Season two of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire has set a May 12, 2024 premiere date, with new episodes of the eight-episode season airing on Sundays on AMC and AMC+. David Costabile (Billions) has joined the cast in a guest-starring role as Leonard, a character described as a seasoned TV personality who has a run-in with Molloy.
Returning season one stars include Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt, and Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy. Assad Zaman returns as Armand, Ben Daniels is back as Santiago, and Delainey Hayles takes over the role of Claudia.
Roxane Duran (The White Ribbon) recur as Madeleine, and Bally Gill (Slow Horses) recurs as Real Rashid in the upcoming season.
“In Interview’s eight-episode second season, which wrapped production last year in Prague, Paris and New Orleans, the interview continues. In the year 2022, the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac recounts his life story to journalist Daniel Molloy. Picking up from the bloody events in New Orleans in 1940 when Louis and teen fledgling Claudia conspired to kill the Vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, Louis tells of his adventures in Europe, a quest to discover Old World Vampires and the Theatre Des Vampires in Paris, with Claudia,” reads AMC’s synopsis. “It is in Paris that Louis first meets the vampire Armand. Their courtship and love affair will prove to have devastating consequences both in the past and in the future, and Molloy will probe to get to the truths buried within the memories.”
The popular adaptation of Anne Rice’s bestselling books is executive produced by Mark Johnson, Rolin Jones, Mark Taylor, Christopher Rice, and the late Anne Rice. Jones guides the series as showrunner.
Commenting on the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, president of entertainment and AMC Studios at AMC Networks Dan McDermott said, “The beloved world created by Anne Rice continues to be a vast and exciting source of story and character for us to explore, develop and bring to life on screen. We look forward to sharing second seasons of both Interview and Mayfair, two visually stunning productions that feature exciting new elements from Rice’s novels, with an audience and fanbase that have embraced these series and unforgettable characters from the beginning.
Beyond the existing shows, we’re actively developing a potential third series in this expanding franchise, with the incomparable John Lee Hancock crafting a story based on Rice’s captivating Talamasca society.”
