Whoa, Whoa, Whoa… Robert Downey Jr. as the Vampire Lestat?<http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/whoa-whoa-whoa-robert-downey-jr-as-the-vampire-lestat>This could be a lot of funBY: *BRAD BREVET<http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/author/bradbrevet/> *| AUGUST 14TH 2009 AT 5:28 PM
Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" have seen a couple of bigscreen incarnations. The first was Neil Jordan's *Interview with the Vampire* which starred Brad Pitt as Louis and Tom Cruise as the immortal vampire Lestat de Lioncourt. Eight years later Stuart Townsend starred in *Queen of the Damned *alongside the late R&B singer Aaliyah as Queen Akasha.*Interview with the Vampire* made $223 million worldwide and opened with a mixed critical reaction, but for the most part positive. *Queen of the Damned*, however, was the nail in the vampire's coffin scoring 14% at RottenTomatoes and taking in only $45 million worldwide on a $35 million budget… The nail… that is… until now? A new rumor has just risen from the dead over at Bloody-Disgusting<http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17082> and to say it is intriguing is an understatement. With the current rise in vampire features, the continually rising star that is Robert Downey Jr. and the wealth of stories that come from Rice's stories is it at all surprising Universal Pictures is looking to restart Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles" with Downey in close talks to plat the vampire Lestat? That's the word from Bloody-Disgusting's source and they say the "talks" are confirmed. As BD points out, Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles" are a series of novels that revolve around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made into a vampire in the 18th century. I have read three of the novels and enjoyed all three immensely and would love to see another take on the series and Downey sounds just as good as anyone… I guess. Perhaps in keeping with the *Sherlock Holmes* theme maybe Mark Strong as Armand, a role I felt Antonio Banderas played to perfection in 1994. Who knows? I'm intrigued and hope there is even more news around the corner. -- spanx' blog: http://spankyenriquez.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gimik" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gimik?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
