The Tale of the Body Thief this feeling to William Blake's poem The Tyger, which is quoted piecemeal throughout the entire novel: At the end of the story, Lestat realizes with horror that he must have been the "tiger" of his visions. In 2007, "The Tale of the Body Thief" was rumored to be adapted into film as United Artists was interested in purchasing the film rights to the novel. Rice announced via her Facebook profile on February 7, 2012 that Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's film production company, Imagine Entertainment, had optioned the motion picture rights to the novel. Lee Patterson was to have written
Tyger (ship) Tyger (ship) Tyger (; ) was the ship used by the Dutch captain Adriaen Block during his 1613 voyage to explore the East Coast of North America and the present day Hudson River. Its remains were uncovered in 1916 during the construction of the New York City Subway on land that is now part of the World Trade Center complex. In late summer of 1613, "Tyger" had moored in Lower Manhattan on the Hudson to trade with the Lenape Indians along with its partner Hendrick Christiaensen's "Fortuyn". By November, "Tyger" had been filled with pelts of beaver, otter, and other