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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Please let me know if I’ve missed anything from the past two months!! 🙏💙

Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

2025 Interview Breakdown — All Interviews* with IWTV/TVL Cast & Team in 2025 *Interviews have to at least mention IWTV/TVL Total Interviews: 90 (current count) Top 3 Interviewees: -Sam Reid (51) -Jacob Anderson (41) -Eric Bogosian (34) (www.tumblr.com/maharetscomp...)

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

And I was so MIA in September 🤣 Only saw 2 interviews, and one was technically from 2024. What else did I miss?

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Decided to continue my list of IWTV/TVL cast & team interviews for 2025. Can anyone help with October? 🙏 Trying to compile all the NYCC interviews. Press conference is good, but no panels recaps. (And not that unofficial video yet) Only have 8 so far — what have I missed?

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

One more thing—the fact that Assad and Jennifer flew in like an hour beforehand, Rolin couldn’t even leave the set, the noticeable exhaustion from all involved—they moved mountains to make this panel happen. That’s just dedication & love & pure excitement to SHARE this story 💙

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Coming out of hibernation to say— Yes. 1000x yes. I’m so glad they actually released the teaser. So happy for this season. Everything seems incredible. I’m so, so here for the mayhem, the darkness, the humor and the fucked up, screaming, unyielding insanity of it all 💙💙💙

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

So the TVL panel is finally up on Prime (with the AMC+ subscription)… but I still don’t see on the AMC+ app 🤷‍♀️ And the thumbnail image is the from Talamasca panel 🤦‍♀️😆🙃

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It was new at the time! Can’t remember if they released it? It was Helen going to visit this old Talamasca school where it seems like they experimented on her (and Guy follows her)

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

International markets for IWTV/TVL on Netflix! 💙 “This renewal also brings some of our franchise titles, including forthcoming seasons, to Netflix subscribers in *select international* markets.” Not sure what the select int’l markets are for Netflix—but it’s great news!

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

It looks like they finally added the Talamasca panel from SDCC to the actual AMC+ app, not just Prime or Apple TV. But still no sign of the TVL panel 🤷‍♀️

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I never knew the story here! I always wondered why the QotD comic was never released as a full compilation (I have that version of the TVL comic that I found 20 years ago!)…I’d love if some company licensed this & re-released the full comic in print!💙🤞(nerdist.com/article/lost...)

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

As soon as you’re trying to involve someone’s real life into online arguments with strangers —about a TV show —I think you’ve completely lost the plot. All I’m going to say, after everything that happened at SDCC, is please be safe here & try to limit personal details shared.

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This was interesting but mostly sad. I think there’s a small number of people in this fandom who’ve taken it way too far but are very loud. The recurring theme I’ve seen is these are people who’re obsessed w/ being “right”, no matter how they talk to people or what harm they do.

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

There’s some odd editing in this… parts removed that aren’t the trailers or clips…and from what I remember, I don’t think it’s like loud crowd moments edited out. Maybe it’s more tangents or spoilers edited out instead?

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Watching the Talamasca panel on AMC+ on Prime (TVL panel is still not up 🤷‍♀️🙃) — and I like this title graphic design. I didn’t notice it on the trailer they released earlier this week, I think it was darker so the background wasn’t as clear.

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Also— why is Sam Reid the thumbnail image for Talamasca? 😆🤷‍♀️

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I’ve been travelling this week, so I’ve missed everything that’s been going on!! But what happened with the SDCC panel for TVL?! Why did they only release Daryl Dixon and Talamasca?? 🤷‍♀️

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Think there were only 4 interviews with IWTV/TVL cast or team in August — compared with the 24 interviews last month!😆 But I’ve been very MIA and scattered this month, so please let me know if I’ve missed something! (www.tumblr.com/maharetscomp...)

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I have to believe there will be a dropoff in MW S2 viewership and an increase in IWTV S2 viewership with the Netflix audience… But I guess, TBD… Until then, hoping Netflix promotes IWTV well for October/Halloween themes 🤞

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

More AMC shows—Hours Viewed on Netflix (Aug 24-Jun 25) Dark Winds S1: 49.2 mil hours Daryl Dixon S1: 21.4 mil hours Fear the Walking Dead: 19.9 mil hours So as much as it pains me, I can see why they greenlit MW S3. But I’m very curious to see IWTV S2 & MW S2 numbers…

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Some data on IWTV’s Netflix run… IWTV S1 had a total of 16.9 million hours viewed from Aug 2024 — June 2025. Seems great objectively! But unfortunately, it was one of the least viewed AMC shows in this 2024 deal 🙁 MW saw 35.8 million hours viewed in the same time frame…

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

This was great to see today! Love this internship program with the Indigenous Film Academy on IWTV TVL S3. I hope they do more internships & collaborations!

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I’ve been incredibly busy these past couple weeks & haven’t had much time for IWTV/TVL digging… and from what I’ve seen in haphazard glances on twt, I haven’t missed much 😆 (Beyond Eric’s crazy IG post — again, somehow he’s consistently the most online of IWTV cast/crew 🤣)

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

More 3D models of the IWTV S2 Paris sets kocourdesign.cz/work/intervi...

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

New to me— BTS video from IWTV S2, using 3D models for the motorcycle explosion scene 👀

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The Netflix news for IWTV S2 is *fantastic*. I’m so glad AMC has extended the partnership and added S2. It will only mean more & more exposure for the show 📈 Now — for vanity metrics sake — could it finally crack the Netflix Top 10?? 🤞💙

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

So looks like those S3 set photos were actual paparazzi 👀 From an outlet called “The Image Direct”… which it looks like the Daily Mail has now bought… Well, that’s a good sign the show has is now big enough to be on paps’ radar! But I’m not linking to the Daily Mail 😆

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

—It’s crazy & contradictory, depending on who’s narrating or how AR felt about Christianity or Atlantis that year. But I never thought to explore that aspect as a plot/structure device. It makes so much sense. And based on TVL teaser, I think it will be incredible, yet again 💙

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

—Why not really embrace the revisionist elements that make TVC so wild & engrossing? IWTV & TVL have drastically different tones. And I love (and now trust) that RJ is fully going on that journey & not trying to “iron it out” into more a cohesive narrative. TVC are not cohesive—

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

—And even though, I still think starting with Lestat’s story *logically* makes more sense when looking at TVC as a collective whole, that’s not what TVC was 🤷‍♀️ Everything *did* spring from the ideas in IWTV, so why not really embrace that? —

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

—I think the story in IWTV novel itself could be revitalized like that. To the point where it just flowed so well across 15 eps. Yes, it was obviously supplemented a bit by the new present storyline & hints to the real scope of TVC series. But it is ultimately that story—

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

—be some longer version of the 1994 film. This was an entirely fresh approach. And that really excited me. Then the 2022 SDCC trailer came, I was like, Wait, this actually looks incredible. And then it was incredible & somehow more. Never, in my wildest fanfic dreams, did—

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

—were starting with IWTV, I was so conflicted. Why?? They bought the right to all 18 books. Shouldn’t a real, holistic adaption of TVC as a series start with Lestat’s story? Why would they start with Louis?? But then all the details came out & I realized this was not going to—

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

—too much for me at the time and I didn’t like Louis as a narrator. When AR first started talking seriously about a TV show, I was *100%* about starting with TVL. I lost my mind in 2018 when they posted the “Ep 101: Wolfkiller” image. So when AMC announced in 2021 that they—

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Story/Ramble 🧵—Back in the 00s, when I was at the height of my TVC obsession, I would always tell my friends to start with TVL novel. Then read QoTD. Then come back to IWTV. Then TotBT onwards. I didn’t like IWTV the novel as a story. The overwhelming grief and depression was—

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

That said, for actual filmed scenes—I’m ‼️‼️👀👀 for 30 seconds. Then I file it away & forget about it. Bc I don’t actually want to watch the show via a random zoom lens 😆 Locations, details, BTS photos, yes—but filmed scenes, I just want to see the RJ cut 🤷‍♀️

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

IWTV/TVL is the only show where I don’t care about “spoilers”, because for me there’s nothing to spoil. There’s just some detail & timelines changes. Like Rolin Jones didn’t walk around SDCC with his tattered TVL to be like—Surprise! They all die! 😆 The general story is the same

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

From the photographer for Rotten Tomatoes at SDCC www.instagram.com/p/DM_MK-XB0h...

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

“…The cast of Interview with the Vampire entering Ballroom 20 to deafening applause…” — from the AMC quarterly earnings call yesterday. AMC needs to do maximum promotion for S3!! There is clearly an audience for it…

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Unfortunately, I don’t think this will include the trailer shown…

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The IWTV panel from SDCC will be released on Sept 4 on AMC.

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Ari | The Vampire Lestat 2026 @maharetscompound.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

So apparently this is new‼️ IWTV S2 now has a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes!! 🎉💙 And the show overall is up to 99%!! 🥳

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