Beginning with the 1976 publication of Interview with the Vampire, author Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles franchise has been a favorite of bloodsucker devotees everywhere.
Those plans are now apparently null and void, as Anne Rice has announced on her Facebook page that she has reacquired the film rights to the universe she created, and is planning to take The Vampire Chronicles saga to TV.
Of course, The Vampire Chronicles franchise has by no means been confined to the print realm, having spawned an acclaimed 1994 film adaptation of Interview with the Vampire, starring Brad Pitt as morally conflicted vampire Louis and Tom Cruise as his undead companion Lestat.
In 2014, it was announced that Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment had acquired the rights to The Vampire Chronicles, with plans to re-adapt Interview for the screen.