AMC Publicizes a Third Anne Rice Collection within the Immortal Universe

AMC has introduced that it will likely be beginning manufacturing on a 3rd, at the moment unnamed full-length tv collection in its “Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe,” forward of the airing of the second seasons of the 2 current series: Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches. This third collection will concentrate on the Talamasca, which is primarily made up of people with non secular powers (like psychometry or telepathy), and won’t be primarily based on the occasions of any explicit Anne Rice novel—because the Talamasca have been by no means the main focus of anybody novel.

John Lee Hancock has been tapped to be the showrunner and author; as a movie director, his credit embrace The Blind Aspect, Saving Mr. Banks, varied different sports activities and historic dramas—in addition to his most up-to-date movie, Mr. Harrigan’s Telephone (a horror drama primarily based on a Stephen King novella), which was distributed by Netflix.

“The Talamasca is among the most intriguing parts of Rice’s works and a connective thread by way of so a lot of her tales, the standalone and crossover potential for this third collection is immense,” Dan McDermott, president of leisure and AMC Studios for AMC Networks, mentioned in an announcement. There have been no bulletins about casting, potential air date, or another crew connected to the present. The Talamasca featured closely in Mayfair Witches (the tv collection) and the Witching Hour novels. It appears possible, however isn’t confirmed, that we’ll see Tongayi Chirisa’s Ciprien Grieve (from Mayfair Witches) on this new present.

The Talamasca, which Rice described as “psychic detectives,” are a secret society that act as a bridge between the paranormal and the human world. They’re extremely secretive and their motives stay largely unknown. It’s a traditional premise for a present, following within the footsteps of different human-first monster of the week exhibits like The X-Recordsdata, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and, in fact Supernatural.

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