Rice was reportedly asking around $30 to $40 million, plus a $2.5 million buyout of Warner Bros.' rights, and the new owner would hold the rights in perpetuity, not just as an option. Emma Rose Smith co-stars as Florie, Suzanne's younger sister, while Ian Hoch co-stars as Keith Murfis, a coroner and observer of the Mayfairs who becomes involved with an anti-witch cult.ĭevelopment rights to Anne Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches book series were still held by Warner Bros in December 2019, when Rice began shopping a package combining film and TV rights to both The Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches. In addition, Madison Wolfe guest stars as Tessa, a young Mayfair cousin of Rowan's, and Dennis Boutsikaris guest stars as Albrecht, the local leader of the Talamasca.

Suleka Mathew as Arjuna, a Talamasca healer.Charlayne Woodard as Dolly Jean Mayfair, Cortland's cousin.Keyara Milliner as Odette Grieve, Ciprien's sister.Jen Richards as Josephine 'Jojo' Mayfair, Cortland's daughter.Ravi Naidu as Samir, Ciprien's superior at the Talamasca.Hannah Alline as Suzanne, a healer in 1681 Donnelaith, Scotland, and the ancestor of the Mayfair witches.Geraldine Singer as Millie Mayfair, Cortland's other sister.Annabeth Gish as Deirdre Mayfair, Rowan's biological mother, an invalid plagued by the manipulative Lasher.Erica Gimpel as Elena Fielding, Rowan's adopted mother, secretly a Mayfair cousin who is aware of Rowan's connection to the family.Beth Grant as Carlotta Mayfair, Rowan's severe and controlling aunt, and Cortland's sister.

Harry Hamlin as Cortland Mayfair, the current Mayfair patriarch.Jack Huston as Lasher, a powerful, shape-shifting entity who has been bound to the Mayfair witches for centuries.Tongayi Chirisa as Ciprien Grieve, an agent of the Talamasca assigned to Rowan, and a combination of the characters Michael Curry and Aaron Lightner from the novels.Alexandra Daddario as Rowan Fielding, a neurosurgeon who learns that she is the heiress to the Mayfair dynasty.Rowan Fielding learns she is the heiress to a dynasty of powerful witches haunted by a sinister spirit.Ĭast and characters Main In February 2023, the series was renewed for a second season. It premiered on AMC on January 8, 2023, and is the second television series in Rice's Immortal Universe, following Interview with the Vampire.

The series stars Alexandra Daddario as Rowan Fielding, Harry Hamlin as Cortland Mayfair, Tongayi Chirisa as Ciprien Grieve, and Jack Huston as Lasher. Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches, or simply Mayfair Witches, is an American supernatural thriller drama television series created by Esta Spalding and Michelle Ashford, based on the novel trilogy Lives of the Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice.

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