You can’t keep a good vampire down. In this case, the vampire Lestat – first brought to the screen in Interview With a Vampire and then in Queen of the Damned, both adaptations of Anne Rice’s novels. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has announced another Rice tome, The Tale of the Body Thief, has been optioned.
In The Tale of the Body Thief, the vampire Lestat has an out of body experience when he swaps bodies with a psychic. The latter – now empowered by being a bloodsucker – disappears, breaking the deal he made leaving Lestat on a search for his body.
Lee Patterson is adapting the novel. There is no studio home for the project, however, so you may not see this adaptation for a bit.
Now, here’s the question: Who should play Lestat?
