Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) is able to make his debut as a rock star. However followers received't have to attend till Interview With the Vampire (which is rebranding as The Vampire Lestat for season 3) returns in 2026 to listen to his hits.

Leisure Weekly has discovered that Lestat's music shall be heard first in AMC's new Anne Rice Immortal Universe sequence, Talamasca: The Secret Order, as an Easter egg in episode 5.

"If a viewer is listening very carefully in episode 5, they could hear one thing coming by means of the audio system of a bar that could be a direct tie to a different of the sequence, and may also give any individual some residuals from Talamasca," co-showrunner Mark Lafferty tells EW solely. "In the event that they're listening at simply the correct time, they simply may hear a monitor or two that comes from Lestat."

As Lestat himself would say, "Siri, quantity up!"

Interview With the Vampire launched the Immortal Universe in 2022, and is formally altering its title to The Vampire Lestat when it returns for season 3, primarily based on Rice's second e book of the identical identify. As Lestat takes heart stage as a rock star within the subsequent chapter of the story, in fact he takes over the present's title, too. Would you count on something much less from the Brat Prince?

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Following Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches, AMC's third TV present primarily based on creator Rice’s beloved The Vampire Chronicles e book sequence is the brand new spinoff, Talamasca: The Secret Order (premiering with two episodes on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC and AMC+). This present explores the titular shadowy group, featured in each current exhibits and plenty of of Rice’s books, that tracks and controls vampires, witches, and different supernatural creatures around the globe.

However in contrast to the earlier two sequence, Talamasca follows a very authentic story not pulled from any specific novel, as new character Man Anatole (Nicholas Denton) is recruited — properly, extra like pressured — into the order to hold out a clandestine mission through which the tenuous peace between mortals and immortals hangs within the stability.

Government producer Mark Johnson, who oversees AMC’s total Anne Rice Immortal Universe, warns that even essentially the most devoted followers don’t know what’s coming. "They could find out about what the group is, and so they might know some nice tales about some loyal and disloyal brokers of the Talamasca," Johnson says. "[But] there isn't a Talamasca e book."

And that’s precisely why this new sequence was created. All through the event of three seasons of Interview With the Vampire and two seasons of Mayfair Witches, Johnson turned intrigued by the group that stored popping up at pivotal moments within the story but was by no means totally explored in Rice’s books.

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"We've typically stated it's kind of like a dramatic or a non-comical model of Males in Black," Johnson says. "And I simply thought, 'Absolutely there's a present in right here.'"

Along with Lestat's music, Talamasca can even function two extra Interview With the Vampire crossovers within the six-episode first season: Eric Bogosian seems within the sequence premiere as journalist Daniel Molloy, and Justin Kirk returns as shady, opportunistic Talamasca agent Raglan James in episode 4.

For extra on Talamasca: The Secret Order, take a look at EW's full cowl story.