my god ol' undead fandom
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Usually you hear not much from the VC (/AR) fandom but a peculiar and questionable piece of news had the LJ-comms suddenly become chatty.
'We've been scrambling all week to confirm the following report, especially since it came from a very reliable source and is insanely logical considering the popularity of vampires these days. I guess something good has come from the success of Twilight as Bloody Disgusting has learned exclusively that Universal Pictures is looking to restart Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, which tells the tale of the vampire Lestat Du Lioncort (through his narration), a nobleman-turned-vampire in the late 18th century. No word yet on how they plan on unrolling this franchise, but we did find out who they are talking with to replace Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend.
We have confirmed this afternoon that ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is in close talks to play the vampire Lestat in Universal Pictures' The Vampire Chronicles, a newly rebooted franchise based on Anne Rice's popular novels.
Lestat appears as a major character in both motion picture adaptations of The Vampire Chronicles novels. In Neil Jordan's 1994 film adaptation of Interview with the Vampire, he is portrayed by Tom Cruise. In the 2002 film adaptation of Queen of the Damned, he is played by Stuart Townsend.
The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made into a vampire in the 18th century. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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Usually you hear not much from the VC (/AR) fandom but a peculiar and questionable piece of news had the LJ-comms suddenly become chatty.
'We've been scrambling all week to confirm the following report, especially since it came from a very reliable source and is insanely logical considering the popularity of vampires these days. I guess something good has come from the success of Twilight as Bloody Disgusting has learned exclusively that Universal Pictures is looking to restart Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, which tells the tale of the vampire Lestat Du Lioncort (through his narration), a nobleman-turned-vampire in the late 18th century. No word yet on how they plan on unrolling this franchise, but we did find out who they are talking with to replace Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend.
We have confirmed this afternoon that ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is in close talks to play the vampire Lestat in Universal Pictures' The Vampire Chronicles, a newly rebooted franchise based on Anne Rice's popular novels.
Lestat appears as a major character in both motion picture adaptations of The Vampire Chronicles novels. In Neil Jordan's 1994 film adaptation of Interview with the Vampire, he is portrayed by Tom Cruise. In the 2002 film adaptation of Queen of the Damned, he is played by Stuart Townsend.
The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made into a vampire in the 18th century. (
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:)
Date: 2009-08-15 01:43 pm (UTC)Re: :)
Date: 2009-08-15 02:04 pm (UTC)Fandom is crying that RD Jr is soooo not Lestat :D
I wouldn't mind another try and preferably a reboot not a sequel. If the story and style works I don't mind actors looking nothing like the descriptions in the novels. The best news would have been about HBO working on a VC tv series. But that is just wishful thinking. Same goes for a Witching Hour Mini-Series.
I also wouldn't mind them straying away from the original plot when it comes to everything after TOTBT and Pandora :-)
Re: :)
Date: 2009-08-17 09:59 am (UTC)LOL, old fandoms never die for good, it seems!
did you get still excited about those news? :D
Re: :)
Date: 2009-08-17 12:03 pm (UTC)TOTBT Tale of the Body Thief
Everything new about the VCs that is NOT written or said by Anne Rice can still get me excited :-)
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Date: 2009-08-18 10:31 am (UTC)It's been a while this fandom only exists for the lulz anymore, right?
I just hope that if they'll have a cute Armand this time around.