AMC is ushering in a new era for its Interview With the Vampire series.
The network has officially set Sunday, June 7 as the premiere date for the show’s third season, which will now carry a new title: ‘The Vampire Lestat.’ The season is inspired by Anne Rice’s second novel in The Vampire Chronicles and shifts the story’s focus squarely onto the iconic vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, played by Sam Reid.
Along with the premiere announcement, AMC released a new musical single from Lestat titled “All Fall Down.” The track, written by series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Reid, also serves as the show’s opening theme. The song follows the previously released single “Long Face,” continuing the series’ unique approach of treating Lestat as a literal rock star within the story’s world.
The upcoming season takes a bold creative turn as Lestat launches a rock band and embarks on a multi-city tour. While his fame grows, so does his influence over both vampires and humans. At the same time, he finds himself haunted by “muses” from his past as a larger supernatural crisis unfolds — the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population that threatens to reshape the immortal world.
The series continues to star Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles, and Jennifer Ehle, with Reid leading the story as Lestat.
Season 3 will also introduce several major characters from Anne Rice’s mythology. Sheila Atim (The Woman King, The Underground Railroad) joins the cast as Akasha, the ancient “Queen of the Damned” and the legendary first vampire whose bloodline connects to every immortal, including Lestat. The character was previously teased during the Season 2 finale.
Additional newcomers include Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), Ryan Kattner (Destroy All Neighbors), Seamus Patterson (Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities), and Sarah Swire (The Boys), who will play members of Lestat’s band.
Rolin Jones returns as showrunner and executive producer alongside Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, Christopher Rice, and the late Anne Rice.
With its rock-and-roll aesthetic and expanded mythology, The Vampire Lestat marks the next phase of AMC’s growing Immortal Universe, bringing one of Rice’s most beloved characters fully into the spotlight.