[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the Interview With the Vampire Season 2 finale.]
The third collection in AMC‘s Anne Rice Immortal Universe is at present filming in Manchester, England. Anne Rice’s The Talamasca (working title) kicked off manufacturing on Monday, October 7, and photographs of stars Nicholas Denton and Downton Abbey‘s Elizabeth McGovern in character on set have already been making the rounds on-line. AMC introduced on Thursday, November 20 that Maisie Richardson-Sellers has joined the solid in one other position made for the collection.
The Talamasca is in regards to the mysterious group of supernatural watchdogs referenced in Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches. William Fichtner will even star within the collection alongside Denton and McGovern. Beneath is a breakdown of the characters, plot, and launch date data for this six-episode season.
When does The Talamasca come out?
AMC says that The Talamasca will premiere in 2025 on the linear community and on AMC+. Mayfair Witches Season 2 premieres on Sunday, January 5, 2025. There has not been an official begin of manufacturing or premiere date announcement for Interview With the Vampire Season 3.
There have been conflicting reviews about when precisely the collection will premiere. Deadline beforehand reported in June that The Talamasca would premiere in “late 2025,” however all releases from AMC relating to this collection have simply mentioned it’s slated for a 2025 debut. Extra lately, varied information shops have mentioned that it will premiere in 2025, others in late 2025. TV Insider has confirmed with AMC that 2025 is the one official premiere date element.
“Anne Rice’s The Talamasca (wt) is slated for a 2025 premiere on AMC and AMC+,” a collection rep tells us.
What’s The Talamasca about?
The Talamasca Season 1 will likely be a six-episode season specializing in the women and men answerable 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 Season 1, are each Talamasca brokers. The collection will presumably be set within the current day, however that has but to be confirmed by AMC.
Who’s in The Talamasca solid?
Welcome to #TheTalamasca solid Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Olive, an formidable agent and a grasp of disguises within the outdated custom of spy craft.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 about The Talamasca plot. Each Denton and Fichtner will play series-regular characters made for the present somewhat than ones pulled from Anne Rice’s intensive guide 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 principal character from TVC‘s Story of the Physique Thief).
Identified for Starz‘s Harmful Liaisons, Denton performs Man Anatole described as “good, good-looking, and sharp on the floor, however he’s at all times identified his thoughts works just a little in another way,” AMC shares.
The outline continues: “On the cusp of graduating legislation faculty, he’s approached by a consultant of the Talamasca, a secretive company that displays 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 this point, have maintained a fragile stability with the mortal world. However for that stability to carry, and for Man to outlive, he must be taught to embrace the darkish, treacherous depths of his true and singular self.”
Identified 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 goal 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 underneath the affect of traitorous components, and a mysterious demise prompts her to recruit Man Anatole (Denton), who will develop into her protégé.
The Talamasca is already principally a supernatural spy company, however Richardson-Sellers’ character appears to be extra like a conventional spy. Richardson-Sellers performs Olive, described as “a beguiling and bold 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 Pressure Awakens, amongst different titles.
Is Actual Rashid in The Talamasca?
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Followers on social media have needed Bally Gill‘s “Actual Rashid” from Interview With the Vampire Season 2 to be a part of The Talamasca. The character obtained his “Actual Rashid” nickname from Eric Bogosian‘s Daniel Molloy as a result of Armand (Assad Zaman) pretended to be him in Season 1 of the present.
Gill’s character was revealed to be a Talamasca agent undercover in Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Armand’s Dubai condominium in Interview With the Vampire‘s Season 2 finale. His deadpan supply and secret id made him a beloved supporting character, and followers wish to see extra of him. He covertly fled the Dubai condominium earlier than Louis and Armand realized he was a spy, and his whereabouts within the plot are at present unknown. AMC has not revealed if Gill will likely be in The Talamasca. Within the absence of a transparent time interval for the spinoff, nonetheless, it’s not clear if the plot will even enable for Rashid to be included.
The opposite secret Talamasca agent from Season 2, the vampire Sam Barclay (Chris Geary), is also added into the combination. However notably, Sam and Raglan are each listed as characters returning for Interview With the Vampire Season 3, whereas Rashid shouldn’t be. That additionally made followers query if Rashid is being saved for The Talamasca. Both manner, there’s clear fan need to see this character once more.
Will The Talamasca cross over with Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches?
Plot particulars are scarce for this spinoff proper now, however offered that Felix — a vampire launched in 2022 New Orleans within the IWTV Season 2 finale — seems within the Mayfair Witches Season 2 trailer, the Immortal Universe is clearly beginning to converge to a point.
That is pure hypothesis, however it appears that evidently a crossover between the three reveals isn’t out of the image. There’s actually foundation for crossover from the books; characters hop between tales on a regular basis in Rice’s supernatural fictional tales. The books even embrace a short romantic fling between Lestat (Sam Reid in IWTV) and Rowan (Alexandra Daddario in Mayfair), however that’s manner additional down the street from the place the present plots of IWTV and Mayfair Witches stand.
Has The Talamasca began filming?
The investigation has begun. Anne Rice’s #TheTalamasca is now in manufacturing. pic.twitter.com/EM8vRRyOWP
— Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (@Immortal_AMC) October 8, 2024
Manufacturing on Season 1 started on October 7 in Manchester, England.
The collection is government produced by Oscar-nominated John Lee Hancock (The Blind Aspect) and Mark Lafferty (The Proper Stuff, Halt and Catch Fireplace), who additionally serve co-showrunners, and award-winning producer Mark Johnson, who oversees the Anne Rice Immortal Universe. Hancock will even direct.
Is there a trailer for The Talamasca?
Not but! However with the present now filming, it’s solely a matter of time earlier than some footage is launched.
Keep tuned as we proceed to report the most recent on the most recent present in AMC’s Immortal Universe.
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