect to see at least some of these characters, and the organization itself, in future expressions of the franchise.” From showrunners John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) and Mark Lafferty, Talamasca hails from the same Anne Rice-based shared universe that began with Interview With the Vampire and continued with Mayfair Witches. The supernatural drama stars Nicholas Denton, Elizabeth McGovern, William Fichtner, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Celine Buckens. Jason Schwartzman appeared as a guest star alongside Interview with the Vampire actors Eric Bogosian and Justin Kirk, who reprised their roles as crossover characters.  Here is the official logline: “On the cusp of graduating from law school, Guy (Denton) is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, a secretive agency that …