An expanding Kino Lorber has brought in two former AMC Networks veterans in key exec roles, installing Ed Carroll as Chief Strategy Officer and Lisa Schwartz as Chief Revenue Officer.
21.12.2022 - 01:31 / deadline.com
AMC Networks is throwing everything it’s got at Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches.
The company will simulcast the series, which is the second in the Rice universe following Interview with a Vampire, across all five of its linear networks as well as streamer AMC+.
Interview with a Vampire, which has been renewed for a second season, debuted on AMC and AMC+.
The company has also set a companion documentary All of Them Witches to run alongside the drama series.
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches will premiere on Sunday January 8 at 9pm. It will also air on AMC Networks’ streamers Shudder, Sundance Now, Acorn and ALLBLK from Thursday January 12.
The eight-part series, which is based on Rice’s trilogy of books, focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon, Rowan Fielding, played by Alexandra Daddario, who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.
It also stars Jack Huston, Tongayi Chirisa and Harry Hamlin.
It is produced by AMC Studios and exec produced by showrunner Esta Spalding, Mark Johnson, Michelle Ashford, Michael Uppendahl, and Jeff Freilich,
The documentary, which explores the history of witches, will premiere on December 21 on AMC+ before getting a linear bow on January 2. It will explore an alternate and authentic history told from the perspective of today’s most well-known, practicing witches, as well as scholars of history and anthropology and examine the history of Witch Hunts, paganism and voodoo, and challenges the myths that have become the fabric of popular culture.
All Of Them Witches is directed by Mona Panchal and produced by XTR with Kathryn Everett, Kathleen Flood,
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