Talamasca: The Secret Order – AMC cancels Anne Rice series after one season
A couple of 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. Called Talamasca: The Secret Order, the show premiered on AMC last October, with its six-episode first season playing out through November. Now, AMC has confirmed that the first season will be the only season. Talamasca: The Secret Order has been cancelled.
Cast and Synopsis
This entry in the franchise that AMC is calling the Anne Rice Immortal Universe followed a secretive society called the Talamasca that’s responsible for tracking and containing witches, vampires, werewolves and other creatures. Members of the Talamasca had already been introduced in the AMC shows Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire and Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches.
The cast includes Nicholas Denton of Glitch and Dangerous Liasions, Elizabeth McGovern of Downton Abbey and She’s Having a Baby, Maisie Richardson-Sellers of The Originals and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, William Fichtner of Heat and The Dark Knight, Céline Buckens of War Horse and Free Rein, and Jason Schwartzman of Rushmore and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, with Eric Bogosian making a guest appearance as his Interview with the Vampire character Daniel Molloy.
Denton’s character Guy Anatole was “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. But for that balance to hold, and for Guy to survive, he will have to learn to embrace the dark, treacherous depths of his true and singular self.”
Fichtner played Jasper, “a mysterious American who has quietly assumed control and influence over the Talamasca’s London Motherhouse. Though his motives and methods are cloaked in shadow, his charm and righteous sense of purpose are as dangerous as the power he’s pursuing.” McGovern’s character is Helen, “a seasoned veteran of the Talamasca, and the leader of its New York Motherhouse. She has long suspected that London’s Motherhouse has fallen under the influence of traitorous elements, and a mysterious death prompts her to recruit Guy Anatole (Denton), who will become her protégé.“ Richardson-Sellers played Olive, “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.” Buckens’ character is Doris, “an old soul who lives with a coven of witches on a houseboat.” Schwartzman is Burton, “a rakish vampire leading a cloistered life in a luxurious Upper West Side penthouse.“
John Lee Hancock, whose credits include The Blind Side and the Stephen King adaptation Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, wrote the Talamasca series and served as showrunner alongside Mark Lafferty of The Right Stuff and Halt and Catch Fire. Hancock directed the first episode. All of AMC’s Anne Rice projects are produced by AMC Studios and executive produced by Mark Johnson.
Cancelled
Variety broke the news about the cancellation. An AMC spokesperson told them, “While we are not proceeding with another season of Talamasca: The Secret Order, we are proud of the series and grateful for the efforts of everyone involved. The Talamasca has a storied place within the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, and we expect to see at least some of these characters, and the organization itself, in future expressions of the franchise.“
Interview with the Vampire, now called The Vampire Lestat, is returning for a third season on June 7, while Mayfair Witches will be back with its third season in early 2027.
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