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Faye Dunaway Documentary Trailer Promises an Honest Look at the Legendary Star

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Rebecca Murray
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HBO’s Faye documentary provides an in-depth look at the life and career of legendary actress Faye Dunaway. The documentary, directed and produced by Laurent Bouzereau (Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind), debuted at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and sits at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Dunaway participates in the documentary along with her son Liam Dunaway O’Neill, author Mark Harris, journalist Robin Morgan, film professor Annette Insdorf, and photographer and director Jerry Schatzberg. Author David Itzkoff, filmmaker James Gray, and actors Sharon Stone and Mickey Rourke also discuss Dunaway.

Markus Keith, Justin Falvey, and Darryl Frank serve as producers, with HBO’s Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, and Sara Rodriguez executive producing. The doc is an Amblin Documentaries Production in association with Nedland Media.

HBO’s set a Saturday, July 13, 2024 premiere date.

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Faye Dunaway (Photo by Terry O’Neill/Iconic Images/Courtesy of HBO)

HBO released this lengthy synopsis of the first-ever Faye Dunaway documentary:

“Academy Award-winning actress and multi-decade movie star Faye Dunaway recounts the triumphs and challenges of her illustrious career with frank candor in Faye, the first feature documentary about the Hollywood legend.Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her struggles with mental health while confronting the double standards she was subjected to as a woman in Hollywood.

Growing up as Dorothy Faye Dunaway, the army child of a father who struggled with alcoholism and raised predominantly by her single mother, Dunaway escaped into the world of acting, finding mentors in director Elia Kazan and playwright William Alfred, whose play Hogan’s Goat helped launch her career in 1965. In Faye, the three-time Academy Award-nominated actor – she would win for 1976’s Network – explores the personal trajectory of her life in concert with her storied career.

Many of her film roles seem to reflect aspects of Faye’s own personality and the social climate in which they were made, including Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown, and Network, a film which drew criticism, but also praise, for Dunaway’s portrayal of a headstrong, unsympathetic television producer – criticisms that were also leveled at Dunaway for her reputation as a ‘difficult’ artist to work with. Speaking candidly about her struggles with alcoholism and bipolar disorder, her love affairs, and the joys of motherhood, Dunaway also reflects on her role in Mommie Dearest, the infamous 1981 movie that was a popular success but threatened to destroy her career.

With her on-screen elegance and sense of fashion, she became a style icon and continues to inspire and influence fashion trends today. Fiercely independent and determined to develop her own professional opportunities into the 1990s and 2000s, but at times thwarted by her own reputation and demons, Faye serves as a reminder of Dunaway’s singular ability to inspire generations of filmmakers and actors with her enduring screen charisma and film oeuvre.”




‘Slow Horses’ Sets a September Season 4 Premiere Date

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Rebecca Murray
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Gary Oldman in Slow Horses
Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)

Apple TV+’s critically acclaimed Slow Horses will kick off its fourth season on September 4, 2024 with the release of the first two episodes. New episodes will stream on Wednesdays through October 2nd. In addition to setting the premiere date, the streamer released the first batch of season four photos that tease what’s in store.

Season four of the spy drama is based on Mick Herron’s fourth book in the Slough House series, Spook Street. Oscar-winner Gary Oldman returns to lead the cast as Jackson Lamb, with Academy Award-nominee Kristin Scott Thomas, BAFTA Scotland Award-winner Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan and Academy Award-nominee Jonathan Pryce reprising their roles. Newcomers to the Slow Horses world include SAG Winner Hugo Weaving, BAFTA winner Joanna Scanlan, IFTA winner Ruth Bradley, Tom Brooke, and James Callis.

“Slow Horses is a darkly humorous espionage drama that follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known un-affectionately as Slough House,” reads Apple TV+’s synopsis. “Season four opens with a bombing that detonates personal secrets, rocking the already unstable foundations of Slough House.”

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Jack Lowden in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)

Will Smith (not the actor) created the series and executive produces. Additional executive producers include Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Jane Robertson, Julian Stevens, Douglas Urbanski, Gail Mutrux, and Graham Yost. Adam Randall directed season four, and See-Saw Films produced the series.

Slow Horses, which earned a 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, has won two BAFTA Television Awards. It also earned Casting Guild, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, American Cinema Editors, and British Society of Cinematographers awards nominations. Apple TV+ has already renewed the series for a fifth season.

Jonathan Pryce in Season 4
Jonathan Pryce in season 4 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
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A scene from season 4 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
Season 4 Cast
A scene from season 4 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
Kristin Scott Thomas in Season 4
Kristin Scott Thomas in season 4 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)

Andre Holland and Rosario Dawson Join ‘Terminator Zero’ Voice Cast

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Rebecca Murray
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Terminator Voice Cast
Ann Dowd, Sonoya Mizuno, Andre Holland and Rosario Dawson join ‘Terminator Zero’ (Photos Credits: Tina Turnbow, Dylan Coulter Jamie McCarthy, Courtesy of Netflix)

André Holland (Moonlight) and Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka) have joined Netflix’s Terminator Zero‘s voice cast along with Sonoya Mizuno (House of the Dragon) and Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale). The newcomers join Timothy Olyphant who was previously announced to star as the voice of Terminator in the anime series.

Terminator Zero is the first animated entry in the popular Terminator franchise. The eight-episode first season will feature new characters, with Ghost in the Shell’s Production IG handling the animation.

“I asked my long-time friend and colleague Mamoru Oshii what he thought about the idea of turning Terminator into an animated series. His response was ‘Ishikawa, are you out of your mind?’ At that instant, I was confident we should get on board. As huge fans, our team at Production I.G is putting their heart and souls into creating this series. We hope fans will enjoy it!” said Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, President and CEO of Production I.G., when the series was greenlit back in February 2021.

Netflix is targeting an August 29, 2024 release date. August 29th is known as Judgement Day to Terminator fans, marking the date that Skynet became self-aware.

“2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet’s impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future which forever alters the fate of his three children.”

Netflix released the following descriptions of the characters the just-announced cast will be voicing:

• Rosario Dawson as Kokoro – An advanced AI and Japan’s answer to Skynet, if brought online, Kokoro will be endowed with the same power as Skynet. Kokoro must calculate for itself: is humanity the plague Skynet believes? Or are human beings worth saving?
• André Holland as Malcolm Lee – A genius computer programmer and father of three, Malcolm Lee is haunted by prophetic nightmares of an apocalyptic future. He’s spent the last decade creating a secret artificial intelligence that he believes will be humanity’s last hope.
• Sonoya Mizuno as Eiko – Coming from a post-Judgement Day 2022, Eiko is a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop Malcolm from launching Kokoro.
• Ann Dowd as The Prophet – In the future, the Prophet is the philosophical guide for the human resistance, a light shepherding survivors in the darkness of the unknown future ahead.

Mattson Tomlin created the series and serves as an executive producer along with Skydance.




‘Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd Sets Up ‘Lions’ at HBO and BBC

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Rebecca Murray
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Richard Gadd (Photo Credit: Stanley Morgan / Provided by HBO and BBC)

Coming off the massive hit Baby Reindeer, Richard Gadd is following up with Lions (working title) for HBO and BBC. Gadd created Lions and will write and executive produce, with Alexandra Brodski (Somewhere Boy) and Eshref Reybrouck (Cheyenne & Lola) directing.

HBO and BBC offered this description of Gadd’s next series: “When Niall’s estranged ‘brother’ Ruben shows up at his wedding, it leads to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives. Spanning almost forty years from the 1980s to the present day, this ambitious series will cover the highs and lows of the brothers’ relationship, from them meeting as teenagers to their falling out as adults – with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry, and challenging moments along the way. It will capture the wild energy of a changing city – a changing world, even – and try to get to the bottom of the difficult question… What does it mean to be a man?”

“Ordering a HBO boxset of The Sopranos, The Wire, or Oz and watching it from start to finish were some of the happiest moments of my childhood. Since then, it has always been a dream of mine to work with HBO and be part of their iconic roster of shows,” said Richard Gadd. “I am so grateful to Francesca Orsi, Kara Buckley, and Clint LaVigne for taking this chance on the show and on Ruben and Niall too who – despite growing up in a dead-end Scottish town – would be absolutely pinching themselves at this! I cannot wait to get started.”

Additional executive producers include Tally Garner and Morven Reid from Mam Tor Productions, BBC’s Gaynor Holmes, and Gavin Smith for BBC Scotland.

“We are tremendously excited to partner with the BBC and Richard Gadd, whose remarkable talent continues to make waves across the globe,” stated Kara Buckley, Senior Vice President HBO Drama Programming. “With this new, gripping and evocative series, we are proud to welcome Richard to the HBO family.”

The six-episode season is produced by Wendy Griffin (Limbo).

“Morven and I are utterly delighted to be partnering with HBO alongside the BBC and can’t wait to bring Richard Gadd’s incredible vision to the screen. The quality and prestige of HBO is world-renowned, and we are so grateful to the HBO Drama team and the BBC for supporting us on this journey,” said Tally Garner, MD, Mam Tor Productions.

And Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, added, “We are delighted that HBO are joining us to bring Richard Gadd’s exquisite Lions scripts to the screen. This is bold, brilliant, one-of-a-kind storytelling and we can’t wait for viewers to see it.”




‘The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge’ Follows Bears Preparing to Hibernate

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Rebecca Murray
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Peacock’s adding a new twist to reality competition programming with The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge. The three-episode documentary series takes a lighthearted approach to the traditional nature docuseries, adding a reality TV spin as it follows the bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

Rhys Darby (Our Flag Means Death, Flight of the Conchords) narrates the docuseries which will premiere on Peacock on July 11, 2024.

From Peacock: “The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge puts a playful competition spin on the bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park as they bulk up for winter hibernation. Over 150 days, the bears battle the elements – and each other – using brains and brawn to consume three million calories and gain up to 200 pounds in Nature’s real-life survival show. Unbeknownst to the bears, their progress is being tracked and ranked for a television audience with narration that combines fascinating facts about bear behavior with clever color commentary.”

Alison Barrat, James Manfull, Ari Mark, Phil Lott, and David Brown serve as executive producers.

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Poster for Peacock’s ‘The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge’

‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ Preview: Cast, Plot, Trailer, and Premiere Date

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Rebecca Murray
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Holly Jackson’s bestselling young adult mystery series comes to life in Netflix’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. Starring Wednesday‘s Emma Myers, the murder mystery is set to premiere on August 1, 2024.

“Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend Sal Singh. Case closed. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But smart and single-minded Pip Fitz-Amobi isn’t so sure, and she’s determined to prove it,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “And if Sal Singh isn’t a murderer and the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?”

Joining Myers in the six-episode season are Zain Iqbal, Anna Maxwell Martin, Gary Beadle, Mathew Baynton, India Lillie Davies, Rahul Pattni, and Henry Ashton. The ensemble also includes Mitu Panicucci, Orla Hill, Ephraim O.P. Sampson, Carla Woodcock, Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Jessica Webber, and Matthew Khan.

Rounding out the cast are Georgia Aaron, Oliver Wickham, Adam Astill, Annabel Mullion, Jude Morgan-Collie, Raiko Gohara, Asha Banks, and Yali Topol Margalith.

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Emma Myers as Pip Fitz-Amobi and Zain Iqbal as Ravi Singh in ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ (Photo Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2024)

“I’m thrilled about this show, and getting to be Pip has been a dream,” said Myers in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “Whether you’ve read the book or not, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is an experience all around. I think people are really going to like it.”

Dolly Wells directs and Florence Walker serves as a producer. Poppy Cogan is the lead writer, with Zia Ahmed, Ajoke Ibironke, and Ruby Thomas also writing the six-episode season. Executive producers include Cogan, Wells, Holly Jackson, Matthew Read, ZDFneo’s Jonas Melcher, Matthew Bouch and Frith Tiplady for Moonage Pictures, and BBC’s Lucy Richer and Danielle Scott-Haughton.

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is produced by Moonage Pictures in co-production with ZDFneo and Netflix.

Emma Myers in season 1
Emma Myers as Pip Fitz-Amobi, Jude Morgan-Collie as Connor Reynolds, Raiko Gohara as Zach Chen, Yali Topol Margalith as Lauren Gibson and Asha Banks as Cara Ward (Photo Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2024)
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Emma Myers as Pip Fitz-Amobi (Photo Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2024)
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Emma Myers as Pip Fitz-Amobi in ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ (Photo Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2024)




‘Skincare’ Trailer: Elizabeth Banks Learns Beauty is a Cutthroat Business

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Rebecca Murray
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Elizabeth Banks stars as an aesthetician who takes things to the next level when her career is threatened in the official trailer for Skincare. IFC Films just picked up the drama and has set an August 16, 2024 theatrical release date.

In addition to Elizabeth Banks (director, Cocaine Bear), Skincare stars Lewis Pullman (Lessons in Chemistry), Luis Gerardo Méndez (The Resort), Nathan Fillion (The Rookie), and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (Loot).

“Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman (Banks) is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skincare line, but her personal and work lives are challenged when rival facialist Angel Vergara (Méndez) opens a new skincare boutique directly across from her store,” reads IFC Films’ synopsis. “She starts to suspect that someone is trying to sabotage her reputation and business, and together with her friend Jordan (Pullman) she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of who is trying to destroy her life.”

Austin Peters makes his feature film directorial debut with the thriller. Sam Freilich, Austin Peters, and Deering Regan wrote the screenplay.

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Poster for IFC Films’ ‘Skincare’

Jeffrey Wright Joins Michael Fassbender in ‘The Agency’

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Rebecca Murray
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Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction
Erika Alexander stars as Coraline and Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in ‘American Fiction’ (Photo credit: Claire Folger © 2023 Orion Releasing LLC)

Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) is set to star in Paramount+ with Showtime’s The Agency spy thriller. Wright joins previously announced Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender as a series regular.

Inspired by the French series Le Bureau des Légendes, The Agency is currently in production in London. Two-time BAFTA winner Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice) is directing the first two episodes and will serve as an executive produce. Fassbender, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Smokehouse Pictures’ George Clooney and Grant Heslov are also executive producing. The Butterworths are writing the 10-episode season.

“Jeffrey Wright doesn’t just portray characters – he inhabits them completely, infusing each role with raw, emotional power and profound, psychological insight,” stated Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and President/CEO, Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios. “We are thrilled to have him join Michael Fassbender and our creative dream team of Joe Wright, Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, Grant Heslov, and George Clooney.”

Additional executive producers include Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios’ Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz; David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari of 101 Studios; Alex Berger for TOP-The Originals Productions; and Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton for Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America.

“The all-new political thriller follows Martian (Fassbender), a covert CIA agent, ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites,” reads Paramount+ with Showtime’s synopsis. “His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart, hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage. Wright will play Henry, the Director of Operations and mentor to Martian.”

Jeffrey Wright’s recent credits include Rustin, Asteroid City, and Westworld. Next up, Wright will be seen in Spike Lee’s High and Low, The Batman Part II, and Atrabilious with Leon Addison Brown. Wright has also joined the cast of The Last Of Us season two.




‘Tulsa King’ Season 2 Gets a Teaser and a September Premiere Date

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Rebecca Murray
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Paramount+’s first teaser for Tulsa King season two reveals the new players who’ll be attempting to mess with the organization Dwight (Sylvester Stallone) built in season one. In addition to dropping a teaser, the streamer confirmed the second season will premiere on September 15, 2024, with new episodes debuting on Sundays.

Season two stars Stallone, Martin Starr, Jay Will, Max Casella, Vincent Piazza, Tatiana Zappardino, and Annabella Sciorra. Neal McDonough, Frank Grillo, Domenick Lombardozzi, Andrea Savage, Garrett Hedlund, and Dana Delany also star in the upcoming season.

Tulsa King star Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone as Dwight “The General” Manfredi in ‘Tulsa King’ season 2 (Photo Cr: Brian Douglas / Paramount+ © 2024 Viacom International Inc)

“In season two, Dwight (Stallone) and his crew continue to build up and defend their growing empire in Tulsa, but just as they get their bearings, they realize that they’re not the only ones who want to stake their claim,” reads Paramount+’s synopsis. “With looming threats from the Kansas City mob and a very powerful local businessman, Dwight struggles to keep his family and crew safe while keeping track of all his affairs. Plus, he still has unfinished business back in New York.”

Filming is currently underway in Oklahoma and Atlanta. Executive producers include Stallone, Taylor Sheridan, Terence Winter, Craig Zisk, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Braden Aftergood, and Keith Cox.

Tulsa King is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios.

‘Interview with the Vampire’ Sinks Its Teeth Into a Third Season

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Rebecca Murray
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Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac, Assad Zaman as Armand, and Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy in ‘Interview with the Vampire’ season 2 episode 7 (Photo Credit: Larry Horricks/AMC)

AMC didn’t keep Interview with the Vampire fans waiting, announcing the popular series has been renewed for a third season. The official announcement came just days before season two’s finale airs on June 30, 2024.

Season two’s cast is lead by Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy, and Assad Zaman as Armand. Sam Reid stars as Lestat de Lioncourt, Ben Daniels is Santiago, and Delainey Hayles plays Claudia. The announcement did not confirm who’s returning, although we know poor Claudia turned to ashes in episode seven. It’s still possible Hayles will be involved in flashbacks.

AMC issued this synopsis for the upcoming third season: “In season three, resentful of the perfunctory portrayal in the trashy bestseller Interview With The Vampire, the Vampire Lestat sets his story straight in a way only the Vampire Lestat can—by starting a band and going on tour. Gabrielle. Nicholas. Magnus. Marius. Those Who Must Be Kept. They join Louis, Armand, Molloy, Sam, Raglan, Fareed and others we can’t tell you about yet on a sexy pilgrimage across space, time and trauma. No Auto-Tuning. No Trigger Warnings. All Feels Amplified.”

Rolin Jones guides the series as creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Additional executive producers include Mary Johnson (overseer of AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe), Mark Taylor, and Christopher Rice. Author Anne Rice has a posthumous executive producer credit.

“When you buy the rights to 18 Anne Rice novels that have sold more than 150 million copies, in your wildest dreams you hope there’s a show as good as Interview on the other end,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks. “What Rolin has done with these stories and characters, working so closely with Mark, as the steward of this universe, has exceeded the loftiest version of our expectations. We can’t wait to see where this creative team takes the series from here and know we are walking alongside an incredibly loyal and passionate base of fans who feel as strongly about this material as we do.”

Currently, AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe includes Interview with the Vampire, Mayfair Witches, and The Talamasca.

“Thank you to the brilliant casts and crews of the first two seasons that got us to this day,” said showrunner Jones. “Thank you to the rabid, beautifully unwell fandom that scaled the castle walls to get us to this day. Thank you to Dan McDermott, Ben Davis for the funds and tools to continue the great work of dramatizing Anne Rice’s extraordinary novels. And sincere apologies to the family and friends of actor Sam Reid, for the possession that continues to this day. Monsieur L extends his promise to return his body upon cancellation (may that evening never come.)”




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