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Busy Producer Mark Johnson Builds the Anne Rice TV Universe for AMC Networks: ‘He’s Indefatigable’
'Rain Man,' 'Breaking Bad,' 'Rectify,' 'The Holdovers' and now vampires and witches: Mark Johnson builds an Anne Rice universe for AMC Networks.
Yet Johnson was a surprise choice by AMC Networks to lead its massive investment in building out the Anne Rice literary universe in multiple TV series. Four years later, AMC has two successful Rice-based series on the air — “ Interview With the Vampire ” and “ Mayfair Witches ” — and a third hot prospect in development: “Talamasca,” which explores a mysterious society within the Rice universe. Spalding previously worked with Johnson on “Battle Creek,” the short-lived CBS drama from “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan.
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