SAM REID IS LESTAT IN AMC'S INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE TV SERIES! JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY, SAM SPRUELL, ALESSANDRO BORGHI TO LEAD SKY'S HANGING SUN JO NESBO ADAPTATION

 INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

SAM REID TO LEAD TV SERIES 

Our dearest Sam Reid will be Lestat!

All of you who follow spy know that he is one of our dearest faves: Sam Reid has been cast as Lestat in AMC's TV series adaptation of Anne Rice's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE! The eight episode series will start shooting later this year! The story follows Louis who, born as an 18th century lord, is now a bicentennial vampire, telling his story to an eager biographer. Suicidal after the death of his family, he meets Lestat, a vampire who persuades him to choose immortality over death and become his companion. Eventually, gentle Louis resolves to leave his violent maker, but Lestat guilts him into staying by turning a young girl whose addition to the "family" breeds even more conflict. AMC has adaptation rights on other Rice's books too on vampires.

  SKY'S THE HANGING SUN 

UNVEILS A BEAUTIFUL CAST

Speaking of dark tales, Sky has announced cast for their new original film THE HANGING SUN which follows John (Alessandro Borghi), a fugitive. He finds refuge in the forest, near an isolated village of the extreme north, where religion dominates, the sun never sets and people seem to belong

Alessandro Borghi, Jessica Brown Findlay will take the leads

to another age. The only person between him and his destiny is Lea (Jessica Brown Findlay), a woman in trouble but with great strength, and his son Caleb a curious child with a pure heart. While the midnight sun confuses reality and imagination, John will have to face the tragic past that torments him. Sam Spruell has also been cast in the film based on Jo Nesbo's Midnight Sun.