The Magicians (U.S. TV series)
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| Genre | Fantasy |
| Created by |
Sera Gamble John McNamara |
| Based on |
The Magicians by Lev Grossman |
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| Composer(s) | Will Bates |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Mitch Engel |
| Location(s) |
New Orleans, Louisiana (pilot) Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Cinematography | Vanja Cernjul Elie Smokin |
| Editor(s) | Sue Blanely Jason Courson Mats Abbott Rita K. Sanders |
| Running time | 41–52 minutes |
| Production company(s) | McNamara Moving Company Man Sewing Dinosaur Groundswell Productions Universal Cable Productions |
| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syfy |
| Original release | December 16, 2015 – present |
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The Magicians is an American fantasy television series that premiered on Syfy on December 16, 2015 as a special preview. The rest of the series premiered on January 25, 2016. It is based on the novel of the same name by Lev Grossman. Michael London, Janice Williams, John McNamara, and Sera Gamble serve as executive producers.
A 13-episode order was placed for the first season in May 2015. On February 8, 2016, the series was renewed for a second season consisting of 13 episodes, which premiered on January 25, 2017.
Quentin Coldwater enrolls at Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy to be trained as a magician, where he discovers that the magical world from his favorite childhood books is real and poses a danger to humanity. Meanwhile, the life of his childhood friend Julia is derailed when she is denied entry, and she searches for magic elsewhere.
Michael London first optioned the books in 2011, intending to develop the show at Fox.X-Men: First Class co-writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz wrote the pilot, but did not get the green light. London then redeveloped the pilot with McNamara and Gamble taking over writing duties, and took the script to Syfy, which ordered a pilot. The pilot, directed by Mike Cahill, was filmed in New Orleans in late 2014 and wrapped in December.Syfy picked up the show for a 13-episode first season, to be aired in 2016. McNamara and Gamble became executive producers.
Series production began on August 4, 2015, in Vancouver, and it was announced that Olivia Taylor Dudley had replaced Sosie Bacon as Alice Quinn. It was also announced that Rick Worthy had been cast as Dean Fogg, Anne Dudek as Professor Sunderland, with Esmé Bianco also cast. Syfy aired an advance commercial-free screening of the first episode on December 16, 2015 ahead of its January 25, 2016 premiere, when it was shown along with the second episode.
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