AMC Officially Gives Anne Rice's LIVES OF THE MAYFAIR WITCHES a Series Order
AMC has officially ordered a series based on the Anne Rice novels 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 series will be titled Mayfair Witches and AMC has ordered eight episodes. The project was 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 Spalding and Michelle Ashford both serve as writers and executive producers on the series and they said in a joint statement, “The world of witches has fascinated and terrified for centuries, and yet Anne Rice’s particular lens on witches explored something new altogether – women who are powerful, and often brutal, and always committed to subverting our current power structures. We are so excited to join our partners AMC and Gran Via Productions in making this mysterious and provocative world come to life.”
This is the second Anne Rice series in development at AMC. The first one is an adaptation of Interview with the Vampire starring Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid.
Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks said in a statement, “2022 will be the biggest year for original programming in the history of our company, and we are literally over the moon that it will now include the first two series in an expanding Anne Rice universe built around stories and characters that have captivated millions of fans around the world. We are also extremely fortunate to have such talented storytellers as Esta and Michelle guiding this adaptation, which will follow the first season of ‘Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire’ late next year.”
Producer Mark Johnson added, “With the cornucopia of rich characters, worlds, and stories that Anne Rice has given millions upon millions of readers around the world, AMC now has the privilege of creating a multitude of fascinating, entertaining, and very distinct television series. My good fortune as an executive producer of ‘Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire’ has now been more than doubled with what Esta Spalding and Michelle Ashford are imagining with The Mayfair Witches. While both shows couldn’t be more different, they nevertheless find themselves bound under the same bewitching and engaging umbrella.”
Mayfair Witches is set to debut on AMC and AMC+ in late 2022.
Source: Variety