NYCC 2024: AMC's Horror-Packed Programming Lineup

AMC Networks announced its lineup at this year’s New York Comic Con, including panels for the Walking Dead Universe series The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol and The Walking Dead: Dead City season two, the Anne Rice Immortal Universe series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches season two, HIDIVE’s DanMachi—Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon and a Shudder panel celebrating the best in horror. Fans will get an exclusive first-look at scenes and teasers from Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol, returning Sunday, September 29 on AMC and AMC+, the highly anticipated second season of Dead City, debuting next year, and new and upcoming Shudder films and series.  Additionally, attendees will be among the first to see the season two premiere of Mayfair Witches, returning early next year, as well as the World Dub premiere of HIDIVE’s DanMachi—Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in Dungeon? season five.  

Anne Rice Recovers Rights to the Vampire Chronicles

It's been years since the vampire Lestat sought to teach Louis about the night and all its beauty. For some, the film was amazing. For others, it was miscast and void of all the magic that propelled the reader through every book. As we moved into the second installment, it was clear the new film's creators didn't "get" the author's material and the result was an odd mess best left to midnight screenings and a cult movie status. Hollywood has always had an uneasy relationship with authors and even producers that expound on their love for the source material sometimes turn out an adaption that makes us question if they really read the book at all. When the party is over, we are left to wonder what the author can do to reclaim their written necromancy. Today, we live in the age of second chances, and Anne Rice is ready to bring her pale children before us once more...

SDCC 2014: Knopf Doubleday Signings, Giveaways & More

Random House’s Knopf Doubleday group returns to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con (July 24-27, plus preview night on July 23), and we would love to see you there. We are booth #1515, along with the other Random House groups. A reminder that Knopf Doubleday is comprised of Pantheon & Schocken Books, Alfred A. Knopf, Doubleday, and Vintage Anchor Books.

This year’s appearing authors include: debut Pantheon graphic novelist Michael Cho, author of SHOPLIFTER (September 2014); Pantheon/Vintage Anchor novelist Charles Yu, author of HOW TO LIVE SAFELY IN A SCIENCE FICTIONAL UNIVERSE and SORRY PLEASE THANK YOU, whose new novel THE BOOK OF WISHING (2016) is already in the works; Doubleday novelists Chuck Palahniuk, author of BEAUTIFUL YOU (October 2014) and Daniel H. Wilson, author of ROBOGENESIS (June 2014); and Knopf author Anne Rice, author of PRINCE LESTAT (October 2014).

Anne Rice Heading to New York Comic Con

Anne Rice, the legendary author who has defined vampires for a generation of readers and writers, will be a Spotlight Guest at New York Comic Con (NYCC) in 2012. Show officials note that the announcement of Ms. Rice's participation at NYCC is just the first of several announcements about author appearances, author programs and book publisher participation at the show that organizers will be making in the coming months. Providing literary distinction at a pop culture event replete with major guests and artists from every part of the pop culture universe, Ms. Rice, who became an international phenomenon in 1976 with the publication of Interview with the Vampire, is certain to attract widespread attention at New York Comic Con among her many fans. Show officials note that other leading celebrity guests from the worlds of comics, entertainment and film will also be announced in the very near future.