--- description: Syfy announced a 12-episode adaptation of the best-selling books title: 'The Magicians' Trilogy Coming to Television image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt564753e77b277f0b/6987ee3de53aba62c84dbac5/magicians.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _The Magicians_ Trilogy Coming to Television  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2015 6:56 PM CUT  The Magicians by Lev Grossman The Magicians by Lev Grossman  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2015 6:56 PM CUT _The Magicians_ trilogy, the best-selling fantasy book series from author Lev Grossman, [is headed to television](http://deadline.com/2015/05/the-magicians-series-syfy-1201420427/ "undefined"). After giving the green light to a pilot [last year](http://deadline.com/2014/07/magicians-pilot-syfy-drama-series-lev-grossman-books-801340/ "undefined"), Syfy has ordered a 12-episode series that starts shooting in Vancouver this July, the channel announced Monday. “Ever since _The Magicians_ was published I’ve wanted to see this story on screen,” said Grossman, who is TIME’s book critic. “The people, the school, the other worlds, the magic. I’m so thrilled that it’s finally happening, and I’m beyond thrilled that we found the right people to do it.” Jason Ralph will star protagonist Quentin Coldwater, a gifted college student who enrolls in a magical university. Hale Appleman, Summer Bishil, Arjun Gupta and Stella Maeve have also been cast in the adaptation of the series, whose first installment, _The Magicians_, was published in 2009 and spawned two sequels: _The Magician King_ in 2011 and _The Magician’s Land_ in 2014. > [](https://twitter.com/leverus/status/595287962524491777) > [](https://twitter.com/leverus/status/595289386952044545) _\[_[_Deadline_](http://deadline.com/2015/05/the-magicians-series-syfy-1201420427/ "undefined")_\]_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3845707/the-magicians-books-television-syfy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3845707/the-magicians-books-television-syfy/"},"headline":"The Magicians Trilogy Coming to Television","datePublished":"2015-05-04T18:56:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:54:37.609Z","description":"Syfy announced a 12-episode adaptation of the best-selling books","url":"https://time.com/3845707/the-magicians-books-television-syfy/","keywords":["Television","Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt564753e77b277f0b/6987ee3de53aba62c84dbac5/magicians.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt564753e77b277f0b/6987ee3de53aba62c84dbac5/magicians.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Magicians by Lev Grossman","caption":"The Magicians by Lev Grossman","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3845707/the-magicians-books-television-syfy/","name":"The Magicians Trilogy Coming to Television"}}]}] ```