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Talamasca: The Secret Order showrunners Mark Lafferty and John Lee Hancock explain the future of the Immortal Universe show after season 1. Pulling inspiration from Anne Rice's shared universe of books, the upcoming Talamasca series follows a new recruit, Guy Anatole, who becomes embroiled in the world of the supernatural as he begins observing vampires, witches, and demons for them.

In an interview with ScreenRant's Ash Crossan, Lafferty and Hancock revealed that Talamasca: The Secret Order is planned to evolve beyond just one season. The pair explained how, because of the size and scope of the story, there are plans for it to continue beyond season 1. Check out what the showrunners had to say below:

Ash Crossan: Any final thoughts before I let you go to the more boring interviews?

Mark Lafferty: I think this show is just a thrill ride. I think people are going to be really excited for it.

“We keep tabs on the supernatural. We watch the vampires… witches… demons.” From the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, brand new series “Talamasca: The Secret Order” debuted its official trailer at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, and you can check it out down below.

We’ve also learned that “Talamasca: The Secret Order,” which is the third series in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, will premiere on October 26, 2025 on AMC and AMC+.

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

“Talamasca: The Secret Order” has been described as a supernatural spy series.

Nicholas Denton stars as Guy Anatole, alongside Celine Buckens, Jason Schwartzman, Elizabeth McGovern, William Fichtner, and Maisie Richardson-Sellers.

John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) and Mark Lafferty (“Halt and Catch Fire”) are showrunners and executive producers, with John Lee Hancock seated in the director’s chair.

The showrunners behind Anne Rice's Talamascateased the idea of characters from other Immortal Universe shows appearing for crossovers. AMC's Immortal Universe is quickly expanding, with Talamasca season 1 set to be its third series. The new series will premiere on AMC on Sunday, October 26, 2025, and will consist of six episodes in its first season.

Screen Rant's Ash Crossan spoke with co-showrunner Mark Lafferty at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, who shared that fans of the previous series will "recognize some characters here and there." He addresses how the Talamasca secret society was introduced in Mayfair Witches, but how the new show allows for an alternate approach to the universe.

Lafferty also went on to explain that, although there might be crossover elements between the various shows, one wouldn't have to watch all of them to understand. He explains that the Talamasca is responsible for keeping the peace between vampires, witches,...

Today, AMC Networks’ Anne Rice Immortal Universe invaded San Diego Comic-Con’s Ballroom 20 with exciting panels for the debut season of Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order and the new season of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire — titled Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat — which began production last month in Toronto.

The panel for Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order, which is set to premiere on Sunday, October 26, at 9 p.m. Et/Pt, included executive producer Mark Johnson, who oversees the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, showrunners and executive producers John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty, and series stars Nicholas Denton, William Fichtner, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, and Celine Buckens.

Comic-Con attendees were thrilled by a surprise appearance by Eric Bogosian, who portrays investigative journalist and author of Interview with a Vampire, “Daniel Molloy,” and the announcement that he will reprise his role, guest-starring as a crossover character in the new series.

AMC is making a big change to Interview With the Vampire for the show’s third season. The core cast remains, as does showrunner Rolin Jones, but the series is being retitled as The Vampire Lestat.

The change, announced Saturday at Comic-Con, marks a shift in the series based on Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles novels. Seasons one and two of Interview With the Vampire, inspired by Rice’s first novel, focused on the relationship between Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) and the vampire who turned him, Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid), with Louis recounting his story to journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian).

Season three will shift to Lestat’s point of view, as Reid’s character becomes a rock star and tries to reclaim his story from the way Louis told it, inspired by Rice’s second novel in the series (also called The Vampire Lestat).

Along with Reid,...

“Anne Rice’s Talamasca” will get a visit from a fan-favorite interviewer in its first season.

The AMC drama series, set within the world of Anne Rice’s TV universe including “Interview with the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches,” shared during its San Diego Comic-Con panel that star Eric Bogosian will reprise his role of reporter and author Daniel Molloy as a crossover character.

The show, which stars Nicholas Denton and Elizabeth McGovern, premieres Sunday, Oct. 26. It also stars William Fichtner and Maisie Richardson-Sellers. Jason Schwartzman is also set to guest star in Season 1.

AMC also shared a new teaser trailer for “Talamasca,” teasing the supernatural spy drama. Inklings of the secret organization’s influence have been referenced across the “Anne Rice” shows, but the spinoff series now puts the agency at the center.

Watch the teaser below:

Produced by AMC Studios, “Anne Rice’s Talamasca” focuses on a secretive society,...

Anne Rice’s Talamasca, the latest spinoff of AMC’s hit vampire universe, is adding a familiar face.

Eric Bogosian, who portrays investigative journalist and author, Daniel Molloy, in Interview with the Vampire will reprise his role, guest starring as a crossover character in Talamasca.

Bogosian, a cynical journalist in his 70s with Parkinson’s disease and a long history of drug and alcohol abuse whose interview with Louis in 1973 ends with him being attacked and is later summoned to redo their interview.

The announcement was made on a panel in Ballroom 20 at San Diego’s Comic-Con that featured stars Nicholas Denton, William Fichtner, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Celine Buckens, showrunners John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty and Mark Johnson, who oversees the Anne Rice Immortal Universe.

Elizabeth McGovern also stars with Jason Schwartzman as guest star.

The series focuses on a secretive society called the Talamasca, comprised of the men...

Following in the wake of “Interview with the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches,” AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe is getting a third series this October with “Talamasca: The Secret Order,” and AMC has debuted the first official poster ahead of Comic-Con.

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

“Talamasca: The Secret Order” has been described as a supernatural spy series.

Nicholas Denton stars as Guy Anatole, alongside Celine Buckens, Jason Schwartzman, Elizabeth McGovern, William Fichtner, and Maisie Richardson-Sellers.

John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) and Mark Lafferty (“Halt and Catch Fire”) are showrunners and executive producers, with John Lee Hancock seated in the director’s chair.

“Interview with the Vampire“ Season 3, meanwhile, will be arriving in 2026.

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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...

Premiering in October on AMC and AMC+, the six-episode first season of 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.

Headlined by Nicholas Denton, the series stars Academy Award®, BAFTA®, Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee and SAG® Award-winner Elizabeth McGovern, SAG® Award-winner William Fichtner, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Celine Buckens(Showtrial, The Ex-Wife), with SAG® Award-nominee Jason Schwartzman(Mountainhead, Pavements) set to guest star.

Denton stars as Guy Anatole; on the cusp of graduating law school, he is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, a secretive agency that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world. When Guy learns that the Talamasca has been tracking him since his childhood, he falls headlong into a world of secret agents and immortal beings who, up to now,...

Anne Rice's Immortal Universe is expanding this fall when Talamasca: The Secret Order debuts on AMC.

This week, the network hosted an intimate early screening of the first episode, followed by a Q&a with showrunners Mark Lafferty and John Lee Hancock (who also directs the pilot). The series, slated to premiere in October, is set within the richly detailed world Rice created, though it deviates from being a direct adaptation of any singular book. Instead, it explores the mysterious Talamasca organization — a recurring but enigmatic presence in Rice’s novels.

Hancock, best known for dramas like The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks, and The Little Things, admits he didn't know much about the Immortal Universe when he was approached for the project. "My first thought was that [they] had probably called the wrong number and needed a different writer," he joked. "At that point, I'd only read Interview With the Vampire,...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

The official poster for AMC’s Interview with the VampireSeason 3 is out right as the show heads into production. The upcoming season is based on Anne Rice’s novel, The Vampire Lestat, and focuses on Sam Reid’s character Lestat de Liocourt as he embarks on a journey to become a rock star. As per the poster, the show is set to return in 2026 on AMC and AMC+ and feature Lestat becoming the most immortal rockstar the world has ever seen.

Interview with the Vampire Season 3 will also feature Jacob Andersen as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy, and Assad Zaman as Armand, among others. Ahead of the show’s release, AMC is planning a promotional tour to stay in line with the season’s storyline. According to a press release by the network, the tour will kick off later in 2025 and include first look “soundchecks” of the new season.

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 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,...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Mayfair Witches season 2, episode 3!Mayfair Witches showrunner Esta Spalding has explained season 2's Interview with the Vampire cameo, and what it means for the wider Immortal Universe. At the beginning of Mayfair Witches season 2, episode 3, Lasher (Jack Huston) is approached by Felix (Gabriel Freilich), a vampire drawn to him because of his inhuman nature. The pair have a conversation where the vampire encourages the reborn entity, since he's a new creature in this world. Felix is also an unnamed vampire, credited as "pale young vamp," seen helping Lestat (Sam Reid) in Interview with the Vampire's season 2 finale.

Speaking with TV Insider, Spalding explained how the idea of a vampire in New Orleans came about, influenced by wanting to tie Mayfair Witches more concretely into the Immortal Universe. The showrunner worked with Interview with the Vampire showrunner Rolin Jones, naming the young vampire while giving him a purpose in the show.

The next Interview with the Vampire spinoff gets an ominous new teaser, with The Talamasca inching closer to a debut. Mayfair Witches season 2 has just returned to AMC and AMC+ with new episodes, but the Immortal Universe is set to expand with a third series based on Anne Rice's work. The Talamasca is focused on a secret organization, seeded in both Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches, that's meant to keep track of supernatural creatures.

On X (formerly Twitter), the account for Interview with the Vampire shared a brief teaser. It is a brief message. A veteran of the organization (played by Elizabeth McGovern) makes a simple statement: “We watch the witches.” The teaser ends by restating that the Talamasca is always watching and always there. Check it out below:

[Official #Thetalamasca COMMUNIQUÉ Incoming] pic.twitter.com/eM7CFkyq0D— Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (@AnneRiceAMC) January 6, 2025 What Is The Talamasca...

The latest video for AMC’s upcoming Mayfair Witches Season 2 has dropped, teasing viewers about what's next for the supernatural drama’s main characters. The series is based on the Lives of the Mayfair Witches novel trilogy by acclaimed author Anne Rice.

The Mayfair Witches Season 2 behind-the-scenes video features showrunner Esta Spalding and the cast, including lead star Alexandra Daddario, as they discuss some of the key points of the next installment. They teased Lasher’s motives and complicated relationship with Rowan, after he managed to successfully reincarnate himself as Rowan’s child. According to Spalding, viewers will get to see a different side of Lasher, who begins to recall some memories from his past lives now that he has become human. The featurette also gives spotlight to the show’s newest characters in the form of Rowan’s family, including her powerful cousin Moira Mayfair, portrayed by Alyssa Jirrels.

A year and a half 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. Earlier this year, the show – which is going by the working title of The Talamasca – was officially ordered to series, with the plan being for episodes to start airing sometime in 2025. Now, Variety has broken the news that Maisie Richardson-Sellers of The Originals and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow has landed a series regular role on the show!

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...

Maisie Richardson-Sellers has been cast as a series regular in the upcoming AMC series “The Talamasca,” Variety has learned exclusively.

The Talamasca is a secretive group featured in a number of Rice’s novels. The official logline for the show states that it will “focus on the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe.”

Richardson-Sellers joins previously announced cast members Nicholas Denton, William Fichtner, and Elizabeth McGovern. She will play Olive, who is described as “a beguiling and ambitious agent of the Talamasca, assigned to be Guy Anatole’s (Denton) American handler. She is deft with information and a master of disguises in the old tradition of spy craft.”

Richardson-Sellers is known for her roles in shows like “The Originals” and “Legends of Tomorrow” at The CW, as well as the six-part cyber thriller “The Undeclared War” alongside Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance.

The upcoming Anne Rices The Talamasca series has received a major production update from AMC Networks. This comes after four months since AMC had greenlit the Mayfair Witches spinoff, which serves as the latest addition to its expanding Immortal Universe, based on Rices popular gothic novel series.

Posted on Instagram, AMC shared the first behind-the-scenes photo of Anne Rices The Talamasca series, confirming that production on the supernatural drama has officially begun in England. Before landing an official 6-episode series order, the mysterious paranormal organization was first mentioned during Mayfair Witches Season 1, where they were introduced as a group of powerful witches. In Rices books, they are described as a secret society, whose main purpose is to investigate, research and monitor supernatural beings such as vampires, witches, werewolves.

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AMCs Mayfair Witches announces the addition of...

A Downton Abbey star has been revealed as the next person joining the cast of AMC's upcoming Anne Rice series, The Talamasca. The new show will be the third series in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Elizabeth McGovern, who played Cora Crawley in Downton Abbey, will star as Helen in AMC's The Talamasca drama series, which will focus on "the secretive society called The Talamasca that is featured in many of [Anne] Rice's novels." The first season will have six episodes and will show its cast of characters as they track and contain the witches, vampires and other creatures around the globe. It is the third series on AMC to adapt Anne Rice's material, following in the footsteps of the acclaimed Interview with The Vampire and Mayfair Witches. The Talamasca is set to premiere sometime in 2025.

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When I hear the name Elizabeth McGovern, I immediately think of ’80s projects she worked on like Ordinary People, Racing with the Moon, Once Upon a Time in America, The Bedroom Window, and, most of all, She’s Having a Baby. Which probably gives away the fact that I have never watched Downton Abbey. McGovern has continued working steadily over the decades since the ’80s movies I mentioned, and these days is likely best known for playing the role of Cora Crawley on Downton Abbey and then reprising that role in two feature films. Next up: Variety reports that McGovern has signed on to join the cast of Anne Rice’s The Talamasca.

About a year and a half 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...

Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern has nabbed a lead role alongside Nicholas Denton in Anne Rice’s The Talamasca drama for AMC Networks.

McGovern will play Helen in the third series of AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe to bow on AMC and AMC+ in 2025. Joining the earlier two series Interview With The Vampire and Mayfair Witches, The Talamasca (working title) is described as a drama focused on the secretive society called The Talamasca that is featured in many of Rice’s novels.

The six-episode season, which earlier cast Nicholas Denton as lead Guy Anatole, will focus on the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires and other creatures scattered around the globe. William Fichtner was also earlier announced to join the ensemble cast.

McGovern will play Helen, a seasoned veteran of the Talamasca and the leader of its New York Motherhouse. She has long suspected...

Witches, and ghosts, and vampires, oh my! AMC is solidifying itself as the go-to network for visually compelling and brilliantly written fantasy shows, and The Talamasca is ready to continue that trend.

Furthering the expansion of the Immortal Universe of Anne Rice’s novels, the network has had more success than anyone could have expected with its supernatural stories.

Unlike the current entries in the Immortal Universe, The Talamasca will be a different kind of show. Where there is a central supernatural focus for Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches, The Talamasca will explore every supernatural avenue.

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The name likely won’t mean much to anyone who isn’t a fan of the Anne Rice novels. Even if you watched the Interview with the Vampire film, The Talamasca would be foreign to you.

However, if you enjoyed the Queen of The Damned with the late Aaliyah in the titular role,...

William Fichtner has been cast in AMC’s upcoming series about the Talamasca, the secretive group featured in the works of Anne Rice.

Variety has learned exclusively that Fichtner will join the show in the series regular of Jasper. He will star alongside previously announced series lead Nicholas Denton.

“The Talamasca” was first reported to be in development at AMC in 2023, with the basic cabler formally greenlighting the show in June 2024. AMC has ordered six episodes, with the show set to go into production in Manchester, England next month. It is slated to premiere on AMC and AMC+ in 2025.

The official logline for the show states that it will “focus on the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe.”

The character Jasper is described as “a mysterious American who has quietly assumed control and influence over the Talamasca’s London Motherhouse.

About a year and a half 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. A few months ago, the show – which is going by the working title of Anne Rice’s The Talamasca – was officially ordered to series, with the plan being for episodes to start airing sometime in 2025. Now we have information about the lead of the show, as Variety revealed that Nicholas Denton of Glitch and Dangerous Liasions has been cast as a character named Guy Anatole.

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...

The Anne Rice Immortal Universe continues to expand on AMC.

According to Variety, AMC's The Talamasca, the latest entrant in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, has found its lead in Nicholas Denton. He will be playing Guy Anatole in the highly anticipated series, which is set to start production in Manchester, England, starting next month. With an order of six episodes, the show is lined up for a 2025 premiere on AMC and AMC+.

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The Talamasca is set amidst Anne Rice's fully realized supernatural world and will make its debut alongside Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches as AMC continues to build out its Anne Rice Immortal Universe. The...

AMC Networks today announced that Nicholas Denton has been cast as the lead of the third series in its expanding Anne Rice Immortal Universe, a drama focused on a secretive society called The Talamasca.

Anne Rice’s The Talamasca (working title) is slated for a 2025 premiere on AMC and AMC+, with production beginning next month in Manchester, England. The six-episode season will focus on the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe.

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Nicholas Denton will star as Guy Anatole. He is brilliant, handsome and sharp on the surface, but he’s always known his mind works a little differently. On the cusp of graduating from law school, he is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, a secretive agency that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world.

When Guy learns that...

Nicholas Denton will star in ‘Anne Rice’s The Talamasca’ (Photo Courtesy of AMC Networks)

Nicholas Denton (Dangerous Liaisons) has been cast in a starring role in AMC’s Anne Rice’s The Talamasca (the working title). According to the announcement, Denton will star as Guy Anatole in the six-episode season set to begin filming in Manchester, England in October 2024.

AMC offered this description of the series and Denton’s character: “[Guy] is brilliant, handsome and sharp on the surface, but he’s always known his mind works a little differently. On the cusp of graduating law school, he is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, a secretive agency that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world. When Guy learns that the Talamasca has been tracking him since his childhood, he falls headlong into a world of secret agents and immortal beings who, up to now, have maintained a fragile balance with the mortal world.

The Immortal Universe spinoff show The Talamasca has found its lead. The AMC television franchise, which is adapted from the works of author Anne Rice, kicked off in 2022 with Interview with the Vampire and now includes the spinoff Mayfair Witches. The upcoming The Talamasca will be the third installment, following the titular secret society bent on containing supernatural beings that has already been introduced in both previous series. The six-episode season 1 is set to begin shooting in October under the auspices of showrunners John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty.

Per Deadline, Nicholas Denton has been cast in the lead role of The Talamasca as Guy Anatole. The actor is likely best known for his role as Valmont in the 2022 Starz miniseries adaptation of Dangerous Liasons, though he has also recently appeared opposite Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan in the science fiction movie Foe and played a major role in the...

AMC Networks has a hit property on its hands with the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, which thus far includes “Interview with the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches.” Its third spinoff, currently titled “Anne Rice’s The Talamasca,” is on the way, and it’s found its lead in Nicholas Denton.

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

“Anne Rice’s The Talamasca” is planned for a 2025 debut with production getting underway next month in Manchester, England.

Denton will star as “Guy Anatole. He is brilliant, handsome, and sharp on the surface, but he’s always known that his mind works a little differently. On the cusp of graduating law school, he is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, a secretive agency that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world. When Guy learns...

Another Aussie smokeshow has joined Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe, and we can already see the fan art from here. AMC just announced that Nicholas Denton has been cast as the lead of their third series in their Iu franchise, a drama focused on a secretive society called The Talamasca (which is also the show’s current working title). Overseen by Immortal Universe architect Mark Johnson and executive produced by Oscar-nominated John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) and co-showrunner Mark Lafferty (Halt and Catch Fire), the six-episode season will focus on the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe. Per AMC’s release, Denton — who had bodices ripping all over Versailles as the Vicomte de Valmont in Starz’s Dangerous Liaisons — will star as Guy Anatole, who is “brilliant, handsome and sharp on the surface, but he’s always...

AMC’s new series “Anne Rice’s The Talamasca” has found its leading man in Nicholas Denton, the network announced Wednesday.

Denton, who can be seen in Starz’ “Dangerous Liaisons” series and drama series “Glitch,” will lead the cast of AMC’s third Anne Rice series. The project centers on a secretive society called the Talamasca, which aims to contain witches, vampires and other creatures scattered around the globe.

Denton stars as Guy Anatole, who is described as “brilliant, handsome and sharp on the surface, but he’s always known his mind works a little differently.”

“On the cusp of graduating law school, he is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, a secretive agency that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world,” the official description for Guy reads. “When Guy learns that the Talamasca has been tracking him since his childhood, he falls headlong into a world of secret agents and immortal beings who,...

The AMC series based on The Talamasca from the works of Anne Rice has cast Nicholas Denton in the lead role, Variety has learned.

The show was first reported to be in development at AMC in 2023, with the basic cabler formally greenlighting the show in June 2024. AMC has ordered six episodes, with the show set to go into production in Manchester, England next month. It is slated to premiere on AMC and AMC+ in 2025.

The series is part of the so-called Anne Rice Immortal Universe at AMC, as the network acquired the rights to Rice’s best-selling book series “The Vampire Chronicles” and “The Lives of the Mayfair Witches,” which encompass 18 titles in total, back in 2020. Series versions of “Interview With the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches” have already premiered.

Per the official description, “The Talamasca” will focus on “the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires,...

AMC Networks has found its next star in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe.

The third series in the franchise, Anne Rice’s The Talamasca, was greenlit in June to join Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches, and the series is now coming into focus. Described as a drama focused on the secretive society called The Talamasca that is featured in many of Rice’s novels, the six-episode season will focus on the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires and other creatures scattered around the globe.

Nicholas Denton (Dangerous Liaisons, Glitch) has been cast as lead Guy Anatole, a character who is “brilliant, handsome and sharp on the surface, but he’s always known his mind works a little differently.”

Guy, on the cusp of graduating law school, is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, “a secretive agency that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world.

Nicholas Denton (Dangerous Liaisons, Glitch) has been cast as the lead in Anne Rice’s The Talamasca, the third series in AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe.

The drama about a secretive society called The Talamasca is slated for a 2025 premiere on AMC and AMC+ with production beginning next month in Manchester, England. The six-episode season will focus on the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe.

Denton will play Guy Anatole, brilliant, handsome and sharp on the surface, but he’s always known his mind works a little differently. On the cusp of graduating law school, he is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, a secretive agency that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world. When Guy learns that the Talamasca has been tracking him since his childhood, he falls headlong into a world of secret agents and immortal beings who,...

The following contains spoilers for Interview with the Vampire, Season 2, Episode 8, "And That's The End of It. There's Nothing Else," which premiered on AMC on June 30, 2024.

Anne Rice's Immortal Universe on AMC is set to expand in 2025 with The Talamasca, centered around the titular organization that was previously introduced in Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches. Eric Bogosian, who stars in Interview as journalist Daniel Molloy, recently shared his thoughts on potentially appearing in the forthcoming series.

Interview with the Vampire Season 2 revealed that the Talamasca organization had been aiding Molloy with his sitdowns with vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, leading some fans to wonder if Bogosian might appear as the journalist-turned-vampire in The Talamasca. While speaking with Screen Rant, Bogosian was unsure if he'd be part of the forthcoming Immortal Universe series, although he was definitely open to the possibility. "I'm just here," he said with a laugh.

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Eric Bogosian discusses a possible crossover with The Talamasca in AMC's Anne Rice universe. Bogosian isn't aware of any plot details. The actor hopes for Justin Kirk and David Costabile's involvement in the spinoff.

Interview with the Vampire star Eric Bogosian discusses his character's possible crossover with The Talamasca, the third drama in AMC's Anne Rice universe of shows. By the end of Interview with the Vampire season 2, the importance of the secretive Talamasca organization is clear. They are the ones that aid Daniel Molloy (Bogosian) in his sitdowns with vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson). Molloy even wonders, at one point, if the Talamasca can protect him and he gets an unsatisfying answer.

Bogosian addressed the connection between Molloy and the organization in an interview with Screen Rant, discussing whether Molloy could appear in the planned Talamasca spinoff.

Anne Rice's Immortal Universe is showing no signs of slowing down, with a third series now in development at AMC. Executive producers Mark Johnson and Rolin Jones recently addressed the growing Immortal Universe and whether there are plans in place to bring the worlds of Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches more closely together.

Speaking with Collider about Interview's second season, Johnson opened up about how, despite existing in the same universe, the worlds of Interview and Mayfair don't mesh as easily as one might imagine they would. "I assumed going into this that it truly was a franchise, and that the Immortal Universe and the Anne Rice world was somehow more connected. But in a strange way, with the shows that were making and developing, they arent directly connected," he said. "With that said, were discovering that there are some characters that it does work with. Theres...

There is still much of Lestat de Lioncourt's story to be told. Interview with the Vampire showrunner Rolin Jones recently revealed which of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles novels would form the basis for a potential third season of the AMC series.

While speaking with Collider about Interview's second season which is currently airing Sundays on AMC Jones opened up about where the series will look next now that Rice's 1976 novel has been fully adapted to the screen. "Theres no [third season] green light. I cant talk about it. I can only talk about this: The next book I would do would be The Vampire Lestat," Jones shared, which is Rice's 1985 sequel to Interview with the Vampire. "Thats what I think its called, so thats what I would like to make."

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The Talamasca TV show will explore the mysterious supernatural organization featured in Anne Rice's novels, including vampires, witches, and werewolves. The Talamasca investigates and observes all kinds of supernatural creatures, playing a key role in covering up paranormal incidents in Anne Rice's fictional world. The show may lead to a potential fourth installment in the Immortal Universe franchise, focusing on werewolves and expanding on the world created by Anne Rice.

Before passing away in 2021, Anne Rice handed the baton of representing her characters over to AMC, which green-lit The Talamasca TV show, and may already be gearing up for another. Anyone familiar with gothic horror and fantasy author Anne Rice is likely aware of the Interview with the Vampire Brad Pitt movie, and possibly also the 2022 AMC hit TV series of the same name. In debuting the TV show, AMC launched the new, American TV franchise named Immortal Universe,...

AMC is expanding its Immortal Universe. The network has ordered a third series set in the world of author Anne Rice, titled Anne Rice’s The Talamasca. The series was announced as being in development back in February. It will join Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches on the network.

The Talamasca series is named after the secret society found in her books, which keeps track of and contains paranormal creatures, including vampires and witches. The six-episode first season, from John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty, will arrive in late 2025.

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There were rumors that a third show might be on the way, and AMC has now officially announced that Anne Rice's Immortal Universe will expand with a new series based around the shadowy organization known as the Talamasca.

Spinning out of the events of Interview With the Vampire and The Mayfair Witches, the new show “will feature the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, werewolves and other creatures scattered around the globe.”

The network has ordered for a six-episode first season, which is expected to premiere on AMC and AMC+ sometime in 2025.

If you've been keeping up with the other shows, you'll be aware that two members of the Talamasca have already been introduced. Ciprien Grieve (Tongayi Chirisa), an agent specifically assigned to monitor Rowan Fielding (Alexandra Daddario), debuted on Mayfair Witches, and Raglan James, aka The Body Theif (Justin Kirk), approached Daniel Molloy...