From time-travel hijinks to secret societies (with a few stops in between): Variety reports that the latest addition to AMC’s The Talamasca, the latest series set in Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe, is Maisie Richardson-Sellers, who was a total delight in multiple roles on Legends of Tomorrow. She joins Nicholas Denton, William Fichtner, and Elizabeth McGovern in the series, which is about the titular Talamasca, an organization that is not entirely unlike a sort of magical Torchwood (though obviously it predates the Who spinoff by many years). The Talamasca tracks not aliens, but witches, vampires, and other supernatural beings.
Richardson-Sellers’ character, Olive, is “a beguiling and ambitious agent of the Talamasca” who is “deft with information and a master of disguises in the old tradition of spy craft,” according to Variety. She’s the handler of agent Guy Anatole, played by Nicholas Denton, and for some reason it is specified that the British actress is playing an American.
The Talamasca has a slightly odd pair as co-showrunners. John Lee Hancock, who will also direct, wrote and directed The Blind Side and co-wrote Snow White and the Huntsman; more recently, he directed Mr. Harrigan’s Phone. Mark Lafferty seems a more natural fit; he wrote for and worked as a producer on Halt and Catch Fire and Castle Rock.
The Talamasca is expected to arrive on AMC and AMC+ in 2025.
