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Tara Bennett
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Freelance Writer
Tara Bennett is a New York Times bestselling author and entertainment journalist. As an author, or co-author, she's written more than 30 official movie and TV companion books including The Art of Avatar: The Way of Water, The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sons of Anarchy: The Official Collector's Edition, The Official Making of Big Trouble in Little China, Fringe: September's Notebook (an Amazon Best Book of 2013) and many more. She is a Television Critics Association member and an adjunct professor of Radio, Television & Film at Rowan University.
An avid fan of all things Muppets, animation (especially Genndy Tartakovsky), Ellen Ripley, the MCU., Star Wars, Star Trek and serialized television, Tara covers that same gamut of topics for IGN as a feature writer and critic.
She’ll be hanging out on Twitter @TaraDBennett until Elon makes it impossible.
An avid fan of all things Muppets, animation (especially Genndy Tartakovsky), Ellen Ripley, the MCU., Star Wars, Star Trek and serialized television, Tara covers that same gamut of topics for IGN as a feature writer and critic.
She’ll be hanging out on Twitter @TaraDBennett until Elon makes it impossible.
Latest from Tara Bennett
Gandalf Finally Being Gandalf and More Reasons The Rings of Power Season 3 May Be the Best Yet
Jul 25, 2026
Gandalf Finally Being Gandalf and More Reasons The Rings of Power Season 3 May Be the Best YetJul 25, 2026 - Gandalf, Celeborn and the Nazgnagôl, oh my!
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The Vampire Lestat Showrunner Reveals Hidden Meanings and Future Stories Hinted at in the Season 3 Finale
Jul 20, 2026
The Vampire Lestat Showrunner Reveals Hidden Meanings and Future Stories Hinted at in the Season 3 FinaleJul 20, 2026 - Showrunner Rolin Jones unpacks the parallel journeys of Louis and Lestat... as well as that massive cliffhanger.
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The Vampire Lestat Executive Producer Breaks Down Those Jaw-Dropping Moments in This Season's Penultimate Episode
Jul 13, 2026
The Vampire Lestat Executive Producer Breaks Down Those Jaw-Dropping Moments in This Season's Penultimate EpisodeJul 13, 2026 - Executive producer Hannah Moscovitch dives into and that crazy cliffhanger in Episode 6, "Montreal."
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The Vampire Lestat Showrunner Explains How Lestat's Musical Journey Is 'Just as Important' as the Queen of the Damned's Awakening
Jul 6, 2026
The Vampire Lestat Showrunner Explains How Lestat's Musical Journey Is 'Just as Important' as the Queen of the Damned's AwakeningJul 6, 2026 - Rolin Jones discusses the essential role of music on Lestat’s past and present in Episode 5.
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The Vampire Lestat Creator Says Dipping Into Queen of the Damned and the Devil’s Minion Duo Needed the ‘Same Sort of a Weirdness to Their Manifestation’ as in the Book
Jun 29, 2026
The Vampire Lestat Creator Says Dipping Into Queen of the Damned and the Devil’s Minion Duo Needed the ‘Same Sort of a Weirdness to Their Manifestation’ as in the BookJun 29, 2026 - Rolin Jones breaks down all the spoilery twists and turns of Episode 4, "The Devil’s Road."
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The Vampire Lestat Showrunner Admits Changing Anne Rice’s Source Material in This Week’s Episode Will Probably Be a ‘Little Disappointing’ to Fans
Jun 22, 2026
The Vampire Lestat Showrunner Admits Changing Anne Rice’s Source Material in This Week’s Episode Will Probably Be a ‘Little Disappointing’ to FansJun 22, 2026 - But worth it!
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The Vampire Lestat’s Best Song Isn’t Even in Season 3
Jun 15, 2026
The Vampire Lestat’s Best Song Isn’t Even in Season 3Jun 15, 2026 - ‘We've still got some more bullets in the chamber,’ says showrunner Rolin Jones.
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The Vampire Lestat’s Showrunner Reveals What to Pay Special Attention to in the Season Premiere
Jun 8, 2026
The Vampire Lestat’s Showrunner Reveals What to Pay Special Attention to in the Season PremiereJun 8, 2026 - ‘I don't expect anybody to comprehend everything that is in Episode 1 on a first viewing," says the showrunner.
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