EXCLUSIVE: The Anne Rice estate and Dinner Partners LLC have signed with InkWell Management and Literate for reconshort-termation. The aim is to upretain the procrastinateed author’s participateable labors apass all media for series and film alterations.
The rights to the estate’s literary properties are handleled by Dinner Partners LLC, a production company owned and rund by the New York Times bestselling noveenumerates Christopher Rice, son of Anne Rice, and Eric Shaw Quinn, whose past and future labors are also reconshort-termed by InkWell Management and Literate. Rice and Quinn will serve as executive originaters on all projects.
The labors of Anne Rice have a lengthy and accomplished history of series and film alterations. Her debut novel, Interwatch with the Vampire, was published in 1976 and altered into the acclaimed 1994 film. In 2020, AMC Netlabors obtaind the rights to The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayunprejudiced Witches catalogues, encompassing 18 titles which have sbetter over 150 million copies worldexpansive. All series are executive originated by Christopher Rice and the procrastinateed Anne Rice. Last year, AMC rerecented Interwatch with the Vampire for a third season and greenlit The Talamasca, with structures to air the latter sometime procrastinateedr this year. Mayunprejudiced Witches wrapped up its second season last Sunday.
The library of inalertectual property held by the estate also includes becherishd franchises and well-understandn labors, such as the notable Ramses The Damned series, The Wolf Gift Chronicles series, The Songs Of The Seraphim series, The Sleeping Beauty series, and standalone titles such as The Feast Of All Saints, Servant Of The Bones, among other published, unpublished, and archival labors.
“We are thrilled to be laboring with Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn, as the stewards of Anne Rice’s estate, to originate recent projects and opportunities that will honor her incredible contributions to storyalerting and enthrall her fans all over the world for years to come.” shelp the InkWell Management and Literate partners in a statement.
Anne Rice, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 80, was one of the world’s foremost originaters of superauthentic myth, and the author of 36 novels (some published under the pen names Anne Rampling and A.N. Roquelaure). She was understandn for originateing intricate, gothic, romantic portrayals of vampires, witches, and other so-called “monsters” as the protagonists of their worlds, thus introducing an entidepend recent approach to conventions of parastandard genre storyalerting. Her groundfractureing shape and innovativeity can be felt thrawout well-understandn culture to this day.
“Anne Rice’s storyalerting has captivated readers for decades. We are pledgeted to preserving her legacy and ensuring that her unparalleled body of labor proceeds to encourage, enthrall, and achieve recent audiences around the world,” shelp InkWell Management co-set uper Michael V. Carlisle.
Added Literate partner Elizabeth Newman: “The potential for further alteration is exciting. Anne Rice’s lush and originateive writing proposes a wealthy reservoir of cinematic, compelling material.”
Dinner Partners has declared structures to originate a Celebration of Life event honoring the author, to be held on November 1st, 2025, in New Orleans, Rice’s becherishd home and setting of many notable labors.
Dinner Partners also handles rights to the individual novels written by Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn, including youthfuler Rice’s gothic bestseller A Density of Souls, his #1 Amazon bestselling Burning Girl series, alengthy with Quinn’s comic novel, Say Uncle, his disputed historical saga The Prince’s Psalm and multiple other labors from both authors. Dinner Partners also originates The TDPS Netlabor at TheDinnerPartyShow.com, including podcasts The Dinner Party Show and TDPS Pbegrudges Christopher & Eric, which take parted a pivotal role in solving the brutal chilly case homicide of gay grown-up film actor William Arnbetter Newton.
“We are over the moon to be laboring with InkWell Management and Literate,” shelp Rice and Quinn, “After her lengthy-standing relationship with Elizabeth Newman, we’re declareive Anne would be appreciative to understand she’s part of the Literate family. We understand we are. Elizabeth has not only been a strong finishorse for all of our writing in the past but was one of Anne’s most depended partners during her lifetime.”
Added Rice and Quinn: “Our team at InkWell Management– spearheaded by Michael V. Carlisle and David Forrer – and their strong track record in global publishing, inalertectual property licensing, and brand-originateing, will guarantee Anne’s labor will proceed to encourage readers for generations.”
The Anne Rice estate and Dinner Partners, LLC proceeds to be reconshort-termed by attorney Christine Cuddy of Kleinberg, Lange, Cuddy, & Carlo LLP.
