During her years at Brakebills, Alice rises to the top of her class, falls in love with Quentin Coldwater, and witnesses a horrifically powerful magical creature called the Beast invade their dimension.
The first release in this partnership will be THE MAGICIANS: ALICE’S STORY, an all-new original graphic novel hardcover set in the world of the book trilogy by Grossman, from acclaimed writer Lilah Sturges ( Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, Jack of Fables ), rising star artist Pius Bak and featuring a cover by Steve Morris ( Buffy The Vampire Slayer ).ĭebuting in July 2019, THE MAGICIANS: ALICE’S STORY expands the mythology of The Magicians, the first novel in the series trilogy, through the perspective of lead character Alice Quinn before she joins Brakebills and embarks on an epic journey in the magical land of Fillory.Īlice is manifestly brilliant, and she’s always known that magic is real. Originally published in 2009, THE MAGICIANS introduces readers to Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, which boasts a prestigious and dangerously difficult curriculum, famous and infamous alumni, and a record of only…a few deaths per graduating class.
The 12-episode season will begin shooting in July in Vancouver.BOOM! Studios today announced it has acquired the comic book and graphic novel publishing license to THE MAGICIANS, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling adult fantasy novel series created by Lev Grossman, which has become a worldwide pop culture phenomenon and inspired a hit television series on Syfy, whose fourth season will premiere in 2019. “We are lucky to have Sera Gamble, Michael London, John McNamara and Janice Williams as the team bringing this series to life.”
It’s an awesome responsibility to honor the novels’ core audience and also to translate that vision to the screen,” he said. Jeff Wachtel, president and CCO of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, gave ample credit to the writers - both of the series and the books - for creating the project. “We can’t wait to delve deeper into the lives of Quentin and his college friends, as they struggle with the enormity of their burgeoning powers - and unleash them upon the world.” “‘The Magicians’ pilot beautifully delivers a world filled with wonder, fantasy and intrigue,” said Syfy president Dave Howe. Universal Cable Productions will serve as the studio. John McNamara and Sera Gamble wrote the pilot, which was ordered in July, and will serve as executive producers. Groundswell Productions’ Michael London and Janice Williams will exec produce the one-hour drama.
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