AMC Networks gave fans their first glimpse of “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches” season three during Sunday’s broadcast of “The Vampire Lestat,” releasing a teaser that promises expanded witchcraft mythology and a new setting steeped in American folklore. The brief clip, which aired during the penultimate episode of the flagship “Interview with the Vampire” spinoff, carries the tagline “Power will be tested” and offers the first onscreen material since season two closed in March 2025.
Season three relocates the Mayfair family saga to Salem, Massachusetts, weaving the town’s witch-trial history into a story that has, until now, hewed closer to New Orleans Gothic roots drawn from Anne Rice’s novel trilogy. AMC has said the season will introduce new “spellbound” families and dig further into witchcraft lore than the source material originally covered. Returning stars Alexandra Daddario, Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa and Alyssa Jirrels are joined by newcomers Betsy Brandt, Michiel Huisman, James Frain, Eliza Scanlen and Omar Maskati, rounding out one of the larger ensembles in the show’s run.
Behind the camera, Thomas Schnauz, an Emmy winner for his work on “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” has joined Esta Spalding as co-showrunner, a pairing producer Mark Johnson has called central to widening the franchise’s ambitions. Johnson oversees AMC’s entire Anne Rice Immortal Universe, which also includes “Interview with the Vampire” and “The Talamasca: The Secret Order.”
The renewal arrived quickly after season two wrapped, with AMC citing the show’s standing as one of AMC+’s most-watched titles despite a rockier critical reception. The first season landed at 47 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from both critics and audiences, with some reviewers calling it a disappointing departure from Rice’s books. Viewership told a different story: the debut season briefly outdrew “Interview with the Vampire” as AMC+’s biggest new series launch, and season two continued performing well enough to secure this renewal within weeks.
Season three is now in production in Vancouver, according to prior reporting, with no premiere date yet set. AMC has confirmed only that the season will arrive in 2027, aligning its rollout with sister series “Interview with the Vampire,” which returned for its third season, “The Vampire Lestat,” on June 7.
