#christopher rice

[i-want-my-iwtv]

December 3, 2023:

Dearest People of the Page. This is Christopher. In a little over a week from today this page will be marking the sad, two year anniversary of Anne's passing. While I've been moved by the response here to my sharing of personal recollections of my life with Anne, I'm curious to hear how you'd like us to mark this sad anniversary. Should it be a time for celebrating her legacy or would you prefer a more [somber] remembrance? Perhaps I should invite all of you to share your favorite quote from Anne's novels and I can share the posts to the main feed accordingly? And some of you might prefer we simply mark the day in passing and focus more posts and energies on days like her birthday and the anniversary of the publication of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. The tone and energy of this page is largely up to you as we bring her legacy forward. Meanwhile, plans for Anne's Celebration of Life in New Orleans are deepening and accelerating and we should have some more updates soon. In the meantime I'm sharing this photo of Anne from her office in our San Francisco home This would have been taken right around the time she was writing THE VAMPIRE LESTAT in the mid-1980's. Love, Christopher Rice

#anne rice #rip anne rice #facebook #christopher rice #hold on cry cat meme (respectfully applied) #bts #I really enjoy this photo of her immersed in her writing space #Especially that it's from the TVL creation era! :'-)

[typewriter-worries]

A Density of Souls, Christopher Rice

#talking about a doorway this means i'm going to cry #a density of souls #my upload #christopher rice

[nalyra-dreaming]

Hiya, I've seen several different answers and explanations, but I was wondering do we have a trusted source of how much Anne and Christopher were involved with the first season of the AMC's show, and why things in the end didn't work out? Cause I've seen posts about Christopher writing the pilot called 'wolf killer' for a different network? Or AMC? Which makes all of it sound super complex, cause that would have been a show aimed to start with TVL and not/or completely skip IWTV.

Ok, in regards to the part of Christopher writing the script, that‘s from here. And Bryan Fuller worked on it. The show was supposed to go on Par TV and Anonymous, then on Hulu, then on Paramount.

And only after all that failed did AMC purchase the full rights.

I‘ve written a bit about why their (Anne's and Christopher's) original approach might not have worked, linking with @cbrownjc‘s excellent addition here.

Ultimately, I think it comes down to structure.

Rolin Jones went at it from a totally different angle, and for good reasons.

And this angle is what Christopher might (and this is my PERSONAL take) not have been too happy about (and especially since his ideas were obviously discarded, ahem) - and Anne's death probably hurts a lot in this context, too.

And... given the studios they had already been to for this show... I can see how a condition for it all would have been that the showrunner would have free reign this time, so to speak.

Anne and Christopher obviously wanted to see this come to life, and now it has. Given the history behind it and Anne's recent death (everyone who has lost a parent will know that being reminded hurts, a lot) it is not overly surprising to me that Christopher is not as involved.

I could see this change in the future, but we'll see.

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[darkangel1791]

From Anne's Facebook page-

Dearest People of the Page. This is Christopher. For as long as I can remember the World Trade Center of New Orleans has anchored the foot of Canal Street. Even in my childhood it had a distinctly retro vibe, with its cross-shaped footprint and rounded observatory deck. In more recent years, it struggled to retain occupants and took on a ghostly atmosphere, a shame given its central location. Very recently the Four Seasons company renovated its interior from top to bottom, installing a new luxury hotel and high end condos on the upper floors. As part of this renovation they installed an exhibit called Vue Orleans. Visitors are greeted with a colorful, multimedia exhibit about the history of the city before express elevators whisk them high above the city to an observatory deck offering gorgeous views. Inside the first floor exhibit the novel INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE is featured as one of two novels that definitively captures the New Orleans experience. (The other is the beloved classic "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole.) I know that Anne would be deeply thrilled by this honor and my profound gratitude goes to the organizers of the exhibit. Love, Christopher Rice

Vue Orleans

#anne rice #vue orleans #four seasons #new orleans #interview with the vampire #christopher rice

[thenightling]

Let me just clear something up since the same phrase keeps getting repeated again and again.  A false claim. "Anne Rice was heavily Involved." and "Anne Rice gave her blessing." Anne Rice was "heavily involved" with the version of the show that was going to be made for Hulu.  That was a very different version of the series and the first episode was going to be "Wolfkiller" about Lestat, and co-written by Christopher Rice. Anne Rice "gave her blessing" is code for "She sold us the rights." That is all it means.   Anne Rice (according to Variety-  See, I have actual sources- sold them the complete rights, which entails creative control.) This also entailed a buy-out option from Warner Brothers for the rights to the Mayfair Witches, which, at the time, were still with Warner.  She and her son got to retain "Executive producer credit" no matter what they did.  Anne sold the rights to both for (reportedly) less than five million, suggesting, that for whatever the reason she wanted money and fast, because she could have gotten a lot more for the rights years ago. Anne Rice was not involved with the production.  She died before they even started most of the principle photography.   She died last December.     Please stop repeating that Anne Rice was heavily involved. She was dead.  She and her son were "heavily involved" with the Hulu version, SIX years ago! (Check the dates on your articles!)  Please stop saying it has her blessing.   Haven't you noticed her son and her official website as well as her Facebook page won't even talk about the show?   An NDA will protect the show from negative statements but it can't force false positive ones. Consider this.

#Anne Rice #Christopher Rice #AMC #Interview with the Vampire

[annienachronism]

The Boy/Daniel Malloy from Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles.

‘Tis my personal belief that this song is Daniel’s favorite song. I don’t know why. It just is.

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[rosesocietyy]

Christopher Rice is still sulking because he couldn't use the delectable power of nepotism to his advantage, that's what we call a skill issue cupcakes

#iwtv amc #Christopher rice #rolin jones #interview with the vampire #screenwriting classes are cheap boo boo take a few 🫶🏾

[dark-immortal-kiss]

Watching a talk on YouTube with Anne Rice and her son, and Christopher said that he feels TVC is about how we learn to love eatchother in the absence of a strict Judeo-Christian framework, or how outsiders learn to love eachother.

#that’s beautiful #I think so too #I miss anne #and chris is a real gem #the vampire chronicles #anne rice #christopher rice #tvc #iwtv

[bellacardoza16]

It has officially been two years since Anne Rice passed away.

#anne rice #christopher rice #vampire chronicles #amc interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire

[breanne-says-boo]

An interesting little tidbit I found today if this sort of thing interests you: the official AMC IWTV show's Instagram account (as of 8/29/2022) now follows some fanartists as well as Christopher and Anne's pages (it was only following AMC, Bailey, Eric, and Jacob's Instagram when it was first set up), but Christopher's account doesn't. He only follows the main AMC channel accounts.

#iwtv amc #amc iwtv #amc interview with the vampire #christopher rice #i honestly dont look into these sort of things as meaning anything significant #but as far as i know this is a recent development since i noticed a larger number when i went to immortal_amcs page #the vampire chronicles tv #tvc #the vampire chronicles

[i-want-my-iwtv]

I wish people wouldn’t put so much weight on what Christopher Rice may or may not feel regarding the AMC adaptation. Obviously, he has a right to his opinion but imo that opinion has no bearing on whether the AMC adaptation will be good/enjoyable on its own.

We’ve talked about Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies and how different they are to the books—and Christopher Tolkien hated them! He said they “eviscerated” the books!!! They’re three of the most beloved and award winning movies of the past 20 years!

And as strange and scary as it might be when new folk inevitably come flooding into the VC fandom and they’re fans of the show only… the books aren’t going to change and there’s always going to be people who enjoy/prefer the books more! We’re not losing anything. At most, it’ll be an inconvenience to scroll past or filter out content we don’t want to see.

(@monstersinthecosmos answered a very similar message/question, so I’ll answer differently!)

I wish people wouldn’t put so much weight on what Christopher Rice may or may not feel regarding the AMC adaptation. Obviously, he has a right to his opinion but imo that opinion has no bearing on whether the AMC adaptation will be good/enjoyable on its own.

Good point! That’s very reasonable. 

Some fans need the endorsement of the content creator and some don’t. There are many fans who will be drawn to this who may not even be aware of Christopher Rice’s connection with it, and even if so, he hasn’t said anything negative about the show. He’s redirected questions/comments to AMC. I’m sad for him because he and AR had been so vocal about their excitement and now his silence is telling. 

I would bet you’ve heard this before, but for anyone else who isn’t aware: Anne Rice famously took out a whole ad in a film industry publication, that was how vehemently against Tom Cruise’s casting she was, and he felt sad to hear that. But he soldiered on bc he was passionate about the character and the story, and when she saw his performance she completely changed her mind, and sang his praises for years and years. 

So I’m still going to watch the show! We’ll see what happens. 

I’m not familiar enough with LOTR or Christopher Tolkein to address that, but it looks like Christopher Tolkien’s opinion was still his own opinion, it didn’t prevent fans from celebrating those films, and new fans are drawn to them even now!

Ppl do still criticize the films, even though they love them, nothing is 100% purely good/enjoyable. One of my friends who is a big fan of the films is still disappointed that Peter Jackson cut Tom Bombadil:

Bombadil is absent from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy; Jackson explained that this was because he and his co-writers felt that the character does little to advance the story, and including him would make the film unnecessarily long. Christopher Lee concurred, stating the scenes were left out to make time for showing Saruman's capture of Gandalf.[21][b]

So any film/TV series can be a beloved and successful work and still draw criticism, even just for choosing to leave out a character that seemed not to contribute much to the story!

And as strange and scary as it might be when new folk inevitably come flooding into the VC fandom and they’re fans of the show only… the books aren’t going to change and there’s always going to be people who enjoy/prefer the books more! We’re not losing anything. At most, it’ll be an inconvenience to scroll past or filter out content we don’t want to see.

This is true. 

What’s strange is the us vs. them mentality that some ppl keep trying to drag up, when you can actually have it both ways, as I mentioned above, love something and criticize it. Loving a TV series and criticizing it are not necessarily in opposition; questioning the story is a way to deeply intellectually engage with it. I’m sure some of these new fans will criticize it, too.

It’s true that the books aren’t going to change.  The idea that the show is in competition with the books is strange. There’s no competition here, in my opinion. They both just exist. 

You’re right that ppl will be able to filter content we don’t want to see, both ways, but since we’re not using a unified tag for the show, we’ll all need to get a little more comfortable being in the same spaces if we’re all using the same tags, and scrolling past what we don’t want to see. 

I think it’s unfair to conflate criticism with negativity, and really, writing about it at all is free advertising, and will most likely draw more ppl interested in whatever the discussion is about! That said, people can block my blog if they need to make fandom the experience they prefer.

#anon #ask #christopher rice #iwtv amc #interview with the vampire #lord of the rings #advice #on fandom #on criticism

[alfaangel]

The last episode of Interview with the vampire was shocking, but they are fictional characters so any violence may be disregarded, but in the ending of the episode they played a song made by charles manson... this is disgusting! The psychopath of this production making this move must be held accountable, now I understand why Christopher Rice doesn't want anything to do with the series.. I hope they fire the cretin who is making those choices.

#interview with the vampire #Anne rice #Christopher rice #Charles Manson

[nalyra-dreaming]

So I have heard about these ghost riders that continue a book when the author doesn’t or want to or the have bought the rights. Do you think it wouldd be bad if someone contined with the novels?

Mhhhh, IF there is going to be a 14th book at some point that's officially released... it would need to be sanctioned by Christopher Rice.

I mean... there are hooks Anne put in the last book, hooks that I... feel (and that is obviously my personal take here) have been taken up by the show. (It is very likely imho that any plans Anne might have had for another book might have been discussed when she sold the rights to AMC...)

I can understand it if he does not want to do much about this right now, I know how painful it is to lose a parent. And he probably wasn't too happy about them not taking his ideas or script either.

But IF there should be another book then Christopher would need to be involved.

So....

Now... fanfiction wise??? It's obviously possible.

But I do not see a big chance for another "official" book.

#Anonymous #asks #ask nalyra #anne rice #christopher rice #the vampire chronicles

[lestatdelioncoeur]

Christopher Travis Rice, Author's Note, Sapphire Storm

#christopher rice #c travis rice #anne rice #sapphire cove #sapphire storm

[thenightling]

You know, for the executive producer, Christopher Rice isn't saying much about the new Interview with the vampire TV series.  Gee... I wonder why...

#Interview with the vampire #Anne Rice #Christopher Rice

[impressionism]

I finished The Mummy or Ramses the Damned yesterday and um apparently there’s a sequel that was written in 2017?!? Mind you, this novel came out in 1989, I believe.

But. It’s about Cleopatra who was so unhinged and psychotic at times I liked it maybe one day I’ll get to get my hands on it.

AMC, would this become a part of your immortal universe or are we too chicken to tackle ancient times? Don’t get me started on MW.

#reading #the mummy #ramses the damned #anne rice #immortal universe #amc #books #christopher rice