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Bryan Fuller exited the drama six months ago, and a search for his replacement is underway.

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00:00Two years after being put in development, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal

00:04that Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles TV series has found a home.

00:08In a competitive situation with multiple outlets pursuing the drama,

00:11Hulu has landed Vampire Chronicles. The streamer, home to Emmy darling The Handmaid's Tale,

00:16has put the drama in development. Brian Fuller, who boarded the Paramount television

00:20and anonymous content drama as its showrunner in January, exited the project six months ago.

00:26Fuller opted to step back from the project rather than step on the toes of

00:29longtime friends Anne Rice and her son, Christopher Rice, who wrote the original script.

00:34Christopher Rice is a four-time New York Times bestselling author and recipient of the

00:38Lambda Literary Award. Anne and Christopher Rice will executive produce the potential series

00:42alongside anonymous content's David Cantor and Steve Golan.

00:46Paramount Television and anonymous content optioned the rights to 11 books from Rice's

00:51Vampire Chronicles franchise back in April 2017. More than 100 million copies have been sold worldwide.

00:58Rice's interview at the Vampire was first published in 1976 and served as the basis for the

01:031994 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst and Antonio Banderas.

01:10The Vampire Chronicles deal extends Paramount Television's deal with Hulu beyond the George Clooney

01:15limited series Catch-22. Paramount TV's scripted roster includes Netflix's 13 Reasons Why,

01:21TNT's The Alienist and more. So are you looking forward to this Vampire Chronicles TV series?

01:26Be sure to let me know all your thoughts in the comments.

01:29Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.