Anne Rice's Immortal Universe | |
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Created by | AMC Networks |
Original work | Interview with the Vampire (2022) |
Owner | AMC Networks |
Years | 2022–present |
Based on | The Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice |
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Television series | |
Audio | |
Soundtrack(s) | Interview with the Vampire (Original Television Series Soundtrack) |
Anne Rice's Immortal Universe is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on the 2020s AMC television series adaptations of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches supernatural horror novel series. The books, which originated with the 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire, follow vampires and witches in the ancient and modern world. The franchise includes two television series, Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches. A third, The Talamasca, is in development, focused on the Talamasca, a secret society in Rice's novels who investigate the paranormal.
AMC coined the term "Immortal Universe" with the October 2022 release of its Interview with the Vampire series. Notable characters include the vampires Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis de Pointe du Lac, the witch Rowan Mayfair and paranormal investigator and empath Ciprien Grieve.