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9TH MAY 2003
THE FUTURE OF LESTAT
Anne releases further information about her plans for Lestat and the Mayfair witches after the release of her final Vampire Chronicle, Blood Canticle, this is watch she had to say-
"We have the big miniseries coming up with them in television that we're going to do, that involves the whole WITCHING HOUR trilogy. THE WITCHING HOUR, TALTOS, and LASHER all of them will be on network television, probably next year. It will probably go into production this year. The screenplays are just being finished and we will know very soon when the production time will begin. I intend to work hard over the next few years, to see if the other books in The Vampire Chronicles, maybe have some kind of life in television, too. I intend to give it a try certainly. I think there's a lot of material in The Vampire Chronicles that can be made into really wonderful film. Even though I've had some disappointments in the past and discouragement, I intend to try to see that The Vampire Chronicles have that kind of life. The story of the vampire Lestat himself. How he grew up in France, what happened to him, how he went to Paris. That has yet to really be told on the screen. The small screen or the big screen. I think I'm working with people now on "The Witching Hour" who'll be very capable of adapting that for television in some very lush and beautiful way. You know, nothing is being done on it right now; but that doesn't mean it can't be done in the future.
Also in other news Elton John and Bernie Taupin are penning a musical about The Vampire Lestat.
(Taken from Eonline!)
Lestat, a brand-new musical based on the bestselling Anne Rice novels about the undead prince turned rock star slated for a 2005 Broadway debut.
The musical will chronicle the adventures of Lestat and will draw on characters and events from all three of Rice's bestselling novels: Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned and The Vampire Lestat.
John, whose previous Disney-backed Broadway forays with Tim Rice produced the long-running, Tony-winning megamusicals The Lion King and Aida, said the new project is a labor of love.
"I am so thrilled at last to be working on this project. Interview with the Vampire is one of my favorite books, and Anne Rice is one of my favorite authors. Although this project has taken awhile to come together, I firmly believe we have the right team in place."
Taupin said the collaboration has been a long time coming and that he and John already have some solid plans for the project, which he calls "the opportunity of a lifetime." He also promises to spare audiences from the dreaded "rock opera."
"Our intention is to make a classically based show that is stripped of gothic clichés and that shows the vampire dealing with his damnation on a more realistic and human level," he explained. "Please let me make this clear--this is not a rock opera. Our hope is that it will be stylish, sexy, intelligent, rich and hypnotically dark."
John added that he is composing music for an orchestra and swears there will be no newfangled modern music or electric components to the musical. "I didn't see where any modern music could possibly come in without sounding ridiculous," he said at a press conference Tuesday.
He also said he has not cast a lead for the role, but he does have a serious job requirement: a good voice. "My main concern is finding people who can sing the songs properly," he said.
Warner Bros., the show's producer and a virgin to all things Broadway, is hedging its purported $10 million to $15 million bet, according to the New York Daily News, bringing a host of Hollywood and theater veterans on board for the project.
Joining John and Taupin, who has collaborated with John since the 1960s, will be Tony-nominated Beauty and the Beast director Robert Jess Roth. Emanuel "Manny" Azenberg, who has produced more than 50 shows on and off Broadway is also involved as a producer for Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures. The show will also feature a book by Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Aida vet Linda Wolverton.
couldn't fill seats, and the show closed in January after a measly 56 performances, with producers losing mor
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