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Ron Howard Bringing Lestat Back To Theaters In ‘Tale of the Body Thief’

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The vampire Lestat could finally be heading back to the big-screen as THR writes that Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment has optioned the rights to Anne Rice’s Tale of the Body Thief, the fourth book of Rice’s best-selling book series “The Vampire Chronicles.”

Lestat was first portrayed by Tom Cruise in 1994’s Interview with the Vampire, which was made by Warner Bros. and directed by Neil Jordan. The movie starred Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater and Kirsten Dunst.

In 2002, Warners released Queen of the Damned, a big-screen translation of the third book in the Rice series, which starred R&B singer Aaliyah.

Lee Patterson, who wrote a well-regarded screenplay titled Snatched, is working on the Body Thief script.

The hook of the Body Thief is that “the story concerns body-switching. Lestat, depressed and lonely after centuries as a vampire, decides to transfer souls for a day with a psychic, who after the transfer reveals that he has no intention of switching back. Lestat, now in a human body and with the help of some friends, must track the man down and get his body back.”

The project is not set up at a studio and is in development.

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New Image from ‘Alien: Romulus’ Reminds Just How Terrifying the Xenomorph Still Is 45 Years Later

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Ridley Scott’s original horror classic Alien is currently celebrating its 45th anniversary with a theatrical re-release, and it won’t be long before the franchise comes back to theaters again.

Fede Alvarez’s (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) Alien: Romulus will be unleashed in theaters nationwide on August 16, and USA Today has scored a killer new sneak peek today.

45 years ago, the Xenomorph was born from the minds of Ridley Scott, H.R. Giger and Dan O’Bannon. This summer, the monster is back… and scarier than ever. See the new shot above.

[Related] ‘Alien: Romulus’ Goes Heavy on the Old School Practical Effects!

Here’s the full official plot synopsis for Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus, which comes in the wake of Disney reviving the Predator franchise in spectacular fashion with last year’s Prey…

“While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.”

Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim Uprising) leads the cast alongside Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu.

Alien: Romulus takes place in between the first two films. It’s been described as “an original standalone feature,” one that “will focus on a group of young people on a distant world.” 

Fede Alvarez co-wrote the script with Rodo Sayagues (Evil Dead). Ridley Scott is on board as producer for the film, the first movie in the franchise to be released by Disney.

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