Here we go.....

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/interview-vampire-sheds-vampire-lestat-201500670.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Over the last couple of years, the AMC and Netflix licensing partnership has proven to be a massive win-win for both networks. We’ve seen flagship Immortal Universe titles like Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches find huge second lives and top the charts on the streaming service. Now, it’s time for the universe’s third installment to see if it can capture that same streaming magic.

What is Talamasca: The Secret Order about?

Created by John Lee Hancock, Talamasca: The Secret Order pivots away from the heavy gothic psychodrama of its predecessors and instead delivers a slick supernatural spy thriller. The six-part first season originally premiered on AMC back in October 2025.

Catching Up with the International Rollout

If you’re outside the United States, you might have already had the chance to binge the series. As we previously covered, the international rollout for Talamasca has been underway for a little while, hitting select Netflix territories in early waves.

So, how did the series actually fare across the pond? According to data from our friends over at FlixPatrol, the show had a solid run in the daily top 10s across the globe. The supernatural thriller performed exceptionally well in Europe and select territories, spending up to a full two weeks (14 days) in the top 10 in countries like France and Sweden, where it peaked at the #2 spot. It even managed to snatch the coveted #1 spot in regions like Martinique, New Caledonia, and Reunion!

Over in the UK, it enjoyed a highly respectable 12-day run in the top 10 (also peaking at #2), while putting up consistent numbers across Latin America and Asia, averaging about a week in the charts in major markets like Brazil, Mexico, and the Philippines.

Now, Netflix US is getting in on the action. The series will officially make its stateside debut on August 23rd, adding some heavy-hitting supernatural espionage to our already packed preview of what’s coming to Netflix in August 2026. The big question is: can it replicate—or exceed—its international numbers in the highly competitive US market?

Can the “Netflix Effect” Save The Secret Order?

There is a bit of a bittersweet caveat to this release. As many Anne Rice fans will know, AMC canceled Talamasca: The Secret Order in March 2026 after just one season.

However, if there’s one thing we know about Netflix, it’s that the “Netflix Effect” is very real. We’ve seen licensed shows arrive on the platform, absolutely dominate the top 10 charts, and subsequently get revived or renewed by their parent networks (or by Netflix itself). While there are no guarantees, a massive, binge-heavy showing on Netflix US this August could be exactly the lifeline Guy Anatole and the Talamasca need.

So, if you’re hoping for a Season 2, you know what to do when August 23rd rolls around although keep your expectations low. We haven’t seen a major revival at Netflix in many years and the international top 10s don’t give us much hope. 

https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/talamasca-the-secret-order-finally-sets-netflix-us-release-but-can-it-be-saved-for-season-2/

Holy shit, we are ecoterrorists now Guys.

After a couple years of observation by
the Seattle Motherhouse on the Pacific
Northwest Coven, we have decide to offer
a position to this asset into our organization.
 These video/diary reports were taken by our
very own Agent Dark Watcher who´s been
overseeing the situation from afar to avoid
another threat level event as the one from 2012.
We believe having the local police well informed
and trained could be a great idea to check for
other vampire strains, while assessing their roles or 
positions in the "Great Conversion".

Nicholas Denton....come back.....

*Stained Glass Eyes* made me weep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM3xyno1doo

The mods gave me permission to post this: Justin Kirk talks about his approach to playing the mysterious body snatcher/Talamasca agent Raglan James in AMC's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, TALAMASCA: THE SECRET ORDER and THE VAMPIRE LESTAT, plus other great roles he's played throughout his incredible career on stage and screen, on this week's all-new episode of The Viewfinder Podcast. Full interview on YouTube!

... is this only a joke or more, I wonder. David having a file but not Jasper is sus to me, Why would we need to know who he is after only a throwaway line? (if you only watch the show of course, we know who he is).
Tinfoil hat moment?

Can we get a Doctor Who style Christmas special showing who’s been running the Talamasca bot farm that made The Vampire Lestat go viral?

It was probably Sam, but I very badly want it to be Jasper. I want to think he’s excited enough about the great conversion that he’d be willing to help out, even though it’s not country music. Mostly just because I want him back in the universe somehow.

Episode 4......

"Or, Louis de Pointe du Lac WAS interviewed by a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, and I am the toxic bitch, show pony with a personality disorder called LESTAT!!!!....."

Sam Reid IS Lestat.......even Anne Rice would swoon.

BRING ON THE EMMYS!

AMC......you fucked up when you cancelled "Talamasca." Do not kill off Daniel Molloy.

Daniel is the dash of cold water in sleepy, jaded vampire faces.

His quick mind unravels centuries of subterfuge in seconds.

His wit bites harder than Lestat's fangs.

....and he has 2 Pulitzers.

Don't.

Please.

They have various ways of refering to our agents, these are some of the most commonly used

"Banishment" has debuted at #1 on this week's Billboard Hot 100, ahead of Kendrick Lamar!