The Anne Rice TV universe isn’t just undead — it’s got a bright future ahead with “three or four” more potential shows after Interview With the Vampire, Mayfair Witches, and Talamasca: The Secret Order.
Anne Rice Immortal Universe producer Mark Johnson — who oversees every AMC series based on the author’s beloved The Vampire Chronicles books — tells Entertainment Weekly that he’s already got ideas for the next show … and the next, and the next after that, and even another one after that.
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“You bet there is a list. There’s so many good ideas,” Johnson tells EW exclusively. “She is an extraordinary writer, and that much more extraordinary when you realize when she was writing — it’s really so far ahead of her time.”
Johnson teases that they have “three or four other titles [and] subjects that we’d like to pursue” based on Rice’s books, and he’s already been pitching them to the network.
“I go to AMC every three months and say, ‘You ready for another? Ready for another?'” Johnson adds with a laugh. “And so we’ll have one soon enough.”
Interview With the Vampire launched the Immortal Universe in 2022 (and is rebranding as The Vampire Lestat for season 3 in 2026), followed by Mayfair Witches in 2023. The third series, Talamasca: The Secret Order, premieres with two episodes on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC and AMC+, following a completely original story not pulled from any particular novel as it explores the titular shadowy organization, featured in both existing shows and many of Rice’s books, that tracks and controls vampires, witches, and other supernatural creatures around the world.
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Johnson is remaining tight-lipped on what other characters or subjects will be explored in a TV show next after the Talamasca gets the spotlight.
“I could tell you what I’m excited about, and we may find out that I’m the only one who shares that excitement,” the producer says. “I think an Anne Rice aficionado could probably figure out which ones are most likely the next in line — [but] I think I’d better keep the titles to myself right now.”
Let the fan speculation begin!
For more on AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe, check out EW’s full cover story on new series Talamasca: The Secret Order.
