Interview with the Vampire, set to debut on the channel next year.For the unbitten, Interview with the Vampire chronicles the life of a vampire named Louis.
After the death of his brother, he crosses paths with a flamboyant vampire named Lestat who shares the “dark gift,” making him a vampire as well.
The two become a gay couple of sorts, traveling the world and even adopting a vampire child named Claudia, and watching society evolve from pre-industrial to modern.The book, published in 1976, won wide acclaim and spawned a whole series of sequels.
AMC has optioned all 18 novels and shared plans to spin off the stories into different, overlapping franchises, somewhat akin to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.