Interview with the Vampire Season 4 talk heats up after The Vampire Lestat finale twist

Aashna
Interview with the Vampire Season 3: The Vampire Lestat (Image via YouTube/amc+)
Interview with the Vampire Season 3: The Vampire Lestat (Image via YouTube/amc+)

The Vampire Lestat, the third season of AMC's gothic horror series Interview with the Vampire, wrapped up with a high-stakes and action-packed finale titled 'The Failures.' The series is based on Anne Rice's Gothic vampire novels titled The Vampire Chronicles.

The latest season followed Lestat de Lioncourt's (Sam Reid) story, as the 265-year-old hedonistic French vampire toured with his titular rock band, in an effort to spread vampirism across the world.

After a series of struggles and beheadings, Lestat finally got a chance to play for his audience, concluding The Vampire Lestat finale on a massive cliffhanger. The anticipation for Interview with the Vampire Season 4 has reached new heights following the dramatic finale, which reshaped the trajectory of several key characters, opened the door to new alliances and teased a deeper exploration of the vampire world established throughout the series.

More on this in our story.


What has the Interview with the Vampire showrunner teased after The Vampire Lestat finale?

While AMC has yet to renew Interview with the Vampire for Season 4, the massive cliffhanger in The Vampire Lestat finale suggests the makers are just getting started. The world witnessed Louis' (Jacob Anderson) account in the first two seasons of AMC's gothic horror series. However, Season 3 offered a much-deserved sneak peek into Lestat's side of the story, as the hedonistic French vampire toured the country with his titular rock band.

Since The Vampire Lestat concludes on a massive cliffhanger, showrunner Rolin Jones is determined to continue Lestat and Louis' stories in Interview with the Vampire Season 4.

In a recent interview with IGN, Jones teased that a potential Season 4 will be based on the third book in Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series titled Queen of the Damned, which deals with the aftermath of Lestat's concert & the destruction of Montreal and marks the return of the titular queen, Akasha. Check out Jones' comments below:

''It's not just the concert. There's a lot of stuff to revisit. And if you know Queen of the Damned really well, it is a series of chapters of strict point of views. So, get ready, folks! This is part two...A lot of s**t went down this year. And there's a couple of guys sitting in an auction room. They are not going at each other's throats. The puzzle will all come together given there's a Season 4.''

How does The Vampire Lestat finale set up Season 4?

Episode 7 titled 'The Failures' followed Armand and Daniel Molloy as they got their revenge on the central pair after they brutally beheaded Louis and Lestat, separating their heads from their bodies. Throughout the season, Lestat navigated his failures but he finally decided to put on his last show for his friends and family to spark the Great Conversion.

It was only after the Talamasca (Raglan James) convinced Daniel and guitarist Alex to give up Lestat's head that he gained consciousness and put up a thrilling show for his audience, which was mostly vampires. While Louis and Lestat were finally reunited, they bore scars on their necks, a reminder of the cruelty unleashed by Daniel and Armand.

The final moments of The Vampire Lestat Episode 7 saw Lestat concluding his narration of failures. The French vampire revealed that, as expected, his final concert was game-changing. It not only sparked the Great Conversion but awakened Queen Akasha from her deep slumber, triggering a mass apocalyptic event that destroyed the city of Montreal.

The Vampire Lestat finale leaves with a parting shot of Lestat, as he overlooks the destroyed Montreal from his balcony, setting up an exciting Interview with the Vampire Season 4. A potential Season 4 would continue Lestat's story while exploring the fallout from his concert and the widespread devastation it set in motion.

Interview with the Vampire Season 3: The Vampire Lestat is streaming on AMC+.


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Edited by Aashna