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Interview with the Vampire will return for Season 3, but as of July 2025, AMC has not officially released the official date. According to recent trends in the industry and patterns of production, the new season is anticipated to drop in late 2026. A certain timeline is not yet confirmed, but AMC has commissioned the third season as development continues.
Season 3 will be a significant shift in the series' narrative, transitioning from Louis' point of view to Lestat's. AMC greenlit the new season shortly before the Season 2 finale episode aired and announced that the next installment would be based on The Vampire Lestat, the second novel in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles.
With new characters, longer timelines, and a new thematic center, viewers can look forward to a very different, but linked, upcoming season.
AMC confirms Interview with the Vampire Season 3 renewal
Yes, AMC has officially renewed Interview with the Vampire Season 3. It was renewed in July 2025, one week after the Season 2 finale. The network explicitly stated that it will keep its audience stuck to Anne Rice's world on the TV screen through a story alteration to Lestat de Lioncourt.
The development aligns with AMC's ongoing effort to further expand the mythology established in the first two seasons.
What will Season 3 explore in terms of the storyline?
Interview with the Vampire Season 3 will draw its inspiration from The Vampire Lestat, the second novel by Anne Rice. The series will shift from Louis' confessional history to Lestat's point of view.
As revealed by Rolin Jones on a Comic-Con 2025 panel, Season 3 delves into Lestat's teenage vampire years, his 18th-century French aristocracy, and his rock-star life in modern America. As per TV Insider, Jones said,
"Anne Rice didn’t write a book called the Interview With the Vampire Season 3. Season 3 is officially The Vampire Lestat."
Does Season 3 have a release date?
As of July 2025, Interview with the Vampire Season 3 has not indicated a release date. By industry schedules and production timelines common with AMC, the show should be returning sometime later in 2026. While the fans will have to wait a little longer, the show is in development.
Who is returning to the cast?
Interview with the Vampire Season 3 casting announcements are scarce at the time, but Sam Reid (Lestat) will be returning to portray his starring role from the season's storyline centered around his character.
Jacob Anderson (Louis) and Delainey Hayles (Claudia) will likely return, but perhaps in altered roles depending on the rebasing of the story.
Comic-Con 2025 announced that more members of the cast would be present in the show to execute the ongoing life of Lestat, though characters and names are yet to be officially revealed.
Is there a teaser or trailer?
There hasn't yet been an official Season 3 trailer drop for Interview with the Vampire. Comic-Con 2025 featured a brief teaser, offering a glimpse of the new season's visual direction. Since production had not yet started or was only just beginning, a full trailer is unlikely to be released before 2026.
AMC prefers to put out marketing materials around release dates, so fans just need to wait and catch it on channels.
Would Season 3 be connected with the other remaining seasons?
Season 3 will be a big storyline that goes back to seasons one and two of Interview with the Vampire. POV shifts will have some of the same events repeated from Lestat's point of view. The series will most likely employ non-linear storytelling so that they can go back over important points and expand upon them with new information.
This kind of storytelling allows the series to continue to develop its characters without straying from Anne Rice's book subject matter.
Where is Interview with the Vampire Season 3 going to be filmed?
AMC has yet to officially state which locations are going to be shot in Season 3. But due to past production choices, it's likely that it will be filmed overseas once again. Seasons 1 and 2 have already been filmed in New Orleans, Prague, and Paris, a gothic and old-world setting which the said cities take to at whim.
As The Vampire Lestat covers centuries and continents, the new season can have an even greater variety of places to draw on to use as a backdrop to achieve the world-traveling element of the character.
Where to watch previous seasons?
Interview with the Vampire seasons 1 and 2 are available now on AMC+ and AMC's over-the-top digital platforms. Season 3 will likely follow the same trend, premiering on AMC before being available to subscribers to stream later.
Availability may be region-specific, so overseas viewers can look for region listings or regional stream partners.
How does style and tone change in Season 3?
From The Vampire Lestat, Season 3 will be operatic and larger-than-life. While the first two seasons employed a confessional narrative and internal conflict, the new season would offer even greater epic and dramatic elements to the show.
It would be half gothic horror and half metaphysical investigation, investigating issues of immortality, celebrity, and identity through the eyes of Lestat.
Therefore, Season 3 was formally announced and will be darker in focus towards Lestat's dark past and how he develops. There has been no release date announced to this point, with a late-2026 launch in the works based on existing timetables.
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There has been little casting news revealed so far, although great actors will return with some new faces. The show will explore Anne Rice's universe more widely, more thoroughly, and with a new core vision, imagining what preceded and forging forward into new territory of storytelling.
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