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T10 WHATS UP! January 8 - 14, 2023 rious inheritor of the powerful Mayfair legacy. In fact, in the series' official trailer, Daddario's Rowan can be seen collecting information on the mysterious Mayfairs and their family home before presum- ably getting dragged into the supernatural antics that in- clude everything from ghosts and demons to coven congrega- tions and possible murder. Also joining the cast is "Clash of the Titans" (1981) actor Har- ry Hamlin. Hamlin stars as Cor- tland Mayfair, the current patri- arch of the Mayfair clan. Also a witch himself, Cortland is driv- en to extreme and often dan- gerous depths to satisfy his ra- pacious appetite for wealth, power and control. Huston's "Antebellum" co- star Tongayi Chirisa rounds out the cast as Ciprien Grieve, a new name even to those famil- iar with the books. While the nature of Ciprien's involvement in the series has yet to be ex- plicitly disclosed by AMC, the trailer alludes to his connection to the Telemask, a presumed organization that "exists to in- vestigate the unexplained." Lat- er in the trailer, Ciprien states that he has been "assigned to observe the Mayfairs" before noting that Rowan's "gift" is among the strongest he has ever felt. Among the "Mayfair Witch- es'" recurring cast members are Annabeth Gish ("The Haunting of Hill House") as Deirdre May- fair, Beth Grant ("Donnie Dar- ko," 2001) as Carlotta Mayfair, Erica Gimpel ("God Friended Me") as Ellie Mayfair, Jen Rich- ards ("Better Things") as Jojo and Hannah Alline ("Doom Pa- trol") as Suzanne Mayfair, the first of the Mayfair women to call up Lasher. While much of the novel is set in the past, showrunner Esta Spalding and series co- writer/executive producer Mi- chelle Ashford (both of "Mas- ters of Sex") explained their de- cision to keep the majority of the AMC series in the present day, stating their desire to ac- knowledge the power of wom- en in present-day society. "The world of witches has fascinated and terrified for centuries," the pair said in a joint statement, "and yet Anne Rice's particular lens on witch- es explored something new al- together: women who are powerful, and often brutal, and always committed to subvert- ing our current power struc- tures." And in speaking of powerful women who subvert the status quo, Rice, who died of a stroke at age 80 in December 2021, had previously noted that seeing the Immortal Universe come to life was a lifelong dream of hers. "It's always been my dream to see the worlds of my two big- gest series united under a sin- gle roof so that filmmakers could explore the expansive and interconnected universe of my vampires and witches," Rice said before her death. "That dream is now a reality and the result is one of the most significant and thrilling deals of my long career." Take part in Rice's long-lived dream and tune in for the two- episode premiere of "The May- fair Witches," airing Sunday, Jan. 8 on AMC, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV and WEtv, and streaming on AMC+. continued from page T2 Witching hour: Time has come for Rice's 'Mayfair Witches' TV FEATURE 5 x 5 Harry Hamlin in "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches"