TheAnne Riceuniverse is expanding once again over at AMC as the network announces the greenlighting ofAnne Rice’s The Talamasca. Like the series adaptations ofInterview with the VampireandMayfair Witches, the production will pull its story from the pages of Rice’s beloved supernatural novels, this time centering on the secret society bent on finding vampires, witches, and the other mystical creatures from Rice’s novels. And, audiences won’t need to wait long as the project is part of AMC and AMC+’s 2025 docket.With the success surrounding bothInterview with the VampireandMayfair Witches, moving forward with a parallel story that shows the other side of the magical world seems like the next logical step.
While the announcement didn’t reveal any cast members forThe Talamasca, audiences have encountered members of the in-the-shadows organization in the past in bothInterview with the VampireandMayfair Witches. So far, the most prominent agent has beenTongayi Chirisa’s Ciprien Grieve who was introduced in the first season ofMayfair Witches. The new project hails fromThe Little Things’John Lee HancockandThe Right Stuff’sMark Lafferty,who will team up to co-showrun the production as well as join the writers’ room and executive produce, with the former also directing.
In a statement that coincided with the exciting news,Mark Johnson, the head of AMC’sAnne Rice Immortal Universesaid,
“With the second season ofInterview with the Vampirecurrently receiving the best reviews of any show on television and with the production ofMayfair Witchesabout to wrap in Ireland, promising an even more compelling and unnerving second season, the question is what do we now add to the Immortal Universe of Anne Rice? The answer is a completely different show from the first two, but a show that nevertheless belongs under the Anne Rice umbrella. The Talamasca marries the procedural spy thriller with the supernatural and expands the thrills and the pleasures of our franchise’s ambitions.”
The Anne Rice Universe Is Still Going Strong
As Johnson mentioned in his comment, Season 2 of theAlexandra Daddario-led series,Mayfair Witches,is almost ready to call things a wrap. The first season went dark over a year ago and audiences have been on the edge of their seats for updates surrounding the follow-up batch of episodes which, likeThe Talamasca, isexpected to arrive in 2025. Meanwhile, the sophomore season ofInterview with the Vampireischugging right alongwithJacob AndersonandSam Reidreprising their undead roles from the critically acclaimed debut season.
you may get caught up on bothInterview with the VampireandMayfair Witchesnow while you wait for more information surroundingThe Talamasca.
Interview with the Vampire
Based on Anne Rice’s iconic novel, follow Louis de Pointe’s epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy.
