The Magicians Archives

Syfy series The Magicians has cast Felicia Day (Supernatural) in the role of dragon expert Poppy for the upcoming third season The series is an adaptation of the Lev Grossman novels and stars Jason Ralph as Quentin Coldwater, Stella Maeve as Julia Wicker, Hale Appleman as Eliot Waugh, Arjun Gupta as Penny Adiyodi, Summer Bishii[...]

Syfy has released an animated video of a story set in the world of The Magicians It's written by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, illustrated by Miss Tak and narrated/read by Hale Appleman who plays Eliot Waugh in the series This is the first part of Fanimations: Party Tricks. The reason I say it's unique is that it[...]

From Bleeding Cool reporter Amanda Gurall:   Syfy presented The Magicians at the Hammerstein Ballroom at NYCC with executive producers Sera Gamble and John McNamera and cast members Jason Ralph (Quentin), Stella Maeve (Julia), Olivia Taylor Dudley (Alice), Arjun Gupta (Penny) and Hale Appleman (Eliot) Summer Bishil, who plays Margo, was sick and did not attend. The Magicians Season[...]

The other series I really liked has already had its second season: The Magicians on Syfy. The series is based on a trilogy by Lev Grossman and follows a young man named Quentin Coldwater (Jason Ralph) as he gets accepted into Brakebills Academy, a college for magicians Now, this may sound like a early-20s version of Harry[...]

If you're not watching The Magicians on SYFY, you are definitely missing out on one of the most unique, twisted and fun series on television. Based on the Lev Grossman's bestselling books, The Magicians centers around Brakebills University, a secret institution specializing in magic There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends[...]

Levi will host his annual invite-only Nerd party on Friday, July 21; while Syfy will host two first-come, first-served parties at the Children's Museum on Thursday, July 20 and Saturday, July 22. ●  Syfy will host a Battlestar Galactica reunion with creator Ron Moore and members of the cast and creative from the series, thirteen years[...]

With the recent news that Syfy has renewed The Magicians for a third season, it makes the final few episode even more important remembering how much the series changed between season and season two The first season was all about learning that magic is real and that Fillory truly exists The characters coming together through[...]

The Magicians has jokingly been called Harry Potter for adults… I would add for adults on mind altering substances The series, based on the novels by Lev Grossman, is twisted and clever And I'm happy to say, coming back for a third season. The renewal comes as the penultimate episode airs tonight on Syfy[...]

The latest episode of The Magicians is pretty spectacular and also pretty deep We see the strengthening of one relationship through actions and the fallout of actions on another We also get to see what a dragon is like in this world and how it has an opinion on millennials… like we all do[...]

Syfy teased the last three episodes of The Magicians at Wondercon this weekend The footage shows some pretty interesting scenes including Quentin (Jason Ralph) and Julia (Stella Maeve) searching for a dragon… who hates millenials. The Magicians airs Wednesdays at 9 PM on Syfy. https://youtu.be/YsQoUGv1qfwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: THE MAGICIANS at WonderCon: Supertease[...]

The latest episode of the Magicians put Eliot, Julia, Quentin and the rest into very difficult positions, things that are part of being an adult and making adult decisions The cast and crew talk about what the characters have to go through and the decisions they have to make Plus, there is sword fighting and[...]

With the eighth episode of The Magicians, we finally get to a scene that was bound to happen… Penny was going to find out that Alice or what she has become, is living in Quentin's mind Which lead to the cast filming some fun scenes like Kady (Jade Tailor) getting to punch Quentin (Jason Ralph)[...]

If you thought season one of the Magicians had a lot going on, season two is frantic by comparison We are eight episodes into the season and we've gotten so far away from the initial storyline of the Beast that it's amazing The show has fragmented into multiple plots with Quentin and what's left of[...]

As the new season of the Magicians continues, the cast has had to adapt to some new ways of filming Olivia Taylor Dudley's character is now inside the head of Jason Ralph, so each seen needs to be filmed three times… once her coverage, once his coverage and once him playing against nothing And in[...]

In the fifth episode of this season of The Magicians, Penny (Arjun Gupta) heads to Brakebills south where he is 'attacked' by Mayakovsky (Brian F O'Byrne) and slammed up against the ceiling The stun is of course done with wires, and Arjun performs it himself Here we see just how they do it. The Magicians airs[...]

Spoilers for last night's The Magicians… . . . . . . Fans of the book series new it was coming. Alice doesn't survive the battle with The Beast that happens at the end of book 1 The producers of the TV series decided to carry that battle into season 2 to give it the space it deserved But the death was inevitable[...]

One of the big set pieces added to The Magicians with season 2 is the Fillory Throne Room As they explain in the video below, the room takes on the personality of the King and will be ever changing with the mood of the ruler Right now it's Eliot (Hale Appleman) and the room is[...]

Nope, that's not a typo in the title… We're two episodes into the new season of The Magicians and things are going as crazy as you'd expect The video below focuses on the second episode and giving us some background on characters like Martin Chatwin / The Beast He was a shadow figure of doom through[...]

This article contains spoilers for The Magicians episode – Hotel Spa Potions . . . . . . The second episode of the second season of the Magicians takes our heroes… or at least most of them, back to where it begins: Brakebills Everyone but Eliot leaves Fillory and heads back to school to try and find the spells for battle magic,[...]

The cast of the Magicians talk about the season premiere including one of the biggest moments in the books series, the crowning scene as well as Julia's deal with the Beast and Alice's increased power Season one ended on such a shocking note that season two could only kick off with something equally as shocking. The[...]

Now that the Magicians is back, SyFy has released this 'making of' featurette showing the scene where the group from Brakebills meet up with the Knight of Crowns This is a pretty important scene and the location is absolutely gorgeous Plus, for the fun of it, take a look at the IMDB page for Kevin[...]

In the video clip below there is a lot of great questions and answers about the Magicians and the upcoming second season as Rick Worthy, Jade Tailor, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil and Hale Appleman are interviewed at the Hall of Magic But as much as they hint at some of the upcoming events, special effects[...]

Syfy has released three new 360 videos of the main sets for their returning series The Magicians Based on the Lev Grossman novel's, the second season of the series kicks off with the kids in Fillory… the magical land that is far more dark and twisted than it appeared in the books they read as[...]

Syfy has been doing a lot of unique promotions for their returning series The Magicians and The Expanse… and where I thought the Expanse season one recap with cats was going to be the most out there… and then I saw this one called: Show Us Your Tuts Nope, not a typo. Tuts is the act of[...]

Syfy has been promoting the return of The Magicians like crazy, and its been fun and light But there is a very dark side to the show and that comes in the form of The Beast (Charles Mesure), an extremely powerful magician that has 12 fingers to allow him to do some of the most[...]

In what might be the WORST life advice ever offered, the cast of the Magicians try and answer your "Adulting" related questions in character Are we accepting "Adulting" as a word now? I'm not sure if Syfy will stand behind Eliot Waugh's (Hal Appleman) recommendation of drinking to deal with important issues, but Julia Wicker[...]

The newest trailer for Syfy's returning series The Magicians answers the question: "If Magic was real, would it solve all your problems?" Turns out, not so much The second season based on the books by Lev Grossman kicks off with Quentin, Penny and the crew all in Fillory and not in good shape The series[...]

Syfy's series The Magicians have put together a few of their characters favorite cocktails to bring in the new year Here are the choices of Dean Fogg, Eliot Waugh and Julie Wicker Eliot's signature cocktail is actually seen in the first season of the show… he's quite the mixologist. We at Bleeding Cool want you all[...]

Season one of the Magicians, based on the novels by Lev Grossman, mainly took place in Brakebills University and the real world The season finale took the young group of magic users to the mystical land of Fillory… where all hell broke loose Season two takes the characters in all new directions and the video[...]

The Magicians season 2 kicks off on January 25th and Syfy is doing a big push for it, releasing multiple behind-the-scenes featurettes The first one talks about how it's a fantasy series with a twist A show for folks who grew up on Harry Potter but wants something more adult The second gives us an[...]