Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe is expanding at AMC Networks with the addition of Anne Rice’s The Talamasca (working title). The new series is targeting a 2025 premiere and has Oscar nominee John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) and Mark Lafferty (Halt and Catch Fire) confirmed as writers, co-showrunners, and executive producers.
The first season will consist of just six episodes airing on AMC and AMC+. Filming is expected to begin this fall in Manchester, England.
“This is a story we’ve been developing and wanting to tell from the earliest moments of this franchise, focused on a fascinating and compelling secret society that has already appeared in both of our existing Anne Rice series, The Talamasca,” stated Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks. “As with all of these shows, we are thrilled to have such a high level of talent involved, represented here by John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty, and of course working closely with producer Mark Johnson as the creative head of our Anne Rice Immortal Universe.”
John Lee Hancock is confirmed to direct.
“This all started for me with a call from Mark Johnson, who asked if I’d ever heard of The Talamasca. I was intrigued by the idea of an organization that, to me, had more than a passing resemblance to the CIA or MI6, which are necessary but not always necessarily transparent. An organization with its own secrets. Thankfully, Dan McDermott liked the take and so did Mark Lafferty, who is so talented and accomplished in the world of television,” said Hancock. “Many thanks to everyone from Gran Via to Mark Lafferty, to our talented writers and everyone at AMC, who have been supporters, advocates and cheerleaders from day one. I couldn’t be more thrilled to be involved and look forward to presenting a third series in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe.”
The new series focuses the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, werewolves and other creatures scattered around the globe.
“With the second season of Interview with the Vampire currently receiving the best reviews of any show on television and with the production of Mayfair Witches about 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,” said Mark Johnson. “The Talamasca marries the procedural spy thriller with the supernatural and expands the thrills and the pleasures of our franchise’s ambitions.”
Season two of Interview with the Vampire is currently airing on Sundays at 9pm ET/PT. Mayfair Witches is targeting a 2025 premiere.
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