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‘Interview With the Vampire’ Still Happening at Universal
I find it interesting that Universal Pictures is focusing on two new monster universes, instead of one. The impact of one failure in Hollywood is the apocalypse, so either one Universal Monster movie failing or the forthcoming adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire doing the same could create shock waves felt through the entire studio. Or, maybe they could be seen as backup for the other?
Whatever the case, Universal is all-in on monsters. While their shared universe is taking over the box office over the next few years, starting with The Mummy, the studio is continuing forth with their latest take on Rice’s Interview With the Vampire.
Josh Boone has just shared a completed screenplay for that he’s co-written with Jill Killington.
Look, here’s proof.
Now, what’s important here are two things. First, it’s dated April 2016, which means they just turned the draft in. The conclusion to make is that Universal still wants to bring Lestat back to theaters.
The bigger piece of news that most sites have completely missed is that the cover page states: “Based on the novels ‘Interview With the Vampire’ and ‘The Vampire Lestat,'” Yes, the new adaptation combines both stories, which is sort of brilliant considering the lack of character development in “Interview.”
The new movies are being developed as The Vampire Chronicles, and at one time had Robert Downey Jr. targeted as the new Lestat.
It was acquired by Universal Pictures for Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci on board to produce.
The 2014 deal included the adapted screenplay for “Tale of the Body Thief”. Other novels in the series include the upcoming “Prince Lestat.”
An earlier version of the story, “Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles,” starred Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in 1994. Rice’s “Queen of the Damned,” also part of “The Vampire Chronicles,” starred Aaliyah and Stuart Townsend in 2002.
Universal has already announced that they are bringing the The Mummy, which stars Tom Cruise, to us in June of 2017 and The Invisible Man, which stars Johnny Depp, in April 2018. But now they’re giving us yet another classic monster tale on February 15th, 2019, with plans for The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein, and Dracula on the way, too.
Competing monster franchises at one studio? What did we do to deserve this?!
Ryan Gosling (Project Hail Mary) has made no secret of the fact that he’d love to play Ghost Rider in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and it’s now officially happening.
Announced by Marvel out of San Diego Comic-Con tonight, Ryan Gosling will play the iconic Marvel character in a Ghost Rider movie being directed by Shawn Levy!
Expect Ryan Gosling to play Ghost Rider on the big screen in 2028.
Johnny Blaze is of course the most iconic and well-known Ghost Rider, selling his soul to Satan and becoming a supernatural badass. Nicolas Cage brought Blaze to life on screen in both 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, while Gabriel Luna more recently played the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider in the series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Luna was set to star in his own Ghost Rider spinoff series in the wake of that small screen appearance, but that Hulu project ended up being squashed before it ever had a chance.
Fans have been waiting for Ghost Rider to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe for many years now, with Ryan Gosling making it clear that he’d love to bring the character back to life.
That Hollywood dream is coming true. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
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