“Talamasca: The Secret Order” has been canceled by AMC after just one season, Variety exclusively reports.
“Although we are not proceeding with production on a new season of ‘Talamasca: The Secret Order,’ we are proud of the series and appreciate the efforts of everyone involved,” an AMC spokesperson said in a statement to Variety. “Talamasca holds a prestigious place within the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, and we look forward to seeing at least some of these characters, and the organization itself, appear in future representations of the series.”
This is the first time AMC has canceled a show in what it has dubbed the “Anne Rice Immortal Universe.” Premium Cable Car originally acquired the rights to Rice’s work in 2020 and has since launched “Interview with the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches” in addition to “Talamasca.”
“Interview with the Vampire,” now called “Vampire Lestat,” will return for its third season on June 7, while “Mayfair Witches” is scheduled to return for its third season in early 2027.
“Talamasca” will air its six-episode first season starting October 2025, with the current series finale airing in late November. Nicholas Denton led the cast, which also included Elizabeth McGovern, William Fichtner, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, and Celine Bakkens. Jason Schwartzman guest-starred, and Eric Bogosian and Justin Kirk guest-starred, reprising their roles from Interview with the Vampire.
According to the official logline, the show follows Guy Anatole (Denton), who is “about to graduate from law school when he is approached by a representative from Talamasca, a secret organization that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world. When Guy learns that Talamasca has been tracking him since he was a child, he falls headlong into a world of secret agents and immortal beings who have hitherto maintained a precarious balance with the mortal world.”
“Talamasca” is based on both “The Vampire Chronicles” and “The Lives of the Mayfair Witches.” John Lee Hancock developed the series and served as executive producer and co-showrunner with Mark Rafferty. Mark Johnson, who directs AMC’s Immortal Universe, was also an executive producer, along with Tom Williams, Christopher Rice, and the late Anne Rice. Hancock was also the director of this series.
