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Aka: Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned
After many years of sleeping in his coffin, the vampire Lestat awakens only to find that the world has changed and he wants to be a part of it. He gathers a following and becomes a rock star only to find that his music awakens the ancient Queen Akasha and she wants him to become her king...
The second and third novels in author Anne Rice's popular book series The Vampire Chronicles provide the inspiration for this horror sequel starring ill-fated actress and recording artist Aaliyah, who was killed in an airplane crash before the film's release. Stuart Townsend is the vampire Lestat, who has awakened from a century-long slumber and turned his considerable energy to rock music. His vampirism identity mistaken for a gothic hard rock publicity stunt along the lines of Kiss or Marilyn Manson, he quickly becomes a pop music sensation. Lestat's powerful music reaches the ear of the slumbering Akasha (Aali...
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yah), the millennia-old "queen of the vampires" who was the first immortal bloodsucker. Akasha is soon free and embarking on a quest to seize control of the world with Lestat at her side. In the meantime, Lestat becomes an object of fascination for Jesse Reeves (Marguerite Moreau), member of a secret order studying the supernatural called the Talamasca, and a band of ancient vampires come together in an effort to stop Akasha, even though her destruction could potentially cause their own deaths. Queen of the Damned co-stars Lena Olin and Vincent Perez.
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De legendarische vampier Lestat is een rockster geworden en zijn muziek zorgt ervoor dat de 6000-jaar oude vampier Akasha ontwaakt. Ze wil wraak nemen op alle mannelijke vampiers die haar hebben gevolgd, en hoopt over de aarde te kunnen heersen met Lestat aan haar zijde. Ondertussen wordt een jonge vampierjager verliefd op Lestat.
Queen of the Damned News Articles
Ten years after 2002's abysmal Queen of the Damned , tales from Anne Rice 's Vampire Chronicles may be returning to the big screen. THR reports that Ron Howard and Brian Grazer 's Imagine Entertainment have optioned the fourth book in the saga of the vampire Lestat, The Tale of the Body Thief. Star Trek screenwriter Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are co-producing and screenwriter Lee Patterson is currently at work on the script. Hit the jump for more details on the project. Here's the brief synopsis of The Tale of the Body Thief per THR:
"Lestat, depressed and lonely after centuries as a vampire, decides to transfer souls for a day with a psychic, who after the transfer reveals that he has no intention of switching back. Lestat, now in a human body and with the help of some friends, must track the man down and get his body back.
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