The series will be based on the works of Anne Rice, the author of Interview with the Vampire and Lives of the Mayfair Witches. AMC has already adapted two of Rice’s books into shows that have seen critical and commercial success,

Per AMC’s release, Denton — who had bodices ripping all over Versailles as the Vicomte de Valmont in Starz’s Dangerous Liaisons — will star as Guy Anatole, who is “brilliant, handsome and sharp on the surface, but he’s always known his mind works a little differently.”

William Fichtner has been cast in AMC’s upcoming series about the Talamasca, the secretive group featured in the works of Anne Rice. Variety has learned exclusively that Fichtner will join the show in the series regular of Jasper.

William Fichtner is boarding AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe. The Mom and Prison Break vet has joined The Talamasca (working title), the third series in the network’s expanding franchise. The drama focuses on the secret organization “responsible for tracking and containing the witches,

In the midst of Prison Break enjoying yet another extended run of success after being added to Netflix this summer, one of the show's biggest stars has reportedly found their next project. A new report from Variety revealed that William Fichtner,

Though his motives and methods are cloaked in shadow, his charm and righteous sense of purpose are as dangerous as the power he's pursuing." Anne Rice's The Talamasca is executive produced by John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty.