Interview with the Vampire just concluded its second season, and almost immediately, AMC announced a third season. As predicted, it will be based on Anne Rice’s second Vampire Chronicles novel, The Vampire Lestat. At Comic-Con in San Diego, at the end of the Interview with the Vampire panel, AMC revealed the very first teaser for season 3 of Interview with the Vampire. It leans heavily into Lestat’s rock star persona, a central factor in Rice’s book. You can watch the full Interview with the Vampire teaser for season 3, which introduces The Vampire Lestat and Sam Reid as the glamorous rock star version of the vampire, right here:
The Interview with the Vampire season three teaser starts with someone sitting in Lestat’s chair as he’s about to be interviewed by journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian). It seems in the series, Lestat will tell his side of the story to Daniel as part of a documentary while on tour with his rock band. In this way, the title Interview with the Vampire still makes sense for season three, even though the later novels don’t include an interview framing device. The other person sitting in Lestat’s hair has dark hair and wears black leather. This seems to be a joke about the very off-book version of Lestat from the film Queen of the Damned in the Interview with the Vampire season three trailer. He very quickly has to make way when the real deal steps into the room.
We hear Sam Reid in voiceover say “I am the Vampire Lestat. I am immortal, more or less. The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire — these things might destroy me. But then again, they might not.” These are the same opening sentences of the novel The Vampire Lestat. We also hear a reference to Christine Clair, Lestat’s lawyer, another character from Rice’s book in this Interview with the Vampire season three teaser. The crew person who holds the clapper has an interesting tattoo that says “Armand told the truth.” It seems in the universe of the show, we have some human conspiracy theorists. (Alternatively, fan conspiracy theorists wonder if its Daniel Molloy’s own arm that holds the tattoo, since it appears to be in the red-brown script Armand used to make his director notes in Interview with the Vampire season two.)
According to series showrunner Rolin Jones, the musical influences series composer Daniel Hart is drawing from for Lestat’s music in Interview with the Vampire season three include David Bowie, Bjork, T-Rex, Freddie Mercury, Beastie Boys, Iggy Pop, Saint Vincent, Prince, Florence Welch, Brandon Flowers, and Anne Rice’s original inspiration, Jim Morrison. Lestat’s rock star appearance also looks very ’70s glam rock in the Interview with the Vampire season three teaser trailer, giving us Velvet Goldmine vibes aplenty. Jones said that while Lestat only played one concert in the novel, he’ll be going on a full tour in the series. There’s no release date yet for season three, but we imagine it’ll premiere on AMC and AMC+ sometime in 2025. We absolutely can’t wait for more from the season.