Interview With the Vampire Season 2 Halts Production Because of Actors Strike

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Interview With the Vampire Season 2 Halts Production Because of Actors Strike

The second season of AMC’s Interview with the Vampire series has stopped production due to the ongoing actors strike.

According to Deadline, Interview with the Vampire’s second season has paused production for the time being due to the actors strike. Production on the new season began in April 2023 in Prague.

Interview with the Vampire is just one of many titles that have now suspended production due to the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strike, which began on July 13, 2023. The news of the SAG-AFTRA strike comes after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has already been on strike since May 2023 due to income inequality, artificial intelligence (AI), and more.

According to Gizmodo, Interview with the Vampire’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, which would have given fans their first glimpse at the upcoming second season, has also been canceled due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Unpacking the History of Interview with the Vampire

Based on a 1976 novel of the same name by Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire was created by Rolin Jones. The show revolves around a vampire, Louis de Pointe de Lac (Jacob Anderson), telling his life story to a journalist named Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian).

The first season of Interview with the Vampire premiered in Oct. 2022. Prior to that, the series was already renewed for a second season in Sept. 2022. AMC additionally purchased the rights to several other Rice novels when securing the deal to Interview with the Vampire in 2020.

Along with Anderson and Bogosian, the series also stars Sam Reid, Bailey Bass, Delaney Hayles, Assad Zaman, and Ben Daniels. Gran Via Productions, Dwight Street Book Club, and AMC Studios are all producers of the show.

Interview with the Vampire was turned into a feature film, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, in 1994. Directed by Neil Jordan, the film starred Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst, and Christian Slater. It received two Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction (Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo) and Best Original Score (Elliot Goldenthal).