So we used a piece of that and then, we feel like we’re gonna save some of that great story and saga of all the different generations for later seasons, should we be so lucky. The middle section is about 300 or 400 pages of 13 generations of witches going all the way back to Scotland. “It’s very, very long and full of lots of amazing stuff. “The book is kind of an embarrassment of riches,” Spalding said.

Spalding is saving some of The Witching Hour for The Mayfair Witches Season 2. Likewise, Interview with the Vampire stretched out its adaptation, and pulled from subsequent novels. And we based the whole first season on that book, so we felt we should end the first season with the end of the book.” Not all of ‘The Witching Hour’ book will make it into ‘Anne Rice’s The Mayfair Witches’Įven eight hour-long episodes aren’t enough to adapt the entirety of The Witching Hour. We meet really quickly Rowan Fielding who’s the main character of the first book and through the series. “It starts where the book starts in that mood of New Orleans and the sort of ghost story of this house. “The series was deeply, deeply inspired by the first book, The Witching Hour, the first season,” Spalding said. Spalding said Rice’s original novel gave them plenty of material for the first season, filmed in New Orleans. ‘Anne Rice’s The Mayfair Witches’ Season 1 focuses on ‘The Witching Hour’ bookĭaddario plays Rowan Fielding, the neurosurgeon who discovers her family’s witchy secret. 8 on AMC, AMC+, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV and WeTV. They discussed the first season’s adaptation of the Rice books. 10 with cast members Daddario and Hamlin. Showrunner Esta Spalding was on a Television Critics Association panel for Anne Rice’s The Mayfair Witches on Aug. Season 1 of Interview didn’t even complete the first book, so which Mayfair Witches books will Season 1 tackle? Harry Hamlin and Alexandra Daddario | Alfonso Bresciani/AMC Alexandra Daddario, Harry Hamlin, Jack Huston, Annabeth Gish and more star.

After Interview with the Vampirelast fall, the cable network is introducing viewers to Anne Rice’s The Mayfair Witches. AMC committed to building a universe of Anne Rice shows.

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