Queen of the Damned

Name: Queen of the Damned
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Released: 2002-02-10
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez, Paul McGann

All she wants is Hell on Earth.

Queen of the Damned (2002)

Timing: 1:41 (101 min)

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Release date

2002-02-10

Country

Australia, United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, WV Films LLC, Material

Genre

Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance

Budget

$35 000 000

Revenue

$45 479 110

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Director

Michael Rymer

Actors

Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez, Paul McGann, Lena Olin, Claudia Black, Bruce Spence, Christian Manon, Matthew Newton
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Scenario

Producer

Jorge Saralegui, Bruce Berman, Su Armstrong, Andrew Mason, Bill Gerber

Operator

Ian Baker

Composer

Jonathan Davis

Artist

Graham 'Grace' Walker, Darin Hilton, Geoffrey Hall

Audition

Gregory Apps, Kristy Carlson

Editing

Dany Cooper
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Short description

Lestat de Lioncourt is awakened from his slumber. Bored with his existence, he has now become this generation's new Rock God. While in the course of time, another has arisen, Akasha, the Queen of the Vampires and the Dammed. He wants immortal fame, his fellow vampires want him eternally dead for his betrayal, and the Queen wants him for her King. Who will be the first to reach him? Who shall win?

What's left behind the scenes

Jonathan Davis of the band "Korn" provides the singing voice for Lestat in the film. However, due to contractual obligations, songs performed by Davis could not appear on the film's soundtrack. Ultimately, the five compositions written by Davis and Richard Gibbs were recorded by other singers (Marilyn Manson, Chester Bennington, David Draiman, Wayne Static, and Jay Gordon).
The role of Lestat was offered to Tom Cruise, but he declined it.
Cherry juice was used as a substitute for blood in the film.
Wes Bentley, who had already been cast as Lestat, left the project. He was replaced by Irish actor Stuart Townsend.
Singer Aaliyah, who played the lead role in this film, died in a plane crash shortly after filming was completed.
Josh Hartnett was also considered for the role of Lestat.
The film is based on Anne Rice's novel "The Queen of the Damned" (1988), the third book in the "Vampire Chronicles" series.
Warner Bros. acquired the rights to adapt the first three books from Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" series for seven years. During this period, the studio created "Interview with the Vampire" (1994), but only one year remained to produce film adaptations of the other two books. The studio then urgently hired screenwriters to combine "The Vampire Lestat" and "The Queen of the Damned" into a single script.