AMC is doubling down on the Anne Rice Immortal Universe.
The cable community confirmed the event of a 3rd sequence set within the fictional supernatural universe throughout AMC Networks’ upfronts presentation in New York.
Oscar-nominated John Lee Hancock (The Blind Facet) is connected as showrunner and author for the potential third sequence, which comes after the success of Interview With the Vampire and Mayfair Witches.
“The sequence is ready on the earth of the Talamasca, a secretive group featured in a lot of Rice’s iconic novels that’s dedicated to finding out the supernatural world and conserving mortals protected from its darkest components,” the logline teases.
The presently untitled sequence would be a part of AMC/AMC+’s Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, which turned the highest two new sequence premieres ever on AMC+ and rank among the many high 10 cable dramas within the 2022/2023 tv season to this point in Nielsen reside+3 rankings amongst adults 25-54 and adults 18-49.
“The enthusiastic crucial and fan reception to Interview and Mayfair is a superb signal of what’s but to return on this immersive universe primarily based on the works of Anne Rice,” mentioned Dan McDermott, president of leisure and AMC Studios for AMC Networks.
“We’re excited to be in energetic improvement of the subsequent installment on this rising franchise, written and to be showrun by the incomparable John Lee Hancock.”
“The Talamasca is among the most intriguing components of Rice’s works and a connective thread by way of so lots of her tales; the standalone and crossover potential for this third sequence is immense.”
AMC kicked off the Immortal Universe in 2022 with Interview With the Vampire, which follows Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson), Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid), and Claudia’s (Delainey Hayles) epic story of affection, blood, and the perils of immortality, as advised to journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian).
The sequence is government produced by Johnson, Showrunner Rolin Jones, and produced by AMC Studios.
Mayfair Witches launched in January and was not too long ago renewed for a second season.
The sequence focuses on an intuitive younger neurosurgeon, Rowan Fielding (Alexandra Daddario), who discovers that she is the unlikely inheritor to a household of witches.
As she grapples along with her newfound powers, she should deal with a sinister presence that has haunted her household for generations.
Along with Daddario, the sequence stars Jack Huston, Tongayi Chirisa, and Harry Hamlin and is government produced by Johnson and Showrunner Esta Spalding and produced by AMC Studios.
The universe has been an enormous hit for AMC and AMC+, so it is smart that there can be a need to broaden some extra.
AMC has had nice success with its growth of The Strolling Useless universe, and it appears to be like like we may very well be in for an additional sweeping franchise with the Immortal Universe.
AMC Networks additionally introduced two upcoming initiatives for We TV.
On the scripted entrance, we’ve Bev is Boss.
The drama primarily based relies on the lifetime of prolific career-making supervisor Deb Antney.
“Properly-known leisure supervisor and founder/CEO of Mizay Leisure, Deb Antney, rose to fame for breaking the careers of a number of high-profile artists, akin to Gucci Mane, French Montana, and Nicki Minaj,” WeTV shared.
“She is the mom of acclaimed rapper Waka Flocka Flame and is notorious for her ‘no holds barred’ strategy to the enterprise.”
“Bev is Boss brings you into the world of ‘Bev Anthony’… a robust, self-made lady who actually fought her means by way of the streets of Queens to beat all the percentages and grow to be a Boss within the male-dominated music business, demanding equality for herself and her artists.”
“Her story is triumphant: she’s been a drug supplier, a numbers runner, a mentor, a mom, an entrepreneur, and music mogul.”
“She has a persona that loves laborious and fights tougher, which is how she has gained the respect of her purchasers, the business, and her friends. A self-made lady, Bev is – by each definition — an overcomer and a hit.”
Antney serves as government producer and, throughout sequence improvement, candidly shared her life experiences, an audacious but bracingly uncommon incidence within the enterprise of leisure.
8 episodes have been ordered, and the sequence launches this summer time. That is quickly!
Jamie Foxx and Datari Turner Govt Produce for Foxxhole Productions alongside Govt Producers Antney and Nikaya D. Brown Jones, who additionally serves as Showrunner.
Trey Haley serves as Co-EP and Director, and Carl Weber as Co-EP and Author. Nikki Love and Ashley McFarlin Govt Produce for WE television.
WE television has additionally picked up Toya & Reginae, a brand new actuality sequence that includes the ex-wife and daughter of hip-hop legend Lil Wayne, Toya Johnson-Speeding, and Reginae Carter.
The sequence will air this fall.
“Toya & Reginae follows the ups and downs of one among Atlanta’s most dynamic mother-daughter duos. Toya Johnson-Speeding and Reginae Carter have been well-known for a really very long time,” the community describes.
“Each tweet, remark, or submit they make is dissected on all the most well liked blogs as a result of they current so fabulously, and Reginae’s reputation since her candy 16 celebration has by no means waned.”
“Nevertheless, what their followers see on social media is simply scratching the floor.”
“On every episode, followers will get to peek behind the scenes and see who they honestly are: what’s taking place of their love lives, how they navigate these relationships together with their thrilling and demanding careers and their relationship with one another.”
“As blissful as they appear on social media, their lives are unpredictable and stuffed with chaos as they navigate a seemingly dysfunctional household.”
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