Together, The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches series have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. Acclaimed and award-winning film and television producer Mark Johnson ( Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Halt and Catch Fire, Rectify), who also has an overall agreement with AMC Studios, is overseeing development of the full Anne Rice collection into a streaming and television universe, with Anne Rice and son Christopher Rice serving as executive producers on all series and films. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.ĪMC Networks last year acquired the rights to an expansive collection of Rice’s iconic works, encompassing 18 titles including The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches series, which have delighted fans around the world. The series will focus on an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. Spalding, who has an overall deal with AMC Studios, will serve as showrunner. The first season of eight episodes will be produced by AMC Studios.Įsta Spalding ( Masters of Sex, On Becoming a God in Central Florida) and Michelle Ashford ( Masters of Sex, The Pacific, John Adams) are both executive producers and writers of the series. The second series in an expanding Anne Rice universe, Mayfair will follow Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire with a late 2022 premiere. “AMC Networks today announced it has greenlit Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, a new series based on the Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy, for AMC+ and AMC. AMC previously made a deal for the upcoming Interview with the Vampire TV series which will star Sam Reid.ĪMC revealed more about the new Mayfair series in a press release. The TV series is based on Rice’s Mayfair Witches trilogy of novels.

The cable channel has ordered a new Mayfair Witches series for a late 2022 release. AMC is doubling down on Anne Rice projects.

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