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* [[Beth Grant]] as Carlotta Mayfair, Rowan's severe and controlling aunt, and Cortland's sister |
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* [[Erica Gimpel]] as Elena Fielding, Rowan's adopted mother who is secretly aware of her connection to the Mayfairs |
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Revision as of 19:50, 10 January 2023
Mayfair Witches | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Michelle Ashford & Esta Spalding |
Based on | Lives of the Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice |
Starring | |
Music by | Will Bates |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 1 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producers |
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Cinematography | Evans Brown |
Editor | Debra Beth Weinfeld |
Production companies |
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Original release | |
Network | AMC |
Release | January 8, 2023 present | –
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. The series stars Alexandra Daddario as Dr. Rowan Fielding, Harry Hamlin as Cortland Mayfair, Tongayi Chirisa as Ciprien Grieve and Jack Huston as Lasher. It premiered on AMC on January 8, 2023, and will be the second television series in Rice's Immortal Universe, following Interview with the Vampire.
Premise
Neurosurgeon Dr. Rowan Fielding learns she is the heiress to a dynasty of powerful witches haunted by a sinister spirit.
Cast and characters
Main
- Alexandra Daddario as Dr. Rowan Fielding, a neurosurgeon who learns that she is the heiress to the Mayfair dynasty
- 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[1]
- Jack Huston as Lasher, a powerful, shape-shifting entity who has been bound to the Mayfair witches for centuries
- Harry Hamlin as Cortland Mayfair, the current Mayfair patriarch
Recurring
- Beth Grant as Carlotta Mayfair, Rowan's severe and controlling aunt, and Cortland's sister
- Erica Gimpel as Elena Fielding, Rowan's adopted mother who is secretly aware of her connection to the Mayfairs
- Annabeth Gish as Deirdre Mayfair, Rowan's biological mother, an invalid plagued by the manipulative Lasher
- Jen Richards as Jojo
Guest
- Tobias Jelinek as Daniel Lemle, a top investor in the hospital where Rowan works
- Cameron Jade Inman as a younger Deirdre
- Geraldine Singer as Millie Mayfair, Cortland's other sister
- Deneen Tyler as Delphine, the Mayfair maid
- Billy Slaughter as Dr. Vernon Lamb, Deirdre's new physician
- Jordan M. Cox as Max, a bartender friend of Rowan's
Episodes
No. | Title [2] | Directed by | Teleplay by [3] | Original air date [2] | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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1 | "The Witching Hour" | Michael Uppendahl | Michelle Ashford & Esta Spalding | January 8, 2023 | 0.577[4] | |
San Francisco pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Rowan Fielding learns that her adoptive mother Elena's cancer has returned. When Rowan's chief surgeon refuses to help her get Elena into a clinical trial, she envisions the arteries inside of his head and he immediately collapses. Rowan's belief that she somehow caused the incident is dismissed by Elena, who secretly makes a call to the Talamasca for help. Empath Ciprien Grieve, the Talamasca agent assigned to Rowan, reassures Elena that "the man" remains in New Orleans, and vows to keep Rowan safe. Rowan loses her temper, and another man collapses. In New Orleans, Dr. Vernon Lamb removes a catatonic Deirdre Mayfair's key necklace, unaware of the consequences. Elena dies, and the entity Lasher, unbound from Deirdre, appears to Rowan. In the past, young Deirdre Mayfair is guarded closely by her stern aunt Carlotta, but Mayfair patriarch Cortland hires a young man to seduce Deirdre. She falls pregnant, and is saved from suicide by "the man", an entity known to the Mayfairs as Lasher. Deirdre binds herself to him with the necklace. She gives birth, but Carlotta hands baby Rowan over to her niece, Elena, with strict instructions that she disappear and never return. | ||||||
2 | "The Dark Place" | Unknown | Michael Goldbach | January 15, 2023 | N/A | |
3 | "Second Line" | Unknown | Sarah Cornwell | January 22, 2023 | N/A | |
4 | "Curiouser and Curiouser" | Unknown | Lindsey Villarreal | January 29, 2023 | N/A | |
5 | "The Thrall" | Unknown | Sean Reycraft | February 5, 2023 | N/A | |
6 | TBA | Unknown | Mary Angelica Molina | February 12, 2023 | N/A | |
7 | TBA | Unknown | Sarah Cornwell & Esta Spalding | February 19, 2023 | N/A | |
8 | TBA | Unknown | Esta Spalding | February 26, 2023 | N/A |
Michael Uppendahl and Axelle Carolyn are set to direct episodes of the series.[5][6]
Production
Development
Development 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.[7] 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.[7] In May 2020, it was announced that AMC had acquired the rights to The Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches for developing film and television projects.[8] Anne and Christopher Rice would serve as executive producers on any projects developed. Rice said, "It's always been my dream to see the worlds of my two biggest series united under a single roof so that filmmakers could explore the expansive and interconnected universe of my vampires and witches. That dream is now a reality, and the result is one of the most significant and thrilling deals of my long career."[8]
In December 2021, Deadline Hollywood reported that Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches had been given an eight-episode series order by AMC, with another Rice series, Interview with the Vampire, already in production at the network. Mayfair Witches will be written and executive produced by Esta Spalding and Michelle Ashford, and executive produced by Mark Johnson.[9][10] Spalding and Ashford said, "The world of witches has fascinated and terrified for centuries, and yet Anne Rice's particular lens on witches explored something new altogether—women who are powerful, and often brutal, and always committed to subverting our current power structures."[10] Johnson added, "My good fortune as an executive producer of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire has now been more than doubled with what Esta Spalding and Michelle Ashford are imagining with The Mayfair Witches. While both shows couldn't be more different, they nevertheless find themselves bound under the same bewitching and engaging umbrella."[10]
Casting
In March 2022, Variety reported that Alexandra Daddario had been cast in the lead role of Dr. Rowan Fielding. Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks, said "Alexandra is a singular talent who has lit up the screen in everything she's been in and we couldn't be happier to have her on board, leading the cast of a series that will be a centerpiece of an expanding Anne Rice universe on AMC+ and AMC. We found our Rowan and can't wait for her to meet viewers later this year".[11] Harry Hamlin joined the cast that same month as patriarch Cortland Mayfair.[12] In April 2022, AMC announced the casting of series regular Tongayi Chirisa as Ciprien Grieve, as well as Annabeth Gish as Deirdre Mayfair, Beth Grant as Carlotta Mayfair, Erica Gimpel as Ellie Mayfair and Jen Richards as Jojo, in recurring roles.[13][14] In May 2022, Jack Huston was cast as Lasher, described as one of Rice's "most mysterious and sensual characters—a powerful, shape-shifting entity who has been bound to the Mayfair witches for hundreds of years."[15][16]
Filming
As of May 2022, filming for Mayfair Witches was under way in New Orleans.[17] Showrunner Esta Spalding announced that filming for the first season had wrapped at the beginning of September 2022.[18]
Release
Like Interview with the Vampire, the series was originally set to premiere on AMC+ and the AMC linear network, with an intended release of late 2022,[9] and then on January 5, 2023.[19] The series premiered on AMC and AMC+ on January 8, 2023.[20]
Reception
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 45% approval rating with an average rating of 5.9/10, based on 20 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Mayfair Witches has competent gloss and a likable lead in Alexandra Daddario, but this brew is made up of too many derivative elements to conjure a compelling spell of its own."[21] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 48 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[22]
Ratings
No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
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1 | "The Witching Hour" | January 8, 2023 | 0.11 | 0.577[4] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
References
- ^ Schepp, Calie (October 6, 2022). "Mayfair Witches' Harry Hamlin admits he 'couldn't get through the whole' 50-hour audiobook". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ a b "Shows A-Z - Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches on amc". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch (January 10, 2023). "ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 1.8.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Tinoco, Armando (September 28, 2022). "AMC Releases First Images for Bob Odenkirk's Straight Man, Orphan Black: Echoes & Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ Flook, Ray (July 6, 2022). "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches Director Confirms Eps 3 & 4 Have Wrapped". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ a b Schneider, Michael (December 20, 2019). "Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles No Longer at Hulu; Is Being Shopped Elsewhere". Variety. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ a b Otterson, Joe (May 13, 2020). "Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Lives of the Mayfair Witches Rights Land at AMC". Variety. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ^ a b Mitovich, Matt Webb (December 1, 2021). "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches Series Ordered at AMC, to Follow Launch of Interview With the Vampire in 2022". TVLine. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
- ^ a b c Andreeva, Nellie (December 1, 2021). "Anne Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches Gets Series Order, Joins Interview with the Vampire on AMC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (March 16, 2022). "Alexandra Daddario to Star in Mayfair Witches Series at AMC (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (March 23, 2022). "Harry Hamlin Joins AMC's Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches as Series Regular, Boards Paramount & Endeavor Content's Tom Brady Pic 80 For Brady". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
- ^ Rice, Lynette (April 28, 2022). "Anne Rice Projects at AMC Cast Annabeth Gish, Erica Gimpel, Jen Richards, Tongayi Chirisa & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ Swift, Andy (August 10, 2022). "Mayfair Witches: Alexandra Daddario, Harry Hamlin and More Bring Anne Rice Characters to Life on AMC — First Look". TVLine. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
- ^ Maas, Jennifer (May 6, 2022). "Jack Huston Joins AMC's Mayfair Witches as Lasher". Variety. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ Petski, Denise (May 6, 2022). "Jack Huston to Play Lasher in Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches for AMC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ Porter, Rick (May 6, 2022). "Jack Huston Boards AMC's Mayfair Witches". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ Esta Spalding Instagram September 1, 2022
- ^ Swift, Andy (October 6, 2022). "Mayfair Witches Series Sets AMC+ Premiere Date — Watch Trailer". TVLine. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ Mendelsohn, Jon (October 22, 2022). "New Mayfair Witches Trailer Reveals New Release Date". Collider. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- ^ "Mayfair Witches: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ "Mayfair Witches: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved January 10, 2023.