AMC Pulls the Plug on Interview With the Vampire Spinoff Talamasca: The Secret Order

Well, it didn't take a psychic to see this one coming: AMC has officially pulled the plug on Talamasca: The Secret Order, the latest offshoot in their Anne Rice-inspired Immortal Universe, after just one season. If you blinked, you might've missed it—the show premiered in October 2025, burned bright (maybe too bright), and wrapped up after only six episodes.

The Not-So-Secret Secret Society

Unlike most other Anne Rice adaptations, Talamasca: The Secret Order wasn't directly based on any single Rice novel. Instead, the writers took the idea of the mysterious Talamasca—Rice's supernatural self-appointed investigators from her Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches books—and tried to build a series around it. Think of it as the 'paranormal MI6' of Anne Rice's universe.

The show’s main character, a psychic named Guy Anatole (played by Nicholas Denton), gets recruited into this shadowy organization to help keep tabs on—you guessed it—vampires, witches, ghosts, demons, and all your other supernatural troublemakers. Basically, Talamasca are the folks cleaning up after all the magical messes.

• Céline Buckens, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, William Fitchner, and Elizabeth McGovern rounded out the core cast.
• One big connection to the rest of the franchise: Eric Gogosian returned as Daniel Molloy, the journalist-turned-vampire from Interview with the Vampire. He made a special guest appearance, probably to help knit the universe together (not that it worked).

So, what went wrong?

Despite getting the spotlight at 2025's San Diego Comic Con, Talamasca struggled to find a real fanbase. Reviews were a mixed bag. In numbers: it ended up at 64% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 22 critics. For context, that’s better than Mayfair Witches season 1 (which flatlined at 47%) but worse than season 2’s 71%. Meanwhile, Interview with the Vampire is still flexing with practically legendary ratings—season 1 at 98%, season 2 at a perfect 100%. Ouch.

AMC's Response (aka Corporate Speak Time)

Here’s AMC’s statement, which pretty much says 'thanks, but no thanks':

"While we are not proceeding with another season of ‘Talamasca: The Secret Order,’ we are proud of the series and grateful for the efforts of everyone involved. The Talamasca has a storied place within the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, and we expect to see at least some of these characters, and the organization itself, in future expressions of the franchise."

Translation: Don't be shocked if some Talamasca agents or concepts pop up in the next Vampire Lestat or Mayfair Witches season.

The Immortal Universe Marches On

Even though Talamasca is toast, AMC is doubling down on this Anne Rice train:

• Interview with the Vampire is coming back in 2026, except now it's The Vampire Lestat. Sam Reid's Lestat takes over as main character, and they're adapting Rice's 1985 book, which was the first sequel to the original novel. Mark your calendar for June 7, 2026.
• Mayfair Witches isn’t going anywhere either. Season 3 is slated for 2026—exact date TBA.
• If you're keeping track, AMC has even more Rice projects cooking: Remember the vampire luxury resort from Queen of the Damned? That’s now Night Island, a short-form digital series, where two criminals are dumb enough to try to rob a hotel full of vampires.
• They also let slip last September that they're developing something based on Memnoch the Devil (that’s book #5 in the Vampire Chronicles). They haven’t said if that’s a new show or just another twist on Interview with the Vampire.

So, no, the Immortal Universe isn't dying with Talamasca. In fact, AMC seems convinced there's still plenty of blood to be squeezed from these Anne Rice adaptations—whether the audience is as hungry remains to be seen.