Editing The Tale of the Body Thief (section)

==Film adaptation==
In 2007, ''The Tale of the Body Thief'' was rumored to be adapted into film as [[United Artists]] was interested in purchasing the film rights to the novel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviefone.com/movies/movie-news/|title=Movie News - Moviefone.com|website=AOL Moviefone|access-date=2017-05-04|archive-date=2017-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716193000/https://www.moviefone.com/movies/movie-news/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rice announced via her Facebook profile on February 7, 2012, that [[Brian Grazer]] and [[Ron Howard]]'s film production company, Imagine Entertainment, had optioned the motion picture rights to the novel. Lee Patterson was to have written the screenplay. ''Transformer's'' Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci were also said to be on board as producers during the time of development.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/anne-rice-tale-of-body-thief-imagine-kurtzman-orci-287742|title=Anne Rice's 'Tale of the Body Thief' In Development With Imagine, Kurtzman/Orci|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=7 February 2012|access-date=8 February 2012|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125185912/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/anne-rice-tale-of-body-thief-imagine-kurtzman-orci-287742|url-status=live}}</ref>

"The plan is to treat the character (Lestat) as if audiences have not met him before," said ''Entertainment Weekly'' with word from Imagine.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2012/02/07/tale-of-body-thief-anne-rice-imagine/|title=Anne Rice's 'The Tale of the Body Thief' in the works at Imagine Entertainment|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=7 February 2012|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315090428/http://www.ew.com/article/2012/02/07/tale-of-body-thief-anne-rice-imagine|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 7, 2013, during a live-internet radio chat with her son Christopher and co-host Eric Shaw Quinn, Anne explained that a film adaptation is no longer in development and stated on her Facebook profile: "No Lestat movie in the works&mdash;after all these years, and the best efforts of all involved... We've encountered difficulties we cannot at this time overcome." Rice's son Christopher apparently drafted and adapted a screenplay from the novel that was met with praise from those involved; however, the project has been dismissed as the studio isn't "willing to move forward with it" due to differences that were beyond them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/65575/film-adaptation-anne-rices-tale-body-thief-no-longer-works|title=Film Adaptation of Anne Rice's The Tale of the Body Thief No Longer in the Works|work=Dread Central|date=11 April 2013|access-date=12 April 2013|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033035/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/65575/film-adaptation-anne-rices-tale-body-thief-no-longer-works|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of August 2014, an entire reboot of ''[[The Vampire Chronicles]]'' was planned by producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci after the motion picture rights were optioned by [[Universal Pictures]] and [[Imagine Entertainment]]. Christopher Rice's screenplay for ''The Tale of the Body Thief'' was reportedly worked into the recent deal for a proposed film franchise and a reinterpretation of ''[[Interview with the Vampire]]'' was also hinted by Rice herself via Facebook.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/anne-rices-vampire-chronicles-takes-flight-at-universal-1201278069/|title=Anne Rice's 'Vampire Chronicles' Takes Flight at Universal|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=7 August 2014|access-date=9 December 2017|archive-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115164443/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/anne-rices-vampire-chronicles-takes-flight-at-universal-1201278069/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in November 2016 Universal did not renew the contract, and the film and television rights reverted to Rice, who began developing ''The Vampire Chronicles'' into a television series with Christopher.<ref name="Rice">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/annericefanpage/posts/10154794260300452  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/66435815451/10154794260300452 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Anne Rice statement on her Official Facebook Fan Page |last=Rice |first=Anne |website=[[Facebook]] |date=27 November 2016 |access-date=13 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/anne-rice-vampire-chronicles-tv-show|title=Anne Rice Is Bringing Her Vampire Chronicles to Television|publisher=Vanity Fair|date=27 November 2016|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201113054/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/anne-rice-vampire-chronicles-tv-show|url-status=live}}</ref>