Get ready for more magic, mythology, mayhem, and Mayfairs, as AMC has renewed Anne Rice‘s “Mayfair Witches” for a third season.
The action is moving to Salem, Massachusetts from New Orleans, where the first two seasons were set.
Emmy winner Thomas Schnauz (“Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”) is joining the series as co-showrunner with Esta Spalding, who co-created the series with Michelle Ashford.
Based on Rice’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy of novels, the show stars Alexandra Daddario, Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa, and Alyssa Jirrels.
Season 3 will dive deeper into the mythology of witchcraft, introduce new ‘spellbound’ families and feature some of the historical happenings of Salem, the infamous town of witch trials and folklore.
“I am thrilled to welcome Tom Schnauz to our team for the third season of ‘Mayfair Witches,’” said Spalding. “A contemporary twist on the Salem story, it promises to be our most delicious yet.”
“The work I’ve done so far with Esta Spalding on Season 3 has been fantastic and fun and we’re hoping that translates to the screen for fans and new viewers of the show,” Schnauz added.
“The drama and complexities of the Mayfair family continue to be an intriguing and enchanting source of story, and expanding that story against the backdrop of Salem, a historical haven of witchcraft, is an exciting next chapter for this series and our larger Anne Rice Immortal Universe,” said Dan McDermott, President of Entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks.
“Tom Schnauz has a storied history with AMC, and we’re elated to have him join the talented Esta Spalding and our ‘Mayfair’ cast for a season that will explore a larger world of witchery and Mayfair family secrets as we continue to build out this dynamic franchise.”
“Mayfair Witches” premiered in 2023 as the second series in AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe, which launched with “Interview with the Vampire” in 2022 and will continue with “The Talamasca: The Secret Order” this fall.
