‘Talamasca’: AMC Networks Reveals First Look Of Upcoming Anne Rice Drama & New Castmembers Jason Schwartzman, Celine Buckens

AMC Networks has shared updates on its new series Anne Rice’s Talamascawhich debuts this October.

Besides sharing first-look photos, producers announced that Celine Buckens (Showtrial, The Ex-Wife) is becoming a regular castmember while Jason Schwartzman (Mountainhead, Pavements) is set to guest star. Produced by AMC Studios, Anne Rice’s Talamasca focuses on a secretive society called the Talamasca, comprised of the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe.

Buckens stars as Doris, an old soul who lives with a coven of witches on a houseboat, while Schwartzman portrays Burton, a rakish vampire leading a cloistered life in a luxurious Upper West Side penthouse. They join the previously announced ensemble of Nicholas Denton (Dangerous Liaisons, Glitch), Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey, The Wife, Ragtime, Ordinary People), William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Armageddon, Crash, Mom) and Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Nine Perfect Strangers, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow).

Buckens is represented by Independent Talent Group. Schwartzman is represented by Ocean Avenue, UTA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.

Elsewhere in the Anne Rice universe, AMC Networks announced that Interview with the Vampire is set to start production next month on its third season in Toronto, which will follow Sam Reid’s Vampire Lestat and his rock band on tour. The series returns next year.

Meanwhile, Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches starring Alexandra Daddario is currently in the writers’ room for Season 3, which will be set in Salem, MA, the infamous town of witch trials and folklore, and dive deeper into the mythology of witchcraft, introduce new spellbound families and feature some of the historical happenings of Salem.