Queen of the Damned

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

Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah, 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

Damien Drew

Audition

Gregory Apps, Kristy Carlson

Editing

Dany Cooper
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• The film is based on Anne Rice's novel “The Queen of the Damned” (1988), the third novel 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 the film “Interview with the Vampire” (1994), but they only had one year left to create 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.
• The role of Lestat was offered to Tom Cruise, but he declined it.
• The singer Aaliyah, who played the main role in this film, died in a plane crash shortly after filming was completed.
• Wes Bentley, who had already been cast as Lestat, dropped out of the project. He was replaced by Irish actor Stuart Townsend.
• Jonathan Davis from the band "Korn" sings 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).
• Cherry juice was used as a blood substitute in the film.
• 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.
• The role of Lestat was offered to Tom Cruise, but he declined it.
• Singer Aaliyah, who played the lead role in this film, died in a plane crash shortly after filming was completed.
• Wes Bentley, who had already been cast as Lestat, left the project. He was replaced by Irish actor Stuart Townsend.
• 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).
• Cherry juice was used as a substitute for blood in the film.