Tom Cruise as Lestat in Interview with the Vampire. Picture: Supplied

It’s been announced a modern take on the 1994 movie is in the works, with director Josh Boone adapting the famous novels by Anne Rice.

The Sun reports that filling the undead shoes of Lestat is Oscar winner Jared Leto.

Seems like a reasonable choice - but many fans weren’t thrilled with the idea.

Jared Leto is Josh Boone’s choice to play Lestat. Picture: GettySource:Getty Images

Tom Cruise as Lestat in scene from Interview With A Vampire. Picture: SuppliedSource:News Limited

One wrote on the Instagram post: “I might give it a shot if a trailer looks good or something, but if Jared Leto is your Lestat I’m a bit meh.”

Fans took to Twitter to vent some fury too.

“After reading this I thought it might be better & certainly different if Margot Robbie played Lestat as a male vampire,” one wrote.

Minazi added simply: “My poor heart.”

Tom Cruise (l) as Lestat and Brad Pitt (r) as Louis in 'Interview with a Vampire. Picture: SuppliedSource:News Limited

Some were furious that Boone and writing partner Jill Killington had the cheek to rescript a movie written by the author of the original books.

One Instagram user fumed: “HORRIBLE idea!!! Plus no one can write a script better than Anne Rice herself. NO!”

A young Kirsten Dunst starred as Claudia in the film Interview With the Vampire.Source:News Corp Australia

Fans are not happy that Anne Rice’s book is getting rewritten for the remake. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

“ Interview with the Vampire 94 was perfection. I mean Anne Rice wrote the script. And you can only go down from there. But a Vampire Lestat movie would a very welcome movie by all Vampire Chronicles fans,” another fan wrote.

But Anne Rice’s son Christopher, a best-selling author himself, approved of the remake.

He wrote: “We’re so excited about this and @JoshBooneMovies. Lots of great things to come. Stay tuned!”

Boone, who directed the recent smash The Fault In Our Stars, has long been attached to a reboot of the series based on the books.

But the Instagram post revealed that the upcoming movie was based on the first two books Interview With The Vampire and The Vampire LeStat.

Christian Slater and Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire. Picture: SuppliedSource:News Corp Australia

The movie, which also starred Brad Pitt, Christian Slater and Kirsten Dunst, grossed over 150 pounds million ($290 million) at the box office.

This article originally appeared in The Sun