Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Robert Downey Jr. To Bring Lestat Back To The Big Screen

2009-08-15 Thread Augustus Augustus 
B,

you are correct on that.  i actually enjoyed that book most of all in the 
series.  Lestat was/is a very interesting fellow.

--- On Fri, 8/14/09, B. Smith  wrote:

From: B. Smith 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Robert Downey Jr. To Bring Lestat Back To The Big 
Screen
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 10:16 PM






 





  If they trim down some parts of The Vampire Lestat it could 
make a pretty decent film. Lestat's origin story and his abandonment soon after 
his rebirth is a solid story.



--- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, "Tracey de Morsella"  wrote:

>

> We've been scrambling all week to confirm the following report, especially

> since it came from a very reliable source and is insanely logical

> considering the popularity of vampires these days. I guess something good

> has come from the success of Twilight as Bloody Disgusting has learned

> exclusively that Universal Pictures is looking to restart Anne Rice's The

> Vampire Chronicles <http://www.bloody- disgusting. com/film/ 4280> , which

> tells the tale of the vampire Lestat Du Lioncort (through his narration), a

> nobleman-turned- vampire in the late 18th century. No word yet on how they

> plan on unrolling this franchise, but we did find out who they are talking

> with to replace Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend. Read on for the skinny.

> 

> We have confirmed this afternoon that ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is in close talks to

> play the vampire Lestat in Universal Pictures' The Vampire Chronicles, a

> newly rebooted franchise based on Anne Rice's popular novels.

> 

> Lestat appears as a major character in both motion picture adaptations of

> The Vampire Chronicles novels. In Neil Jordan's 1994 film adaptation of

> Interview with the Vampire, he is portrayed by Tom Cruise. In the 2002 film

> adaptation of Queen of the Damned, he is played by Stuart Townsend.

> 

> The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves

> around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made

> into a vampire in the 18th century.

> 

> From Wiki: The Vampire Chronicles

> 

> Interview with the Vampire (1976)

> The Vampire Lestat (1985)

> The Queen of the Damned (1988)

> The Tale of the Body Thief (1992)

> Memnoch the Devil (1995)

> The Vampire Armand (1998)

> Merrick (2000)

> Blood and Gold (2001)

> Blackwood Farm (2002)

> Blood Canticle (2003)

> 

> http://www.bloody- disgusting. com/news/ 17082

>

[scifinoir2] Re: Robert Downey Jr. To Bring Lestat Back To The Big Screen

2009-08-14 Thread B. Smith 
If they trim down some parts of The Vampire Lestat it could make a pretty 
decent film. Lestat's origin story and his abandonment soon after his rebirth 
is a solid story.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella"  wrote:
>
> We've been scrambling all week to confirm the following report, especially
> since it came from a very reliable source and is insanely logical
> considering the popularity of vampires these days. I guess something good
> has come from the success of Twilight as Bloody Disgusting has learned
> exclusively that Universal Pictures is looking to restart Anne Rice's The
> Vampire Chronicles  , which
> tells the tale of the vampire Lestat Du Lioncort (through his narration), a
> nobleman-turned-vampire in the late 18th century. No word yet on how they
> plan on unrolling this franchise, but we did find out who they are talking
> with to replace Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend. Read on for the skinny.
> 
> We have confirmed this afternoon that ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is in close talks to
> play the vampire Lestat in Universal Pictures' The Vampire Chronicles, a
> newly rebooted franchise based on Anne Rice's popular novels.
> 
> Lestat appears as a major character in both motion picture adaptations of
> The Vampire Chronicles novels. In Neil Jordan's 1994 film adaptation of
> Interview with the Vampire, he is portrayed by Tom Cruise. In the 2002 film
> adaptation of Queen of the Damned, he is played by Stuart Townsend.
> 
> The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves
> around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made
> into a vampire in the 18th century.
> 
> From Wiki: The Vampire Chronicles
> 
> Interview with the Vampire (1976)
> The Vampire Lestat (1985)
> The Queen of the Damned (1988)
> The Tale of the Body Thief (1992)
> Memnoch the Devil (1995)
> The Vampire Armand (1998)
> Merrick (2000)
> Blood and Gold (2001)
> Blackwood Farm (2002)
> Blood Canticle (2003)
> 
> http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17082
>