Syfy has announced a big one. The network has greenlit The Magicians, a modern epic fantasy based on the trilogy of novels by Lev Grossman. The series stars Jason Ralph (above) as Quentin Coldwater, a graduate student who enrolls in Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy and, along with his classmates, discovers the magic they’re talking about – the […]
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Hey, Presto! Jason Ralph and Sosie Bacon To Star In Syfy’s The Magicians!
Syfy, in a twist, has pulled a couple of budding stars out of a hat with its announcement today that Jason Ralph and Sosie Bacon (pictured) have been cast as the leads in the network’s adaptation of Lev Grossman’s The Magicians. Ralph, who recurs in upcoming crime series Aquarius, will play Quentin Coldwater, ‘a brilliant, withdrawn […]
Syfy Greenlights The Magicians Pilot!
Syfy is attempting something that one of the Big Four couldn’t do – adapt Lev Grossman’s best selling fantasy The Magicians for TV. Prime Suspect’s John McNamara will write the script with Supernatural’s Sera Gamble. The one-hour drama series would follow a group of twentysomethings who, while studying magic in New York City, discover that […]
Busy Syfy Developing Tons of Cool Novels, Graphic Novels for TV–Plus, Sharknado 3!
Syfy has been snatching up all kinds of cool stuff to adapt for television: Frank Miller’s sci-fi miniseries, Ronin; Jonathan Hickman’s military SF/time travel graphic novel, Pax Roman; Robert Kirkman’s clone/conspiracy thriller, Clone; and Lev Grossman’s fantasy novels series, The Magicians. Also, the previously mentioned Letter 44. Plus (under the category of retread/WHY?) Sharknado 3. […]