This is news that will delight fans of Anne Rice. The work of the author, who died last year, continues on screen. More precisely in series. And this time, the spotlight is on the other saga of the Gothic novelist, the one she devoted to witches.
If Anne Rice is world famous for her book Interview with a Vampireimmortalized in the cinema by Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, she also wrote a trilogy featuring the women of the Mayfair family.
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This eight-part series is adapted from The Mayfair Witches Sagaconsisting of three volumes: The Evil Link, The hour of the witches and Taltos. The universe is the same as that of his stories of vampires, in New Orleans.
The main character, neurosurgeon Rowan Fielding, will be played by Alexandra Daddario, specifies Deadline. We will also find in the cast Harry Hamlin (madmen), Jack Huston and Tongayi Chirisa.
The screenplay was entrusted to Esta Spalding and Michelle Ashford, two screenwriters of Masters of Sex, among others. Mark Johnson (Better Call Saul) is in charge of production.
It is AMC +, the American streaming service, which will broadcast the first season of Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. The first two episodes will be available on January 5.
The network acquired the rights to works by Anne Rice last year, including The Vampire Chronicles, and is expected to continue adapting the author’s works in the years to come.
Something to celebrate as Halloween approaches.