DOWNEY TO STAR AS LESTAT in 'VAMPIRE' REBOOT

First I must apologize for not posting on a more frequent basis. It's abhorrent. An embarrassment. A crime against all humanity .. err, you get the picture.

But I just found out a piece of nifty lil news thanks to Slashfilm and Bloodydisgusting.

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Fresh off the heels of the new mania of everyting vampires comes this lil piece of joy... Universal is looking to reboot the cinematic incarnation of Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles."

As most fans know, the first book in the series was "Interview with the Vampire" and the film incarnation starred Tom Cruise as an androgynous Lestat as well as Brad Pitt. The next pic in the series, "Queen of the Damned" starred Stuart Townsend as Lestat. Yawn.

But here's the great news: Robert Downey Jr. is in talks to take the lead role of Lestat. Looks like Downey is cleaning up franchise-wise. And good for him. Not only do we get to see him as Tony Stark in the Iron Man franchise, but we also get to see him as Sherlock Holmes later this year.

On July 10th of this year, Anne Rice published the following statement on her official site:

We will see high quality films based on the adventures of Lestat and his friends in the future. We will see a fine film some day of Ramses the Damned. The Mayfair Witches will have new life in film. The Christ the Lord books will some day make it to the screen. Angel Time, and the future adventures of Toby O’Dare, will make it to television or film. When I have solid news of a new film based on any of my works, I will post it on this website.