Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order is providing one thing off the menu in AMC‘s Immortal Universe. The celebs and creators of the upcoming supernatural spy drama gave us a glance behind the scenes at San Diego Comedian-Con in July, revealing how this new sequence — the primary of this TV world to not be primarily based on one particular Rice e book franchise — differs from sibling exhibits Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches. In addition they give character breakdowns for his or her main gamers, offering some new insights into these beings made particularly for this adaptation.
Premiering on Sunday, October 26, at 9/8c on AMC, Talamasca: The Secret Order follows Man Anatole (Nicholas Denton), a human with a novel supernatural capacity. When he’s on the cusp of graduating legislation faculty, he’s approached by Elizabeth McGovern‘s Helen, 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, so far, have maintained a fragile steadiness with the mortal world.
William Fichtner performs Jasper, a mysterious American vampire who has quietly assumed management and affect over the Talamasca’s London Motherhouse. Maisie Richardson-Sellers performs Olive, a beguiling and bold agent of the Talamasca. Celine Buckens performs Doris, strong-willed and with an outdated soul, she lives with a coven of witches on a houseboat. Jason Schwartzman portrays Burton, an enthralling, rakish vampire, main a cloistered life in an expensive Higher West Facet penthouse. Interview With the Vampire‘s Eric Bogosian returns as Daniel Molloy within the sequence premiere. The present is created by John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty, with Mark Johnson — overseer of your entire Immortal Universe — govt producing.
The Talamasca is a gaggle of lecturers who’ve been chronicling supernatural historical past for a whole lot of years in Rice’s books. The group seems all through The Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches novels, with Talamasca brokers being necessary components of the Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches exhibits. The Talamasca has all the time been a supernatural watchdog of types, however this TV adaptation is totally leaning into its spy potential to create a enjoyable rollercoaster experience for viewers. Denton, Fichtner, Richardson-Sellers, and Buckens joined us in our SDCC studio with Hancock, Lafferty, and Johnson to provide a more in-depth look.
“It’s gritty, it’s actual, it’s harmful, it’s mysterious,” Richardson-Sellers teases above.
“As a result of it’s not primarily based on one Anne Rice e book, it does imply that the viewers goes to be much more on the sting of their seat, if I would say so, as a result of they actually don’t know what to anticipate,” Buckens notes, including that whereas it has “similarities” to its predecessors, “It’s cool to see the place it strays into its personal factor.”
Lafferty admits they weren’t positive that spy thrillers would mesh effectively with the supernatural in early discussions concerning the present, however they discovered the connective tissue inside Rice’s writing. The genres and Rice’s tales share “people who find themselves in search of household, people who find themselves in search of connection, individuals who really feel like loners,” Lafferty explains, including, “It feels prefer it’s an actual thrill experience to place these issues all collectively.”
Hancock says they found an ideal style mix in creating this story, one they really feel is a comparatively untapped vein onscreen. “They truly form of come collectively and [are] strolling in lockstep,” Hancock says. “Spies and vampires and shadows, secrets and techniques, who do you belief, these form of questions. They work for each genres.”
Watch the complete video interview above to get extra in-depth introductions to the characters from the actors who play them. And keep tuned to TV Insider for extra inside appears to be like into the increasing Immortal Universe coming quickly.
Talamasca: The Secret Order, Collection Premiere, Sunday, October 26, 9/8c, AMC, Streaming on AMC+