The third collection in AMC‘s Anne Rice Immortal Universe, Talamasca, is popping out this fall. AMC introduced at its upfront presentation on Wednesday, April 9, in New York Metropolis each the present’s official title and its premiere date window. On Might 30 on the ATX TV Pageant, the first-look images and new forged members had been revealed. And a brand new teaser dropped on June 22, the tip of a weeks-long countdown that the Immortal Universe’s social accounts had been operating.
The present’s full title is Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order. The present is impressed by the supernatural watchdog company featured in Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches e book collection. The drama kicked off manufacturing on Monday, October 7, 2024, and wrapped in early 2025. Stars Nicholas Denton and Elizabeth McGovern joined stars of the opposite AMC Anne Rice reveals, Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches, on the AMC upfront on April 9. The present additionally stars William Fichtner and Maisie Richardson-Sellers.
Celine Buckens can be collection common and Jason Schwartzman will visitor star, as introduced on Might 30. Right here’s all the small print on the six-episode debut season.
When does Talamasca: The Secret Order premiere?
Talamasca will premiere in October on AMC, the community introduced on Might 30.
Mayfair Witches Season 3 is at present within the writing course of. Interview With the Vampire Season 3 begins filming in June in Toronto and premieres in 2026.
Talamasca is government produced by Oscar-nominated John Lee Hancock (The Blind Facet) and Mark Lafferty (The Proper Stuff, Halt and Catch Hearth), who additionally serve co-showrunners, and award-winning producer Mark Johnson, who oversees the Anne Rice Immortal Universe. Hancock will even direct.
What’s Talamasca: The Secret Order about?
Talamasca Season 1 can be a six-episode season specializing in the women and men accountable for monitoring and containing the witches, vampires, and different creatures scattered across the globe. Justin Kirk‘s Raglan James, seen in Interview With the Vampire Season 2, and Tongayi Chirisa‘s Ciprien Grieve, seen in Mayfair Witches, are each Talamasca brokers, however there’s no phrase on whether or not or not they could seem in Talamasca. The collection is about within the current day.
Is there a trailer for Talamasca: The Secret Order?
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— Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (@AnneRiceAMC) June 23, 2025
The primary teaser for Talamasca was shared on June 22. In it, Nicholas Denton is seen sleeping on a pullout sofa and the voice of Schwartzman’s character ominously says in voice over, “Only a buddy whispering in your ear. Belief me, they’re mendacity to you.” Flashes of Richardson-Sellers, Fichtner, Buckens, and McGovern’s characters flash by earlier than a disturbing creature seems, fangs and all.
It appears to be like like a vampire, nevertheless it’s extra much like the unsettling revenants seen in Interview With the Vampire Season 2 Episode 1 than the likes of Louis (Jacob Anderson), Lestat (Sam Reid), Claudia (Delainey Hayles), and Armand (Assad Zaman).
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— Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (@AnneRiceAMC) April 7, 2025
There have been social teasers that includes Denton, McGovern, and Fichtner saying issues akin to “We watch the witches” and “We watch the vampires.” There was additionally a teaser web site that featured surveillance footage of characters from IWTV and Mayfair and Denton from the upcoming collection (see above). The company’s motto is, “We watch, and we’re at all times there.”
Who’s in Talamasca: The Secret Order forged?
Welcome to #TheTalamasca forged Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Olive, an bold agent and a grasp of disguises within the outdated custom of spy craft. pic.twitter.com/2myhfaAQXS
— Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (@AnneRiceAMC) November 21, 2024
Character particulars reveal extra concerning the Talamasca plot. Each Denton and Fichtner will play series-regular characters made for the present slightly than ones pulled from Rice’s in depth e book catalog (the Talamasca is woven all through each The Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches literary collection — Kirk’s Raglan James is a essential character from TVC‘s Story of the Physique Thief).
Recognized for Starz‘s Harmful Liaisons, Denton performs Man Anatole described as “sensible, good-looking, and sharp on the floor, however he’s at all times recognized his thoughts works just a little in a different way,” AMC shares.
The outline continues: “On the cusp of graduating legislation college, he’s approached by a consultant of the Talamasca, a secretive company that screens and protects us from the supernatural world. When Man learns that the Talamasca has been monitoring him since his childhood, he falls headlong right into a world of secret brokers and immortal beings who, to date, have maintained a fragile steadiness with the mortal world. However for that steadiness to carry, and for Man to outlive, he should be taught to embrace the darkish, treacherous depths of his true and singular self.”
Recognized for roles in The Darkish Knight, Armageddon, Crash, Mother, and extra, Fichtner performs Jasper, “a mysterious American who has quietly assumed management and affect over the Talamasca’s London Motherhouse. Although his motives and strategies are cloaked in shadow, his appeal and righteous sense of function are as harmful as the ability he’s pursuing.”
McGovern performs Helen, a seasoned veteran of the Talamasca and the chief of its New York Motherhouse. She has lengthy suspected that London’s Motherhouse has fallen beneath the affect of traitorous parts, and a mysterious loss of life prompts her to recruit Man Anatole (Denton), who will grow to be her protégé.
The Talamasca is already principally a supernatural spy company, however Richardson-Sellers’ character appears to be extra like a standard spy. Richardson-Sellers performs Olive, described as “a beguiling and impressive agent of the Talamasca, assigned to be Man Anatole’s (Denton) American handler. She is deft with data and a grasp of disguises within the outdated custom of spy craft,” per Selection.
Richardson-Sellers has been seen in a New Orleans-set vampire collection earlier than. She performed a witch named Eva Sinclair in The CW’s The Originals, a by-product of The Vampire Diaries. Eva was at one level possessed by Rebekah Mikaelson (Claire Holt), one of many unique vampires. Richardson-Sellers will quickly be seen within the second seasons of 9 Good Strangers and Wolf Corridor. She will also be seen in The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow, the second and third Kissing Sales space movies, and Star Wars: The Drive Awakens, amongst different titles.
Rounding out the primary forged is Buckens, who performs Doris, strong-willed and with an outdated soul, she lives with a coven of witches on a houseboat. Schwartzman will visitor star as a bloodsucker named Burton, an enthralling, rakish vampire, main a cloistered life in an opulent Higher West Facet penthouse.
Will Talamasca cross over with Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches?
Plot particulars are scarce for this spinoff proper now, however supplied that Felix — a vampire launched in 2022 New Orleans within the IWTV Season 2 finale — appeared within the Mayfair Witches Season 2, amongst different Easter eggs, crossovers are at all times potential.
See the primary images from Talamasca: The Secret Order under, and keep tuned as we proceed to report the most recent on the most recent present in AMC’s Immortal Universe.
Nicholas Denton as Man Anatole
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Elizabeth McGovern as Helen and Nicholas Denton as Man
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William Fichtner as Jasper
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Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Olive
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Celine Buckens as Doris
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Jason Schwartzman as Burton
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Elizabeth McGovern as Helen
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