Will Bates (UnbelievableThe MagiciansAway, The PathI OriginsThe Looming Tower) is the composer of the new AMC original series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. The show is developed by Esta Spalding (The Last Letter from Your Lover) & Michelle Ashford (Masters of Sex, Operation Mincemeat) based on Rice’s best-selling trilogy and stars Alexandra Daddario, Jack Huston, Tongayi Chirisa and Harry Hamlin. The 8-parter follows an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches and must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations. Spalding and Ashford are also executive producing the AMC Studios production with Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, The Chronicles of Narnia). Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches will premiere on January 8, 2023 on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.

Bates also Peter Berg’s untitled Rihanna documentary (expected to be released in 2023) coming up.