The story could have used some fresh blood (pardon the pun)

Slashfilm just informed me that Bryan Fuller is no longer attached to upcoming TV series adaptation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. I had no idea there was going to be a TV adaptation of these books, so there's nothing for me to mourn, but apparently it's still going to happen, albeit with Rice's son Christopher (also a writer) as executive producer. Maybe this series will still be great, but I think Fuller's loss is a real blow—Rice's writing is self-indulgent enough without a close relative (whose career has hugely benefited from his mother's fame) adapting it into a new format.