AMC's 'INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE' Halts Production On Season 2 Due To Actors Strike

As if this wasn’t a no duh statement, AMC’s Interview With The Vampire has halted production on season 2 of the hit series. You might be saying, “well yeah, it has SAG actors involved.” That is very true but the show is produced in another country and Deadline got the low down on what’s happening on the set.

Deadline details: Rolin Jones’ gothic horror TV series has been filming mainly in Prague since April and stars Brits Assad Zaman, Jacob Anderson and Delainey Hayles, and Australia’s Sam Reid, along with Americans such as Eric Bogosian.

Some U.S. projects filming abroad with majority international casts such as HBO’s House of the Dragon have been able to push on despite the strike but AMC confirmed that Interview with the Vampire has downed tools, with some of its stars understood to be SAG members. House of the Dragon and fellow HBO series Industry are contracted under British actors union Equity, rather than SAG.

Slated to be given a first look at Comic-Con this weekend, Interview with the Vampire is based on the 1976 novel by Anne Rice, which spawned a 1994 movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. The series follows the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Anderson) who recounts his life with his maker Lestat de Lioncourt and teenage vampire Claudia to veteran journalist Daniel Molloy, accompanied by ancient vampire Armand.

The first season was received well by critics and the show was renewed ahead of premiere in October last year. Gran Via Productions, Dwight Street Book Club and AMC Studios are producers.

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