Posted in: ABC, Current News, Editor's Picks TV News, Movies, Preview, Recent Updates, Trailer, TV, YouTube | Tagged: ABC, action, bleeding cool, Cameron Black, Chris Fedak, Chuck, Deception, drama, fbi, forever, greg berlanti, Ilfenesh Hadera, interview, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Kay Daniels, Legends of Tomorrow, martin gero, New York City, nyc, pilot, sarah schechter, Season 1, showrunner, vinnie jones, writer

ABC's Deception: Writer/EP Chris Fedak on Conjuring the Magic of NYC

It's mid-season series premiere time, and ABC is hoping it has a new trick up its sleeve (spoiler: probably won't be the last magic pun) in action/drama-series-with-a-twist Deception. From the creative minds of writer/executive producer Chris Fedak (Chuck) and executive producers Greg Berlanti, Martin Gero, and Sarah Schechter, Deception takes one of those righteously cool concepts you sometimes find yourself debating friends over in a diner at 2 a.m.: start using magicians and escape artists as "special consultants" to law enforcement to help them solve the more complex, head-scratching crimes. Think about that for a second — cool idea, right?

Bleeding Cool was invited on set to get a look behind the scenes of the show's production, and you'll find some pics from the areas that were safe to film (spoilers, people). We also had the opportunity to be part of a series of roundtable interviews with some of the cast and crew — all banking on being able to pull a rabbit out of their hat impressive enough to make a second season pickup appear out of thin air.

So over the next four days, we'll be posting our reports from the set — and on Sunday, March 4th, I'll post my thoughts on Deception ahead of the series premiere on Sunday night:

Wednesday: East Coast Magic Consultant Francis Menotti

TODAY: Writer/Executive Producer Chris Fedak

Friday: Ilfenesh Hadera (Kay Daniels)

Saturday: Jack Cutmore-Scott (Cameron Black)

Sunday: Deception Season 1, Episode 1 'Pilot' Review

Deception also stars Lenora Crichlow as Dina Clark; Amaury Nolasco as Mike Alvarez; Justin Chon as Jordan Kwon; Laila Robins as Special Agent Deakins; and Vinnie Jones as Gunter Gustafsen.

https://youtu.be/zHCOOUxv8MY

When his career is ruined by scandal, superstar magician Cameron Black has only one place to turn to practice his art of deception, influence and illusion — the FBI. Using every trick in the book and inventing new ones, he will help the government catch the world's most elusive criminals while staging the biggest illusions of his career.

Best known for co-creating NBC's action-comedy/spy-drama series Chuck with Josh Schwartz, writer/executive producer Fedak has also served as writer and executive producer on ABC's Forever and the CW's Legends of Tomorrow. During our roundtable interview, Fedak touched on a number of topics related to Deception as well as other issues including: the importance of New York City as a "character" in the series; the differences between filming movies and television series; how it feels when you find out you've been picked up for series; and why Deception isn't just your typical "magic show":

As part of Bleeding Cool's set visit, I was also given a walk through several of the sets and take pictures of what I first thought was a really cool-looking lounge/cafeteria, but turned out to be the set for Cameron's "fortress of solitude", or base of operations. Here's a look at some of the details you might miss while you're watching — and no, they're not renting it out. I already asked.

ABC's Deception premieres Sunday, March 11th at 10 p.m. ET, immediately following the network's premiere of the revamped American Idol.

Enjoyed this? Please share on social media!

Stay up-to-date and support the site by following Bleeding Cool on Google News today!