Bloody Disgusting has reported today that Universal Studios is looking to resurrect Anne Rice's popular novel series
The Vampire Chronicles, which came to the big screen in 1994 with Neil Jordan's
Interview with the Vampire, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, and then hit the direct-to-DVD market in the Michael Rymer sequel
Queen Of The Damned, starring Aaliyah and Stuart Townsend. The biggest revelation about this news is that Robert Downey Jr. is eyeing the role of Lestat, the vampire originally portrayed by Tom Cruise, and then later recast with Stuart Townsend in the lesser follow-up.
There is no word on how Universal plans to role out this proposed series of films. The first film would be titled
The Vampire Chronicles, with Downey Jr. portraying Lestat Du Lioncort, a nobleman-turned-vampire leaving in the 18th century.
We'll alert you as soon as an official announcement is made about both the film, and Robert Downey Jr.'s part in it.
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And what is with Hollywood and reboots? I mean really? Maybe its time to go out to the audience and take in some ideas and formulate something. Im sure half the general pop on here has at least an idea or two. Lets go Hollywood get on the ball. Lets see something original.
Neil Jordan's "Interview with the Vampire" sucked big time ... 1 of the "Worst Films" of 1994!!
Neil Jordan destroyed the book!
I think Hollywood should leave well enough alone!!!
First of all, there are only two movies so far in the series anyway, and how are you gonna redo it all over after only two movies, not to mention throw away a classic like "Interview"?
I think the series needs more chapters, and NEVER a reboot. Why can't they continue off from "Queen" or do the next novel after that? I had heard back in the day that Tom Cruise's company had bought the rights to the next book and were planning that for the future of the series. Not that he would star in it, but would produce it for sure. I think the book they were planning on adapting was, "The Tale of the Body Thief." So then what happened with that?
Not cool.