{"id":10034,"date":"2020-05-13T17:14:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T22:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=10034"},"modified":"2020-05-13T17:14:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T22:14:24","slug":"in-a-major-acquisition-amc-networks-announces-it-has-purchased-the-rights-to-the-iconic-works-of-anne-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/13\/in-a-major-acquisition-amc-networks-announces-it-has-purchased-the-rights-to-the-iconic-works-of-anne-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"In a Major Acquisition, AMC Networks Announces It Has Purchased the Rights to the Iconic Works of Anne Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"AMC Networks today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Anne Rice’s major literary works, The Vampire Chronicles<\/a> Series and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches Series<\/a>, encompassing 18 titles, including such beloved and celebrated works as “Interview With The Vampire<\/a>,” “The Vampire Lestat<\/a>,” “The Queen of the Damned<\/a>,” and “The Witching Hour<\/a>.” AMC Networks will hold the comprehensive rights for this world-renowned and globally coveted intellectual property to develop for its own television networks and streaming services under the AMC Studios umbrella, as well as external partner licensing, with Anne Rice and son Christopher Rice serving as executive producers on all series and films. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Together, The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair series have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide.<\/p>\n

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Author Anne Rice<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rolin Jones (Perry Mason, Friday Night Lights), who recently signed an overall development deal with AMC Studios, will be directly involved in developing projects based on the Anne Rice catalog for television.<\/p>