NBC will develop a 12-hour limited series based on Anne Rice's The Witching Hour trilogy of novels, Variety reported. The Wolper Organization and Warner Brothers TV will produce the series, which will likely be budgeted at between $40 million and $50 million and will be aimed at the 2003-04 season, the trade paper reported.
John Wilder (Feast of All Saints) has been signed to adapt Rice's three novels, The Witching Hour, Lasher and Taltos. The Witching Hour tells the story of the Mayfair Witches, a fictional New Orleans family with a supernatural history, the trade paper reported. NBC may air the trilogy as three four-hour miniseries, possibly in November, February and May sweeps of the 2003-04 season, or air the 12 hours as a weekly series or over the course of one or two weeks, the trade paper reported. NBC won't formally give a green light to the project until it sees several hours of the script, but it's unlikely the network would acquire the TV rights to the project if it didn't intend to produce it, Variety reported. xponent Rice Krispies Maru rob
