Development News - November 6, 2014
Syfy's The Magicians.
SYFY's THE MAGICIANS
- Stella Maeve (Chicago P.D.), Hale Appleman (Smash) and Arjun Gupta (Nurse Jackie) have been cast on the drama pilot based on Lev Grossman's bestselling book trilogy. Maeve will play Julia, a wealthy and brilliant Ivy-Leaguer who seems destined for success, but her future plans are forever altered after she is denied admittance to the mysterious Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy. Appleman will play Eliot, a student at the Brakebills who will prove a sometimes frustrating ally in Quentin's fortunes, and may soon factor into a series of perilous adventures. Gupta will play Penny, Quintin's roommate, bedeviled by voices that hint at pathways to other worlds.
