Anne Rice is Planning a ‘Game of Thrones’–Style TV Adaptation of ‘The Vampire Chronicles’

27 November 2016 11:58 AM, PST | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »

If “Game of Thrones” has taught us anything, it’s that television may be the ideal medium for adapting fantasy novels. (Also, George R.R. Martin doesn’t care how much you love that character — he or she is probably going to die.) That may soon become a reality for Anne Rice’s “Vampire Chronicles” series, as the author revealed on her Facebook page yesterday that she has regained the rights to her books — and they could be coming to the small screen.

“A television series of the highest quality is now my dream for Lestat, Louis, Armand, Marius and the entire tribe,” she writes. “In this the new Golden Age of television, such a series is The way to let the entire story of the vampires unfold.” The “Vampire Chronicles” books have twice »

- Michael Nordine

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