AMC launches third season The Vampire Lestat on June 7

The acclaimed television adaptation of Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" will return for a third season on June 7 under a new title, "The Vampire Lestat." The series, airing on AMC, will shift its narrative focus from the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac to his charismatic and volatile maker, Lestat de Lioncourt, played by Sam Reid.

This season adapts the second novel in Rice's Vampire Chronicles series. The story picks up after the publication of a tell-all memoir based on Louis's account of his immortal life. Lestat, offended by his portrayal, decides to set the record straight by telling his own story. He does so by taking over a struggling rock band, renaming it after himself, and embarking on a tour where he performs original songs that reveal vampire secrets and his personal history.

The season maintains the series' signature interview framework but adopts a faster-paced, rock-and-roll aesthetic. The narrative unfolds through flashbacks triggered by Lestat's album recordings, dubbed "The Failures," and through documentary footage shot by journalist Daniel Molloy, played by Eric Bogosian. Key cast members Jacob Anderson as Louis and Assad Zaman as Armand return,...