Anne Rice’s "The Talamasca" Series Finds Its Lead in Nicholas Denton

The AMC series based on "The Talamasca" from the works of Anne Rice has found its lead in Nicholas Denton.

The series was first reported to be in development at AMC in 2023, with the basic cabler formally greenlighting the show in June 2024. 

AMC has ordered six episodes, with the show set to go into production in Manchester, England next month. It is slated to premiere on AMC and AMC+ in 2025.

The series is part of the so-called Anne Rice Immortal Universe at AMC, as the network acquired the rights to Rice’s best-selling book series “The Vampire Chronicles” and “The Lives of the Mayfair Witches,” which encompass 18 titles in total, back in 2020. Series versions of “Interview With the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches” have already premiered.

Per the official description, “The Talamasca” will focus on “the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe.”

Denton will embody Guy Anatole. The character is described as “brilliant, handsome and sharp on the surface, but he’s always known his mind works a little differently. On the cusp of graduating law school, he is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, a secretive agency that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world. When Guy learns that the Talamasca has been tracking him since his childhood, he falls headlong into a world of secret agents and immortal beings who, up to now, have maintained a fragile balance with the mortal world. But for that balance to hold, and for Guy to survive, he will have to learn to embrace the dark, treacherous depths of his true and singular self.”

Denton’s recent credits include the Starz series version of “Dangerous Liaisons,” in which he played Valmont. His other TV credits include “Glitch,” “Utopia,” and “My Life Is Murder.” In film, he is set to appear in the upcoming feature “Eden” from director Ron Howard.

John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty serve as executive producers and co-showrunners on “The Talamasca,” with Hancock also set to direct. 

Mark Johnson also executive produces under his overall deal with AMC Studios, through which he oversees all the shows in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe.