'The Vampire Lestat' Lands Rare Rotten Tomatoes Score Ahead of Premiere

AMC rebranded Interview With the Vampire as The Vampire Lestat and, ahead of its Jun. 7 debut, the series has landed a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 early reviews. That continues a rare franchise streak: the first season scored 98% and the second settled at 94%.

The reinvention is built around Sam Reid, whose Lestat has moved from supporting menace to leading man. Showrunner Rolin Jones adapts Anne Rice's 1985 novel by making its title vampire a glam-rock star touring North America, furious at how he was portrayed in the book Louis and journalist Daniel Molloy published about him.

Reid performs his own vocals, and the present-day storyline follows newly turned Daniel (Eric Bogosian) as he trails the band to film a rock documentary; Jennifer Ehle joins as Lestat's icy, aristocratic mother, Gabrielle, and the season reaches back to his pre-Revolutionary-France origins.

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