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A couple years ago, we heard that AMC was developing a third TV series based on the works of Anne Rice, adding to the franchise they’ve been building out of the Vampire Chronicles novels and the Mayfair Witch books written by Rice. Last year, the show – which is going by the title of Talamasca: The Secret Order – was officially ordered to series, with the plan being for episodes to start airing sometime in 2025. Now, AMC has announced an October 26th premiere date for the show and unveiled a teaser trailer, which can be viewed in the embed above.

This entry in the franchise that AMC is calling the Anne Rice Immortal Universe will follow a secretive society called the Talamasca that’s responsible for tracking and containing witches, vampires, werewolves and other creatures. Members of the Talamasca have already been introduced in the AMC shows Anne Rice’s Interview...

Over a year has gone by since AMC announced that they had ordered a third season of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire – and that with season 3, the show would be moving on to the events of the second novel in Rice’s Vampire Chronicles series, The Vampire Lestat. The network still hasn’t announced a specific release date for the new season (we only know it’s coming in 2026), but Deadline reports that they have officially confirmed that the title of the show has changed to The Vampire Lestat! AMC also unveiled a behind-the-scenes featurette, which can be seen in the embed above.

In this story, Lestat becomes the frontman in a rock band, something that carries over into the events of the third book, The Queen of the Damned. That’s why those books were mashed together for the 2002 film Queen of the Damned, where Lestat’s...

Season three of AMC’s Interview with the Vampire dropped a new behind-the-scenes teaser, a couple of new photos, and a new title – The Vampire Lestat – during the San Diego Comic-Con. Fans attending the Ballroom 20 panel were also the first to learn about five new cast members who’ll be sinking their teeth into Anne Rice’s world.

Returning series stars include Sam Reid in the titular role, Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac, and Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy. The network also confirmed Delainey Hayles and Assad Zaman are reprising their roles as Claudia and Armand, respectively.

Newcomers for season three include Jennifer Ehle (Lioness) as Gabriella, Ella Ballentine (Black Conflux) as Baby Jenks, Jeanine Serralles (Apples Never Fall) as Christine Claire, Christopher Heyerdahl (Under the Banner of Heaven) as Marius, and Damien Atkins (Slings & Arrows) as Magnus.

Sam Reid in ‘Interview with the Vampire’ season 3, ‘The Vampire Lestat...

The third installment of AMC's Anne Rice Immortal Universe, Talamasca: The Secret Order, has just gotten a major update. Its premiere date has been officially confirmed, and a new teaser trailer has also been released.

As announced during the Anne Rice Immortal Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Talamasca: The Secret Order will premiere on Sunday, Oct. 26. It was announced at Sdcc that actor Eric Bogosian will appear in Talamasca, reprising his role from Interview with the Vampire. In the latter, Bogosian plays Daniel Molloy, the investigative journalist who conducted the titular interview. A first look at Bogosian in the series has been revealed, which can be seen below along with the new teaser.

The series stars Celine Buckens as Doris, who lives with a coven of witches, and Jason Schwartzman as Burton, a vampire. Also starring are Nicholas Denton as Guy Anatole and William Fichtner as Jasper, with other actors including Ahmad Sahki,...

AMC Networks’ presence will be very strong at Comic-Con International this year, as they present multiple panels and a Shudder activation centered around Clown in a Cornfield. The film was a hit in theaters in May, and will soon be streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

Comic-Con International is held in San Diego at their Convention Center, and will run from July 24 through July 27.

Here’s a breakdown of the events AMC will be hosting:

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will present a panel in Hall H on Friday, July 25, from 12:15 – 1:15. Panelists will include Chief Content Officer of the Walking Dead Universe Scott M. Gimple, Executive Producer / star Norman Reedus, EP David Zabel, EP / Director Greg Nicotero and EP / star Melissa McBride. The panelists will be debuting the official trailer for season three, as well as discussing the season. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will return on Sunday, September...

AMC Networks returns to Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA with a dynamic lineup of fan-favorite series panels and a not-to-be-missed Shudder activation based on the hit film Clown In A Cornfield, which makes its Shudder and AMC+ streaming debut on August 8, among other activities. Panels include a return to Hall H for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, featuring an exclusive first-look at the official trailer from the third season, premiering Sunday, September 7 on AMC and AMC+; and Ballroom 20 panels for two series in AMC Networks’ Anne Rice Immortal Universe, including the new season of the critically acclaimed Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, which began production in Toronto last month,

and the newest series, Anne Rice’s Talamasca, premiering in October on AMC and AMC+.

Additionally, the IFC Entertainment Group will have cast and producers from a number of films participating in three panels, including Collider’s Ladies Night After Dark,...

Norman Reedus in ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Emmanuel Guimier/AMC)

AMC Networks is making the trek to the 2025 San Diego Comic-Con with panels planned for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice’s Talamasca, and the author of Clown in a Cornfield. AMC Networks is also bringing stars and producers from select IFC Entertainment Group films to the sold-out pop culture convention running July 23, 2025 (Preview Night) through Sunday, July 27.

Additionally, horror fans will be treated to a special Clown in a Cornfield activation set up at the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter Hotel terrace.

“Comic-Con remains the ultimate celebration of fandom and is the perfect stage to showcase AMC Networks’ most beloved franchise series and films,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks. “Whether it’s an autograph from Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride, a first look...

AMC Networks has recently announced it has renewed the critically acclaimed series Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire for a third season, days before the finale of its second season on AMC and AMC+. The first series in its Anne Rice Immortal Universe, Interview has attracted a loyal base of passionate fans, excellent reviews and has the rare distinction of receiving 98-point scores for both its first and second seasons on Rotten Tomatoes.

AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe now includes three series: Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, which is currently in production on its second season, and the recently greenlit Anne Rice’s The Talamasca (wt).

In season three, resentful of the perfunctory portrayal in the trashy bestseller “Interview With The Vampire,” the Vampire Lestat sets his story straight in a way only the Vampire Lestat can—by starting a band and going on tour.

A canceled AMC sci-fi comedy series has been revived by Fox's free streaming platform, Tubi. With a script from Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, Demascuswas executive produced by Better Call Saul executive producer Mark Johnson, Myki Bajaj, and Kirk A. Moore, who also serves as the showrunner.

The comedic, genre-fluid, coming-of-age series follows a 33-year-old Black man who navigates the field of digital psychiatry while trying to discover his truest self, and stars Okieriete Onaodowan as Demascus, alongside Janet Hubert, Caleb Eberhardt, Shakira Ja’nai Paye, and Martin Lawrence. Despite having finished production, the series was axed by AMC in 2023 due to company-wide cost-cutting measures.

Now, thanks to a deal between AMC Networks and Tubi, Demascus will soon arrive on the Fox-owned free streamer as a Tubi Original, according to Deadline. The six-part series will premiere on August 7 as the latest original series for the service.

What This Means For Demascus And Tubi...

One network/streamer's canceled show is another one's treasure, or however that saying goes. Free streaming platform, Tubi,always has a new way to reel in an audience; its catalog includes everything from classic movies to television shows, providing individuals with a free way to stream their favorite productions. It's also a great way for independent and B-movie filmmakers to grow an audience, as thousands of those projects are uploaded. In addition to updating their catalog monthly with fan-favorites, the streamer also has Tubi Originals, and a scrapped AMC sci-fi comedy will be added to its site after being canceled in 2023.

According to Deadline, Demascus,createdbyplaywright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and producer Mark Johnson, will premiere on Tubi on August 7. The series will debut on the free streamer, owned by Fox, after Fox struck a deal with AMC Networks. Demascus will have six parts and follows a 30-something year-old Black man...

Unfortunately, there was a time not too long ago when networks and streamers were beginning to not only remove original content from their libraries (which is still happening) but scrapping original content that had already been filmed but not released. Max famously shelved a Batgirl movie that has still never seen the light of day, while AMC axed a number of series before their release.

Back in January 2023, AMC's list of shows that had been canceled in order to write down about $400 million in content and receive a tax write-off included Moonhaven season 2, 61st Street season 2, Invitation to a Bonfire, and Demascus. Moonhaven season 2 hadn't started filming, while Invitation to a Bonfire filmed four of six episodes, and 61st Street season 2 and Demascus wrapped filming.

Demascus saved by Tubi after AMC cancellation

While 61st Street season 2 later aired on The CW in July 2024 and the other two series still haven't been saved,...

An exciting update has been revealed for the future of Demascus, an ill-fated sci-fi comedy series originally set for a TV release by AMC. Ahead of the show's debut, however, AMC Networks canceled the show in an effort to cut costs. It's taken some time, but the series has now found its home.

Per Deadline, Demascus is set to premiere on Tubi, the free streaming platform. The deal comes more than two years after AMC axed the six-part series. An exact premiere date has been announced for Aug. 7 with the show serving as a Tubi Original. The filmmakers and Tubi have also celebrated how the deal will finally allow Demascus to see the light of day.

“We’re excited to introduce audiences to Demascus — a bold, genre-bending blend of comedy and sci-fi that challenges conventions as much as it entertains,” Tubi's SVP Content Acquisition and Partnerships, Samuel Harowitz, said in a statement.

Demascus has been brought back from the grave. After two years in limbo following its cancellation by AMC Networks before its debut, the six-part sci-fi comedy series has finally found a new, free home. According to Deadline, Tubi reached a deal with AMC to pick up the show at long last, which is now being billed as a Tubi Original and will premiere on August 7. It hails from playwright and Clipped writer Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and Better Call Saul executive producer Mark Johnson and stars Okieriete Onaodowan as the titular lead.

Originally slated to release in 2023, Demascus was axed amid a major cost-cutting effort at AMC that saw the demise of several series, including Invitation to a Bonfire and second seasons of 61st Street, Pantheon, and Moonhaven. At the time, it was part of a troubling trend of scrapping completed projects for tax purposes, as seen with Warner Bros. and Batgirl.

Tubi, Fox Corporation’s ad-supported streaming service, today announced it has partnered with AMC Networks to premiere Demascus, a six-episode, half-hour comedic sci-fi series from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and AMC Studios, focusing on the title character as a Tubi Original.

The limited series is executive produced by Mark Johnson, via his Gran Via Productions banner, and Myki Bajaj of Gran Via. Kirk A. Moore and Chisholm serve as co-showrunners. The series will premiere exclusively on Tubi on Thursday, August 7.

Photo courtesy of AMC Studios

“We’re excited to introduce audiences to Demascus—a bold, genre-bending blend of comedy and sci-fi that challenges conventions as much as it entertains,” said Samuel Harowitz, SVP of Content Acquisition and Partnerships at Tubi.

“At Tubi, we champion stories that surprise, provoke, delight, and resonate deeply with engaged fandoms, and Demascus is exactly the kind of original storytelling we’re proud to spotlight.”

“Through his titular character Demascus,...

Exclusive: Demascus, the sci-fi comedy series from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and Better Call Saul executive producer Mark Johnson, has finally found a home.

The six-part series will premiere on Tubi after the Fox-owned free streamer struck a deal with AMC Networks.

This comes over two years after AMC Networks canceled the show ahead of its launch as part of a wider cost-cutting drive.

Demascus was created by Chisholm, the playwright behind Hooded: Or Being Black for Dummies and Br’er Cotton who also wrote on FX’s LA Clippers drama Clipped. It follows an eponymous character, a 33-year-old Black man on a mission of self-discovery using an experimental reality-bending technology. It explores the “gulf between Black male perspectives.”

Okieriete Onaodowan (Station 19) plays Demascus with Janet Hubert (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Caleb Eberhardt (Judas and the Black Messiah), Shakira Ja’nai Paye (Single Drunk Female) also starring, with Martin Lawrence in a recurring role.

Last July, AMC dropped a teaser trailer for the upcoming third season of Interview With The Vampire, which will adapt Anne Rice's 1985 novel The Vampire Lestat. The first two seasons of the show mainly followed Louis (Jacob Anderson) as he became a vampire and moped through his long unlife, looking back on it with journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) years afte the fact. Daniel takes Louis' story and turns it into a best-selling book. In season 3, Lestat (Sam Reid) will take center stage and give us his side of the story. He has some problems with how he was portrayed:

That teaser whet fans' appetites, but it's only this month that cameras will actually start rolling on season 3. That information comes from TV Insider, which attended an Immortal Universe panel at the Atx TV Festival last week. I'll say it plain just so we have it on the record:...

AMC Networks lent executive producers from their Anne Rice Immortal Universe series to present a panel at Atx TV Festival on May 30. Attendees at the panel were given the 411 on both new and returning series, along with plenty of cast news, photos and storyline updates.

The panel, which was titled Vampires, Witches, and Other Secret Societies: Inside AMC’s Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe, included Executive Producers Mark Johnson (who is responsible for overseeing the Anne Rice projects for AMC), Showrunners/EP’s Rolin Jones (Interview with the Vampire) and John Lee Hanock and Mark Lafferty of Talamasca. Also present was AMC’s President of Entertainment and AMC Studios, Dan McDermott.

The newest series in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe will be Anne Rice’s Talamasca. First-look photos were shared, and the series will make its premiere in October on both AMC and AMC+. The world of Talamasca features witches and vampires,...

It is hard to get a TV show made. Even being a successful producer with lots of popular credits to your name doesn't guarantee you can pull it off. Take Mark Johnson, a producer who over the years has worked on movies and TV shows like Good Morning, Vietnam; Rain Man; The Notebook, Breaking Bad, the Interview With The Vampire show on AMC and The Chronicles of Narnia movies from the 2000s.

Johnson also worked on the 1999 movie Galaxy Quest, a very funny send-up of the Star Trek franchise, where actors from a TV show that isn't Star Trek but is clearly meant to be Star Trek are mistaken for real adventures by space aliens and drafted into their ongoing intergalactic war. Folks have been trying to turn Galaxy Quest into a TV series for a very long time, but so far without luck. Johnson is also pushing to create...

AMC Networks presented a panel at the Atx TV Festival featuring executive producers from all three series within its Anne Rice Immortal Universe, giving attendees a look inside the interconnected, supernatural world of Anne Rice on AMC and AMC+, sharing production and casting updates and a first look at the newest series in the expanding Universe, Anne Rice’s Talamasca.

The panel, “Vampires, Witches, and Other Secret Societies: Inside AMC’s Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe,” featured executive producer Mark Johnson, who oversees the Universe for AMC Networks, and showrunners and executive producers Rolin Jones (Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire) and John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty (Anne Rice’s Talamasca), as well as AMC Networks’ President of Entertainment and AMC Studios, Dan McDermott.

Lafferty and Hancock revealed first-look photos from Talamasca, which debuts this October on AMC and AMC+, and announced that Celine Buckens rounds out the...

Original Galaxy Quest producer Mark Johnson has indicated that when it comes to the long-awaited TV series based on the cult classic 1999 sci-fi comedy, fans should never give up, never surrender! It turns out that Grabthar's hammer has not come down on the project yet, after years of being in development, which means there is still a glimmer of hope that the courageous crew of the Nsea Protector could bring another space adventure to our screens in the future, and we should remain on the lookout for further signs of life.

Johnson has several projects in the works, including TV adaptations of Galaxy Quest and The Holdovers, which he tells Deadline "are being written, so we'll see." It may not be the most Earth-shattering update, especially since he didn't reveal how far along they are with the script and this is one of many iterations that have been in development...

Jason Schwartzman as Burton in ‘Talamasca’ (Photo Credit: David Gennard/AMC)

AMC Networks just released the first photos from the latest addition to the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, Anne Rice’s Talamasca. The batch of photos includes newly announced series regular Celine Buckens (The Ex-Wife) as Doris and season one guest star Jason Schwartzman (Mountainhead) as a vampire named Burton.

Buckens and Schwartzman join previously announced series stars Nicholas Denton (Dangerous Liaisons), Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey), William Fichtner (The Dark Knight), and Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Nine Perfect Strangers). Oscar nominee John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty serve as co-showrunners and executive producers. Hancock also directs, and Mark Johnson, Tom Williams, Christopher Rice, and the late Anne Rice are producers.

“Produced by AMC Studios, Anne Rice’s Talamasca focuses on a secretive society called the Talamasca, comprised of the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe,...

When Interview with the Vampire debuted on AMC back in 2022, no one expected it to become the hit it did. Least of all was producer Mark Johnson, who thought that the series would do well enough to warrant a second season, but an entire Anne Rice universe? That wasn't even on his radar. Once it became a success, Mayfair Witches came the following year, and a third series, The Talamasca, is set to premiere this fall. However, that's not the end of things, as Johnson recently revealed that the Immortal Universe could stretch to four or five shows.

Speaking with Deadline about his overall deal with AMC, the subject of his many Anne Rice projects was broached. Now with three firmly in place, Johnson was asked about the possibility of more being added to the mix. "We have a couple of other things in different stages of development," he answered,...

The Anne Rice Immortal Universe only continues to grow with the third series, “The Talamasca: The Secret Order” that’s slated to premiere this fall, and new details and first look images have arrived.

The six-episode inaugural season is expected to arrive this October and will focus on the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe.

Franchise executive producer and overseer Mark Johnson reiterated to Deadline that the new series won’t be based on any specific book, as the secret organization is featured across multiple Anne Rice works. “John Lee Hancock, who is a writer I’ve worked with a great deal, has created the world of The Talamasca, all of it inspired by her work but taken a certain amount of liberty, hopefully at the same time always being faithful to what she might have done with...

The late author Anne Rice has written many popular book series in the supernatural genre, and many of them have been adapted several times. In the 2020s, AMC kickstarted the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, which kicked off with a new adaptation of Interview with the Vampire.

The show, which adapted the 1976 novel, started the universe and was followed by a new series, Mayfair Witches. A third series is currently in the works based on the Talamasca, the secret society from the two shows. On May 30, at AMC/AMC+’s Atx TV Festival panel, the Anne Rice Immortal Universe received an exciting update.

The Atx TV Festival featured the panel Vampires, Witches, and Other Secret Societies: Inside AMC's Anne Rice Immortal Universe. Executive producer Mark Johnson, who oversees the Universe for AMC Networks, and showrunners and executive producers Rolin Jones (Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire) and John Lee Hancock...

Fans get a promising update about the long-awaited Galaxy Questtelevision series.

Per Deadline, producer Mark Johnson, who has his name attached to beloved features ranging from Good Morning, Vietnam to Rain Man to The Notebook, opened up about two hotly-anticipated projects. Regarding the possibility of both a Galaxy Quest and The Holdovers series, Johnson stated simply that "Both are being written," before adding, "So we'll see."

Back in 2024, Sam Rockwell noted that the film's surviving cast would almost assuredly be part of such a project. "It was a really lucky thing, that film. If there was a sequel to Galaxy Quest, we would be on it. We talked about it, maybe like a limited series." Rockwell added, "Simon Pegg talked about helping with it, actually." These statements came almost a year after the confirmation that Paramount+ and Paramount Television had signed Mark Johnson on to produce, all while actively searching...

Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer’s 2000 supernatural horror thriller What Lies Beneath is heading to the small screen as the latest Hollywood blockbuster to be getting a TV adaptation. Although this still seems to be in the very early stages of development, Deadline reported producer Mark Johnson, who is well known for producing features like The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy, Rain Man, The Notebook and more, as saying the property is one of several projects being considered for TV adaptation.

“We’re very excited about the idea of maybe doing a television show — I’m not sure I should say this but I’m going to — our movie What Lies Beneath, that could lend itself to a very good, perhaps limited, perhaps not, TV show.”

Johnson has been part of the production team for some of AMC's biggest hits over the last two decades, and that doesn't seem about...

Fans of Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer’ssupernatural thrillerWhat Lies Beneath, take note. The classic feature helmed by Robert Zemeckis can be turned into a TV show, as per producer Mark Johnson, who is well known for producing features like The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy, Rain Man, The Notebook and more.

Over the years, we have seen a trend of turning iconic movies into series like Mr and Mrs Smith, Snowpiercer, Fatal Attraction among others. They are always a hit or miss, depending upon how close or distant the new series is from the source material. In a new interview with Deadline Johnson shared his plans for turning What Lies Beneath into a horror series. He revealed:

“We’re very excited about the idea of maybe doing a television show — I’m not sure I should say this but I’m going to — our movie What Lies Beneath, that could...

After Barbie’s unprecedented success, Greta Gerwig is set to swing the wardrobe wide open with her adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia. A slew of big names has been confirmed with a movie along with a planned wide IMAX release by Netflix, the studio behind the project. While fans can theorize as much as they want about which books are being adapted, we’ll know for sure when the film finally arrives. Meanwhile, producer Mark Johnson, who is behind not only Narnia movies but also features like Good Morning, Vietnam, Galaxy Quest, The Holdovers and more, finally gave fans a “fascinating” tease about the upcoming project.

“I’m fascinated. First of all, I’m a gigantic fan of hers, so I can’t wait to see it,” Johnson said in a new interview with Deadline. Though the producer remained tightlipped about the project. Johnson is among the producers that brought the original trilogy,...

Exclusive: Mark Johnson is closing in on two decades at AMC. The Oscar-winning film producer behind such movies as Rain Man, The Notebook and The Holdovers started his run at the cable network with Vince Gilligan’s Emmy-winning Breaking Bad. It led to seven other series to date — and more in the works as Johnson has renewed his first-look deal with AMC Studios.

“Why wouldn’t I be at AMC?,” he told Deadline in an interview tied to the new pact. “They truly celebrate the story. You look at the success they’ve had, it is still very much the leader and the benchmark: good writing, good characters and good television.”

Johnson has become a franchise player for AMC. Along with executive producing Breaking Bad and prequel Better Call Saul, he oversees the Anne Rice universe, which spans Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches — both headed into Season 3 after...

Over his more than four decades as a producer, Mark Johnson has done about 60 movies, including The Chronicles Of Narnia fantasy trilogy; Best Picture Oscar winner Rain Man; Bugsy; Good Morning, Vietnam; Galaxy Quest; The Holdovers; and romantic classic The Notebook. Surprisingly, none have been turned into a TV series yet, even as Johnson has established a footprint in television with the Emmy-winning Breaking Bad and most recently the Anne Rice universe on AMC.

That may finally change. During an interview with Deadline tied to Johnson’s first-look deal extension at AMC, he provided an update on the long-in-the-works TV series based on the cult classic 1999 sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest. There had been multiple incarnations at the now-defunct Paramount TV Studios over the past decade, the most recent set up at Paramount+ in 2023.

Johnson addressed that project, now set up at CBS Studios, which absorbed sibling Paramount TV Studios, as...

AMC Networks unveiled first-look photos of the new Anne Rice series “Talamasca” at an Atx TV Festival panel on Friday.

The supernatural thriller is set to debut in October on AMC+ and AMC, making it the latest addition to the Anne Rice Immortal Universe. Produced by AMC Studios, “Anne Rice’s Talamasca” centers on a secret society called Talamasca that’s responsible for tracking and containing witches, vampires and other mythical creatures.

During the discussion, co-showrunners and executive producers John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty announced two new additions to the cast lineup. Celine Buckens will join as a series regular and Jason Schwartzman is set to guest star. Other cast members include Nicholas Denton, Elizabeth McGovern, William Fichtner and Maisie Richardson-Sellers.

Rolin Jones, showrunner and executive producer of “Interview with the Vampire,” also sat on the panel and shared updates for the show’s third season. He announced that...

With shows such as Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul under its belt, AMC has made itself a network where creatives can bring their vision to life as they see fit. Interview With the Vampire is a shining addition to this category of art made for the sake of making it (it also has Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul‘s Mark Johnson as executive producer). The Southern Gothic drama is a reminder of how good it feels to see the unimpeded artistic process given first priority. And Jacob Anderson‘s commanding performance as the titular vampire is one of the main draws. The Game of Thrones alum takes a deep dive into Interview With the Vampire Season 2 in the video interview above ahead of the start of Emmy nominations voting. Put aside all genre bias and consider the human story at the core of this tale. Based...

Exclusive: Early Netflix veterans Rob Guillermo and Nihaar Sinha have teamed to form Indus Valley Media (Ivm) an independent studio designed to develop, produce and finance films and series for the global marketplace.

The goal of Guillermo, former VP, Head of Business Affairs & Legal for Netflix Nonfiction, and his former Netflix Content Strategy partner and screenwriter Sinha, is to help top creative talent and content suppliers in both scripted and unscripted reach audiences worldwide.

As part of its initial set of projects, Indus Valley Media is co-financing and producing documentaries that pull back the curtain on Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alec Baldwin, Mitch Hedberg and Marc Maron, among others.

“For over 20 years, I’ve had the privilege of helping some of the industry’s most recognized talent bring their stories to audiences worldwide — from Grammy-winning artists to Oscar and Emmy-honored productions. Ivm is the result of that experience: a space built to support bold ideas,...

Forget the typical "For Your Consideration" panel. When it comes to showing off for Emmy voters, the team behind Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire celebrated their second season with a bloody good "For Your Consumption" event.

Representing AMC's hit horror series were producer Mark Johnson, Lestat actor Sam Reid, editor Yuka Shirasuna, production designer Mara LePere-Schloop, and composer Daniel Hart. The Q&A, moderated by Gold Derby editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum, took place at Smogshoppe Culver City in Los Angeles. Watch the full panel above.

The artisans began by discussing their favorite moments from Season 2. Johnson said, "The one that stands out is at the very end of the first episode of the season, in the back of the truck when Louis [Jacob Anderson] is talking to Claudia [Delainey Hayles], and we think it's just the two of them ... and the camera drifts over and there is Lestat.

I think a man’s persuasive power is biblical when he rewrites a whole script not to make himself look better, but to make Clint Eastwood’s role juicier… and succeeds. That man is Kevin Costner.

When I heard Costner rewrote A Perfect World just to convince Eastwood to co-star, I had to sit down, take a sip of strong coffee, and rethink my entire stance on who the real auteur of Yellowstone should’ve been. If Costner could woo the squinting sage of spaghetti Westerns with a pen and a typewriter, then what on God’s rugged, sunburned earth was Taylor Sheridan thinking by sidelining his creative input in Yellowstone?

I mean, what if he had been given the reins to write his own character’s destiny? Would John Dutton have been more than just a rancher with a penchant for violence? Perhaps a patriarch grappling with the changing tides of time?...

Ah, the magic of Hollywood—where the best of the best meet, clash, and sometimes create timeless masterpieces. But even the gods of the silver screen aren’t above locking horns. When Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner collided on the set of A Perfect World, sparks flew. It’s not your typical behind-the-scenes drama…this was a more subtle clash, a battle of wills, where Eastwood showed why he’s called ‘the man with no compromise’.

But here’s where the rubber meets the road. The tension? It began over one simple scene, where Costner wasn’t quite ready for his moment. Eastwood, the seasoned director, didn’t wait for anyone, especially not for a star who was late to the game. Instead, he did what Eastwood does best: he got the job done his way.

Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner’s tense collaboration amid creative clashes Clint Eastwood and...

Lestat's world tour is shaping up to be one for the ages. AMC has shared an awesome new poster for its acclaimed series Interview with the Vampire to announce that it is officially on track to return in 2026.

As you can see in the poster embedded below, we get a little peek at what Lestat's on-stage shenanigans will be like. The artwork shows a close-up of what appears to be a pool of blood on a stage with a microphone nearby and the mic cord shaped to read "2026."

Interview with the Vampire season 3 poster | AMC Networks

This poster follows the initial video teaser that AMC previously shared, showing Daniel Molloy prepping to interview Lestat, who is in full-on diva mode while on tour. That video also shared a snippet of Lestat's song "Long Face." It sounds like actor Sam Reid himself will be singing. The video is a total...

AMC is building a franchise called the Anne Rice Immortal Universe out of late author Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witch books – and while we wait to see what’s going to happen with the spin-off series about the secretive society called the Talamasca, the network has renewed the Mayfair Witches series for a third season, while confirming that season 3 of the Interview with the Vampire series won’t start airing until 2026.

It’s kind of surprising to hear that Interview with the Vampire season 3 won’t be making it to the airwaves by the end of this year, because it was officially announced last June, plot synopsis and all. The show is moving on to the events of the second novel in Rice’s Vampire Chronicles series, The Vampire Lestat. In this story, Lestat becomes the frontman in a rock band, something that carries over into the events of the third book,...

Anne Rice's Immortal Universe will continue, as Mayfair Witches has been confirmed to return for Season 3. Based on the Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy by author Anne Rice, Mayfair Witches stars Alexandra Daddario as Rowan Fielding, a woman who discovers she is the heir to a dynasty of powerful witches and explores her family's long history. The series is part of AMC's The Immortal Universe, an interconnected universe of stories based on the work of Anne Rice and is connected with Interview with the Vampire.

Variety reported that Mayfair Witches Season 3 was confirmed at the AMC upfront presentation. The third season of the hit series will take place in Salem, Massachusetts, the site infamously known for the Salem Witch trials. Thomas Schnauz, best known for his work on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, joins Mayfair Witches as co-showrunner with series co-creator Esta Spalding. Dan McDermott, president...

Good news has been revealed for fans of Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches. It has been confirmed that the show has been renewed, and with the renewal comes some big changes.

On Wednesday, it was announced by AMC Networks that Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches has been renewed for Season 3. The new season will be set in Salem, Massachusetts, with the story delve further into the "mythology of witchcraft, introduce new ‘spellbound’ families and feature some of the historical happenings of Salem, the infamous town of witch trials and folklore." The news comes after the second season wrapped up on March 2 amid continued success.

An exciting change has also been announced for the show. It's been reveled that Emmy-winning producer and writer Thomas Schnauz has joined the series as co-showrunner alongside creator Esta Spalding. Schnauz is well known for his work on the Breaking Bad franchise, as he was instrumental...

AMC Networks today announced the renewal of Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches for a third season to be set in Salem, Massachusetts. Emmy Award-winning producer and writer Thomas Schnauz joins as co-showrunner with Esta Spalding on season three.

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Season 3 will dive deeper into the mythology of witchcraft, introduce new ‘spellbound’ families, and feature some of the historical happenings of Salem, the infamous town of witch trials and folklore.

The second series in AMC Networks’ Anne Rice Immortal Universe, Mayfair Witches season two concluded on March 2 and remains among the top series on AMC+ in both viewership and acquisition.

The series stars Alexandra Daddario, Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa, and Alyssa Jirrels, among others.

“The drama and complexities of the Mayfair family continue to be an intriguing and enchanting source of story, and expanding that story against the backdrop of Salem, a historical haven of witchcraft, is...

AMC has renewed “Mayfair Witches” for a third season at AMC, which will be set in Salem, Mass.

In addition, Thomas Schnauz is joining the Anne Rice series as co-showrunner with Esta Spalding, who co-created the series.

“The drama and complexities of the Mayfair family continue to be an intriguing and enchanting source of story, and expanding that story against the backdrop of Salem, a historical haven of witchcraft, is an exciting next chapter for this series and our larger Anne Rice Immortal Universe,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks, in a statement. “Tom Schnauz has a storied history with AMC, and we’re elated to have him join the talented Esta Spalding and our Mayfair cast for a season that will explore a larger world of witchery and Mayfair family secrets as we continue to build out this dynamic franchise.”

“I am thrilled...

AMC is further extending the lives of Mayfair Witches.

The cable network and its sibling streamer AMC+ have picked up a third season of Mayfair Witches, which is part of its Anne Rice universe. Along with the renewal, AMC announced that Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul alum Thomas Schnauz is joining the series as co-showrunner alongside Esta Spalding.

Season three will be set in Salem, Massachusetts — where the infamous witch trials of the late 17th century took place — and will delve deeper into the mythology of witchcraft and introduce new characters, AMC says.

“The drama and complexities of the Mayfair family continue to be an intriguing and enchanting source of story, and expanding that story against the backdrop of Salem, a historical haven of witchcraft, is an exciting next chapter for this series and our larger Anne Rice Immortal Universe,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks.

AMC Networks has renewed Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches for a third season, which will be set in Salem, Massachusetts. Thomas Schnauz has come on board as co-showrunner alongside series co-creator Esta Spalding as part of a two-year overall deal with AMC Studios, Deadline can reveal.

Season 3 of Mayfair Witches, starring Alexandra Daddario, will dive deeper into the mythology of witchcraft, introduce new ‘spellbound’ families and feature some of the historical happenings of Salem, the infamous town of witch trials and folklore. It follows the first two seasons, which were set in New Orleans, the most recent of them ending its run March 2.

“I am thrilled to welcome Tom Schnauz to our team for the third season of Mayfair Witches,” said Spalding, who served as showrunner on Seasons 1 and 2 and is also under an overall deal at AMC Studios. “A contemporary twist on the Salem story,...

AMC’s highly-anticipatedInterview with the Vampire Season 3 has received a new update, teasing the current production status of the next installment of the hit supernatural drama. The show is based on Anne Rice’s classic gothic novel series, which the network acquired the rights to in 2020, along with Rice’s other acclaimed works.

Per TV Insider, AMC has announced that the network is currently targeting a 2026 release date for Interview with the Vampire Season 3. This comes almost a year since the latest installment concluded its eight-episode run in June 2024. During the Deadline Contenders FYC event, executive producer Mark Johnson confirmed that production on Season 3 will begin production later this year. “The writers are busy working away, meaning Rolin has no time to himself right now,” he said. “We are going to be shooting in Toronto, of all places, later in the year, not too far away.”

Interview with the...

Interview with the Vampireremains one of AMC’s most noteworthy shows of all time, not just among fans but also with critics. The vampire drama last aired on June 30, 2024, with its epic Season 2 finale that left fans immediately hungry for more episodes. Luckily, the world won't have to wait much longer as AMC just confirmed the release window for the next chapter while also dropping a thrilling production update via TV Insider.

As announced by AMC on Monday, April 7, Interview with the Vampire will return in 2026 with Season 3, which will see Lestat (Sam Reid) in his rockstar era going on tour. Production on the season is set to take place later this year in Canada, according to Reid and executive producer Mark Johnson’s statement during the Deadline Contenders FYC event on Saturday, April 5. Johnson said:

“The writers are busy working away, meaning Rolin has no time to himself right now.

If you’re one of those people who prefer a good book to the boob tube, AMC is about to make you feel conflicted.

On Monday, AMC Networks announced it is developing a new TV franchise produced by AMC Studios and “built on iconic American stories.” Up first: John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.

“Each season of the anthology series will be devoted to a different celebrated work, historical moment, or individual narrative celebrating and highlighting the American spirit,” the company said. The Great American Stories anthology will air on the AMC cable channel and stream on AMC’s primary streaming service (out of a bunch), AMC+.

If you want to Anne Rice-ify classic American literature, who better to adapt the novel than Rolin Jones, who did the same thing with Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (and Friday Night Lights, and Boardwalk Empire)? Jones will take...

AMC is developing a new TV franchise called “Great American Stories,” which will kick off with a limited series adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel “The Grapes of Wrath.” Rolin Jones (“Interview With the Vampire”) will adapt the book for this initial season and then oversee the franchise, with Mark Johnson — who oversees the Anne Rice Immortal Universe for the network — also onboard to help launch and manage “Great American Stories.” The show will roll out on AMC and AMC+.

Per AMC, each season of the anthology series will be devoted to a different celebrated work, historical moment or individual narrative celebrating and highlighting the American spirit.

“This is a very big swing for our studio president Dan McDermott. It’s a very serious, longterm commitment to actually tackling either a classic story or a classic moment in time and telling that story with incredible creators,” chief commercial officer Kim Kelleher told TheWrap.

A TV series about the Great Depression not set in the present will launch a new AMC/AMC+ anthology.

AMC Networks announced on Monday that Great American Stories, a new TV franchise produced by AMC Studios and built on iconic American stories, will kick off with an adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.

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AMC is paying homage to its roots as the American Movie Classics channel with a potential new franchise in development. Produced by AMC Studios, Great American Stories is an anthology series where each season “will be devoted to a different celebrated work, historical moment, or individual narrative celebrating and highlighting the American spirit.” The first season will be based on John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath. The announcement was made today ahead of AMC Networks’ 2025 upfront presentation on April 9.

“For more than a year we have been searching for the perfect story to launch our next big television franchise, and we found it in The Grapes of Wrath, which is as timely and relevant today as it was when first published in 1939,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks. “Our country is built upon so many unforgettable historic and dramatic moments, tales of bravery and courage,...