Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles TV show coming to Hulu

A while back, Anne Rice, the writer behind Interview with the Vampire and a whole lot of other books about vampires, revealed that she was producing a show based on her books, and that she was using Game of Trones as a model. “Over the years you all have told me how much you want to see a “Game of Thrones” style faithful rendering of this material, and how much you want for the series to remain in my control,” she wrote to her fans. “Well, I have heard you. I have always heard you. What you want is what I want.”

Now, after an extended bidding war, The Hollywood Reporter has it that Rice’s Vampire Chronicles series has finally found a home: on Hulu, the streaming service recently riding high on the Emmy-winning success of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Anne Rice and her son Christopher, himself a bestselling author, will executive produce the show. Hannibal developer Bryan Fuller was on board as showrunner at one point but left six months ago. Incidentally, Fuller also served as showrunner on Star Trek: Discovery, American Gods, and Apple’s Amazing Stories, and had to leave all three, so apparently this is just his gig now.

Anyway, producers Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to the first 11 books in Rice’s series. These include:

And I dunno if any of the spinoff novels are included in there. But it should definitely give Hulu a lot to work with.

No word yet on when The Vampire Chronicles (cause that’s what it’s gonna be called, right?) will premiere.

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Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles TV show coming to Hulu

By Dan Selcke | Jul 18, 2018