Universal Pictures is looking to restart Anne Rice’s ‘The Vampire Chronicles’, for the screen after the success of such films as ‘Let the Right One In’ and ‘Twilight’.

Bloody Disgusting has learned that Robert Downey Jr. is in close talks for the lead role of Lestat. The character has previously been portrayed by Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend, in ‘Interview with the vampire’ and ‘Queen of the Damned’ respectively.

‘The Vampire Chronicles’ is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncort, a French nobleman made into a vampire in the 18th century.

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