AMC Is Developing Anne Rice's LIVES OF THE MAYFAIR WITCHES Into a Series
AMC Studios is making a big push on the supernatural world of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. They are already deep in development on a series adaption of Interview With The Vampire, but they have now announced that they are going to develop a series based on Rice’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches.
The series will focus on “an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.”
The project is being developed as part of AMC’s scripts-to-series model, “which includes the commissioning of a writers’ room to develop additional material and produce backup scripts for handpicked projects which, in success, would move straight to a series order.”
Esta Spaulding (Masters of Sex, On Becoming a God in Central Florida) and Michelle Ashford (Masters of Sex, The Pacific) are writing the series and executive producing it. Spaulding will also serve as showrunner if Lives of the Mayfair Witches gets the greenlight.
Dan McDermott, president of original programming for AMC Networks and AMC Studios said in a statement:
“We have an enormous amount of ambition for these iconic works, which have captivated and entertained millions of fans around the world, so it is gratifying to be moving so quickly from the Interview greenlight to exploring a second series with such talented and accomplished writers and creators as Esta and Michelle. We take our responsibility to deliver compelling television to both existing and new fans of this material incredibly seriously, as we move deliberately to develop these titles into a new franchise and universe for AMC+ and AMC.”
Last year, AMC acquired the rights to all of Rice’s works, which include 18 titles. Mark Johnson is the producer overseeing the projects that Interview with the Vampire and Lives of the Mayfair Witches is just the beginning of what they are planning for this franchise.
Source: Deadline