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It’s official: PBS Masterpiece’s adaptation of The Forsyte Saga has been renewed.

Deadline revealed in March that a second season of The Forsytes was on the cards, even though the adaptation of John Galsworthy’s novel is yet to premiere.

PBS Masterpiece said Season 1 will debut in the U.S. in 2026. British viewers will get The Forsytes this year after Paramount-owned network 5 acquired the series.

A sweeping portrait of a wealthy British family in 1880s London, the show’s ensemble cast is led by BAFTA-winner Francesca Annis (Lillie), who plays formidable matriarch Ann.

True Blood star Stephen Moyer and Doctor Who actress Millie Gibson also feature alongside the likes of Jack Davenport (The Morning Show) and Eleanor Tomlinson (One Day).

L-r: Richard Rankin, Sarah Alexander, and Nia Ashi Faye Thomas/Getty/Mammoth Screen

Season 2 will add Richard Rankin (Outlander), Sarah Alexander (Pennyworth), and Nia Ashi (Bob Marley: One Love...

The Forsytes hasn't even premiered and good news about Season 2 is already coming our way. Today, Masterpiece on PBS announced that the cast of the next season of the period drama series is expanding. Richard Rankin (Outlander) is one of the new names that will integrate the cast of the upcoming episodes, which are currently filming in the U.K. Season 1 is expected to premiere on Masterpiece on PBS in March 2026.

The addition only underscores how PBS is confident in the story of The Forsytes. The renewal for Season 2 was announced three months ago, way before Season 1 premiered. Rankin plays fan-favorite Roger in Outlander and has also been in the cast of other high-profile series such as The Last Kingdom and Rebus. Aside from Rankin, Season 2 has added Sarah Alexander (Pennyworth) and Nia Ashi (Bob Marley: One Love).

Collider's Maggie Lovitt talked recently with series star Stephen Moyer (Art...

After spending the better part of a decade trudging through the swamps of Bon Temps, Louisiana as True Blood’s iconic vampire Bill Compton, Stephen Moyeris making strides to leave his psychopathic characters behind in favor of cozier ventures. Art Detectives is the first of two new series Moyer has on the horizon that appeal to audiences looking for a certain degree of comfort when it comes to their viewing habits. The second is The Forsytes, the third and highly-anticipated adaptation of John Galsworthy’s trilogy of novels.

In Art Detectives, Moyer stars as Di Mick Palmer, an art-loving member of the Heritage Crime Unit who works alongside the straight-shooting DC Shazia Malik (Nina Singh) to solve crimes connected to the world of art and antiquities. It’s a brilliant new murder mystery hailing from Acorn TV, which has quickly become the premiere source for British crime dramas ranging from hard-hitting nail-bitters to cozier fare.

A lonely man is forced into a series of deadly games by a masked online sadist in this choose your own adventure – but bouts of paper-scissor-stones fail to engage

Interactive cinema cheerleader Paul Raschid’s last work The Gallery in 2022, cannily used the format to compare and contrast two fraught eras: Thatcher’s and post-Brexit Britain. So it’s a disappointment to see his latest outing, Hello Stranger, narrow its scope to a cheesy trial-by-internet that lacks the social commentary of Squid Game, from which it nabs its masked, filtered-voice tormentor.

Cam (George Blagden) is a shut-in working on assorted remote assignments from a hermetically sealed, computer-controlled London apartment. His main companion is Sasha, the digital assistant that runs his life (voiced by either Derek Jacobi or Yasmin Finney). Depending on whether you opt for being in a couple or single at the appropriate fork, hypothetical American girlfriend Mimi (Christina Wolfe...

Ahead of her Doctor Who return, Millie Gibson's upcoming PBS drama The Forsytes has been renewed for a second season before the first season has had its release date confirmed. Gibson made her debut in Doctor Who season 14 as Ruby Sunday, the first companion of Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor who hoped to find the truth about her parent's identity. Adapting the novel series penned by John Galsworthy, which explores the lives of an upper-middle-class English family across several generations, The Forsytes is the third major television adaptation of the source material.

While PBS Masterpiece has yet to issue a release date for The Forsytes, Deadlinereports that the series has already received a season 2 renewal. Gibson stars in the series as dancer Irene Heron, partner to Soames Forsyte, who will be played by Titans star Josh Orpin, with Danny Griffin, Tuppence Middleton, Francesca Annis, Stephen Moyer and Jack Davenport...

Exclusive: Derek Jacobi (Gladiator) and Laura Whitmore (Queenie) are among the latest names to sign on to star in writer-director Paul Raschid’s latest interactive project Hello Stranger.

Jacobi and Whitmore are joined by Yasmin Finney (Heartstopper) and Kulvinder Ghir (Goodness Gracious Me). The cast already announced includes George Blagden, Danny Griffin, and Christina Wolfe.

Hello Stranger follows Cam, a techno-hermit who conducts life from his electronically automated smart home. The Synopsis reads: Cam interacts with strangers on the platform Hello Stranger: a randomised video chatting website. Eventually, he encounters a masked stranger with an altered voice. Unnerved, Cam leaves the call only to find the stranger has hacked his smart-home and locked him in. The stranger tells Cam that he must win three rounds of games or it is ‘game over’. Viewers must make decisions and play the 3 games in order for Cam to survive but one wrong...

Masterpiece on PBS unveiled its first look at the upcoming series, The Forsyte Saga, featuring the first imagery of Doctor Who star Millie Gibson as Irene and Joshua Orpin (Titans) as Soames. The lavish, sumptuous, and romantic series follows the opulent lives of the Forsyte family in 1880s London, weaving a tale of love, loyalty, ambition, and betrayal. The series boasts a stellar ensemble cast that includes Francesca Annis (Reckless), Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Jack Davenport (The Morning Show), Danny Griffin (Fate: The Winx Saga), Eleanor Tomlinson (One Day), Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey: A New Era), Owen Igiehon (Disclaimer), Tom Durant Pritchard (This is Going to Hurt), Jamie Flatters (Avatar: The Way of Water), and Josette Simon (Anatomy of A Scandal).

Photo: Danny Griffin, Ali Skovbye Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Allister Foster

Hallmark Mystery movies are hugely popular with self-proclaimed Sleuthers, but sometimes it isn’t clear if a mystery franchise will continue.

Meanwhile, a star of Gilded Newport Mysteries may be hinting at a new movie in the popular franchise. Danny Griffin, Ali Skovbye and Nathan Witte starred in the first movie Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers, which aired in February. Why is one of these stars hinting at a return of the franchise?

Danny Griffin and the possible return of the Hallmark Mystery franchise

Recently, Danny Griffin took to Instagram to share a series of photos that appear to be set in the same time period as Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers. Ali Skovbye can clearly be seen in one of the images, in which she was tagged. Moreover, despite not being tagged, Witte also...

The Forsyte Saga is returning to PBS and Masterpiece. The network has ordered a new series based on John Galsworthy's novels. A previous adaptation of the book series, starring Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, Gina McKee, Corin Redgrave, and Ioan Gruffudd, aired on PBS in 2002 and ran for two seasons and 10 episodes. This new reimagining is being set up to have multiple seasons.

Francesca Annis, Jack Davenport, Tom Durant Pritchard, Jamie Flatters, Millie Gibson, Danny Griffin, Susan Hampshire, Owen Igiehon, Tuppence Middleton, Stephen Moyer, Joshua Orpin, Josette Simon, and Eleanor Tomlinson will star in this new telling of the Galworth’s work. The first season of six episodes will follow the Forsyte family as they live in 1880s London.

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The Forsyte Saga is making a return, courtesy of a new series reimagining at Masterpiece on PBS.

Based on John Galsworthy’s novel of the same name, the update follows the lives of the wealthy Forsyte family in 1880s London and explores the themes of love, loyalty, ambition and betrayal. Francesca Annis (Flesh and Blood) will star as the formidable Forsyte matriarch Ann, while Stephen Moyer (True Blood) will play her eldest son, Jolyon Senior, head of the family stockbroking firm Forsyte & Co.

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Exclusive: The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy’s sweeping portrait of a wealthy British family in 1880s London, is getting its third TV adaptation in less than 60 years.

PBS Masterpiece has set a six-part season based on the 1920s novels, with BAFTA-nominated Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield penning the adaptation, designed to become a returning series.

It follows the BBC’s 1967 adaptation, which was watched by audiences of up to 18M. The 2002 version aired on ITV and featured a cast including Damian Lewis and Gina McKee.

The latest reimagining is housed at Mammoth Screen, the ITV Studios-backed British production company behind Parade’s End, The Serpent, and Victoria. Filming begins next month in England, Wales, and Italy.

Mammoth has gathered an ensemble cast for the series, led by BAFTA-winner Francesca Annis (Lillie), who plays formidable Forsyte matriarch Ann.

True Blood star Stephen Moyer (Sexy Beast) features as Ann’s eldest son, Jolyon Senior,...

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is now Hallmark Mystery. Although the name is new, two old favorites are back for Sleuthers. Firstly, Alison Sweeney is back with One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Joining the series formerly known as Murder She Baked is Victor Webster.

In addition, Nikki DeLoach and Andrew Walker are reunited in the new Curious Caterer: Foiled Plans. Both movies started filming early in the year and now they are both getting April premieres.

What are the new Hannah Swensen and Curious Caterer mysteries about, and when do they premiere? Here are all the details.

Photo: Lisa Durupt, Barbara Niven, Alison Sweeney, Tess Atkins Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Colin Bentley Hallmark Mystery’s One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

Premiering on Friday, April 5, at 9 p.m., Eastern, on Hallmark Mystery is One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Alison Sweeney has reunited with Victor Webster, as Hannah...

With a snappy title and an ensemble cast of comedians and well-known actors, Drugstore June is an original concept with writing that is witty and humorous, but doesn't quite reach the mark of laugh-out-loud comedy.

The film is one of those rare examples of a project with a lot of focus, as opposed to having too many competing visions. It was written by both the main star, Esther Povitsky, and the director/editor, Nicholaus Goossen, whose last (and only) hit film was the 2006 cult comedy Grandma's Boy. Both Povitsky and Goossen knew what they wanted out of this movie, though it could have been executed better.

Drugstore June

Based on the cover poster and the title, it's reasonable to assume that Drugstore June is about a girl who takes at least some kind of pharmaceutical — but that assumption would be wrong. June is, instead, a completely sober 20-something young "Zillennial...

Exclusive clip "Phone Magic" showcases an awkward phone call dilemma in upcoming comedy Drugstore June. Esther Povitsky stars as June, dealing with robbery suspicion and personal struggles in the film. Produced by Bill Burr, the offbeat indie comedy boasts a star-studded ensemble cast.

We've gotten our hands on an exclusive clip from the upcoming crime comedy caper, Drugstore June, which finds Haley Joel Osment on one end of an increasingly awkward phone call. From executive producer Bill Burr, Drugstore June stars Esther Povitsky as the titular June, a wannabe influencer juggling multiple issues: her parents pressuring her to move out, her ex-boyfriend accusing her of stalking, and two detectives who suspect she’s involved in the robbery of the local pharmacy.

You can check out our exclusive clip, “Phone Magic,” below.

As well as the footage, you can also check out the official synopsis for Drugstore June.

“After the pharmacy...

Drugstore June follows the story of a young woman dealing with a robbery at her workplace and personal struggles. Esther Povitsky stars in and co-wrote the movie, drawing inspiration from her own life to create the character of June. The film features a stellar cast including Bobby Lee, Miranda Cosgrove, and Bill Burr, offering a mix of humor and intrigue.

In Drugstore June, the titular young woman is a wannabe social media influencer who doesn't have much going on in her life. However, when the pharmacy she works at is robbed, June takes it upon herself to look into the crime. As she delves further into the mystery, she'll be forced to examine her own life, including the shortcomings she does her best to ignore.

Drugstore June is directed by Nicholaus Goossen from a script penned by Goossen Esther Povitsky. Drugstore June stars Povitsky​​, Bobby Lee, Beverly D’Angelo, James Remar,...

A bunch of stars from the Hallmark Channel family stepped out for the network’s first-ever Television Critics Association Press Tour panel.

The network hosted three different panels on Tuesday morning (February 6) at at The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, Calif.

One panel was held for Loveuary’s Sense & Sensibility movie, another panel was for the series The Way Home, and the third panel was for four upcoming Hallmark Mystery movies.

Hallmark Media’s EVP of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly is also spilling some interesting scoop about the network’s future. We learned about an exciting Christmas movie that was announced and the potential of more When Calls the Heart spinoffs.

Head inside for all the scoop and to see everyone who attended…

Here are some highlights from her interview with Variety:

On possibly including love scenes in Hallmark movies: “In a Christmas movies? No. I think our series occupy a little different space.

"June is on the case!" Shout Studios has unveiled a trailer for the indie comedy titled Drugstore June, made by filmmaker Nicholaus Goossen, along with actress Esther Povitsky co-writing the script. It's set to open in limited theaters (NY & LA) starting in February. After the pharmacy in her small town is robbed, a girl who still lives at home with her parents takes matters into her own hands to solve the crime, while at the same time trying to get over her ex-boyfriend and become more of an adult. Described as “it's small, funny, and lands smack in the middle of a favorite genre: off-center charmer turns world upside down." Starring Esther Povitsky as the titular June, joined by Beverly D'Angelo, James Remar, Haley Joel Osment, Jackie Sandler, Miranda Cosgrove, Danny Griffin, Brandon Wardell, Bobby Lee, Matt Walsh. This looks kooky and amusing, with a lead performance that might make...

Exclusive: Esther Povitsky (Dollface), Bobby Lee (Reservation Dogs) and Beverly D’Angelo (National Lampoon’s Vacation) are among the notable comedic talents set for Drugstone June — a new feature that Utopia, All Things Comedy, and Shout! Studios have partnered to produce for world sales.

Others set to appear in the film directed by Nicholaus Goossen (Grandma’s Boy) include James Remar (Sex and the City), Brandon Wardell (Easter Sunday), Danny Griffin (Fate: The Winx Saga), Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams (The Ms. Pat Show), Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly), Al Madrigal (Morbius), Haley Joel Osment (The Kominsky Method), Matt Walsh (Veep), Jackie Sandler (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah!), Nick Rutherford (Rick and Morty), Jon “Dumbfoundead” Park (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens), Trevor Wallace (Add-tv), Bhad Bhabie (Lights Out with David Spade), Steph Tolev (Old Dads), Jon Gabrus and Bill Burr (The King of Staten Island).

Drugstore June follows a...

Netflix officially pulled the plug on Fate: The Winx Saga after two seasons earlier this week.

However, the franchise may not be dead yet.

Winx franchise creator Iginio Straffi revealed this week that the Netflix cancellation "is for a bigger reason."

“Fate has been an exciting adventure, a great achievement, and a hit watched by millions globally, re-confirming the power of the Winx world,” Straffi shared on Instagram.

“I am working on many exciting Winx projects in the near future, some of which I take so much joy in sharing with you.”

One of those projects is a "brand new CG Winx animated series reboot," which is set to go into production soon.

The creator promises the show will "sweep you back to the Winx world."

If that wasn't enough Winx goodness, Straffi said that a "big budget Winx movie" is in the works.

“For all the love you have given to Winx,...

For better or worse, Hollywood's nostalgia-mining tendencies come for us all. For fans of the Nickelodeon animated series "Winx Club," this was both a blessing and a curse: when the Netflix adaptation "Fate: The Winx Saga" arrived in 2021, it brought the beloved faeries back to screens. But it also received a very mixed reception.

Like so many of the gritty live-action adaptations being forced down our throats, "Fate: The Winx Saga" was after an entirely new audience. Rather than emulating the source material, this series targets older teens, shedding colorful whimsy for a dark fantasy aesthetic. Between the entirely new vibe and the many altered/missing characters, not all fans were pleased when the series first arrived. But this September, the sophomore season brought along some reason for hope. With its second outing, "Fate: The Winx Saga" seemed to incorporate much of that fan feedback — adding in some sorely missed...

It's the end of the line for Fate: The Winx Saga on Netflix.

According to showrunner Brian Young, the supernatural drama series has been canceled after two seasons.

"This is not fun news to share, but Netflix have decided not to move forward with Season Three of Fate: The Winx Saga," Young said on Instagram.

"This is especially tough because I know how many of you loved this season."

"It's a heartbreaking silver lining, but a silver lining all the same," the statement continues.

"I'm so proud of everyone who worked on the show, and so happy we got to tell the stories we did."

"Our cast and crew put in a ton of hard work creating this world and these characters," Young adds.

"I'm grateful for each and everyone one of them, and for all of you for watching."

"It's been an amazing four years. Hopefully, we'll see each other again in the future.

“Fate: The Winx Saga” has been canceled at Netflix after two seasons, Variety has confirmed.

Series showrunner Brian Young originally made the announcement in an Instagram post.

“This is not fun news to share, but Netflix [has] decided not to move forward with Season 3 of Fate: The Winx Saga,” Young wrote. “This is especially tough because I know how many of you loved this season. It’s a heartbreaking silver lining, but a silver lining all the same. I’m so proud of everyone who worked on the show, and so happy we got to tell the stories we did. Our cast and crew put in a ton of hard work creating this world and these characters. I’m grateful for each and every one of them, and for all of you for watching. It’s been an amazing four years. Hopefully we’ll see each other again in the future.

Netflix is cutting Bloom’s family reunion short, cancelling Fate: The Winx Saga after two seasons.

“This is not fun news to share, but Netflix [has] decided not to move forward with Season 3 of Fate: The Winx Saga,” showrunner Brian Young wrote Tuesday in an Instagram post. “This is especially tough because I know how many of you loved this season. It’s a heartbreaking silver lining, but a silver lining all the same.”

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“Fate: The Winx Saga” Season 2 brought more danger for the teenage fairies at The Alfea School of magic, as they faced one of the strongest villains they’ve come across – Sebastian.

(Spoiler alert: This story dives into plot details from Season 2 of Netflix’s “Fate: The Winx Saga.)

Bloom (Abigail Cowen), Terra (Eliot Salt), Stella (Hannah van der Westhuysen) and Aisha (Precious Mustapha) had to combine their power to defeat Sebastian, whose goal this season was to get Bloom’s dragon flame for himself. Bouncing off each other’s energy, the young women found themselves floating into the air surrounded by bubbles of magic of different colors as they worked together to take down the Season 2 baddie, who made their lives — and those of their school chums — hell.

“It was actually really exciting,” Mustapha told TheWrap of going up on wires to film the pivotal scene. “It was so fun,...

When Abigail Cowen first read the script for Netflix’s “Fate: The Winx Saga,” she knew it was special. The show involved teenage fairies, attending a private boarding school. But while the series had that magic supernatural twist, its group of high schoolers had relatable insecurities and struggles with growing up and finding who you are.

“I was like, ‘This is actually kind of synonymous with embracing what makes you different, and really finding the love in that,’” Cowen said when we sat down with her for an exclusive TheWrap Studio photoshoot and interview. “And when you do embrace what makes you different, then your magic flourishes.”

For Cowen, she began exploring her own special power – as an actor – as a youngster growing up in Florida. Her earliest professional acting jobs came out of the scene in Orlando, including a commercial at just 12 years old that put her over the...

Bloom Peters is just about done with restraining herself and her powers — and her friends are more than happy to help her out along the way. In a new trailer for Netflix’s Season 2 of “Fate: The Winx Saga,” the fairies are more powerful — and perhaps more reckless — than ever.

Of course, there are changes happening this season. As the trailer ominously warns: “The old regime is gone. It’s time to embrace the new one.” That new one is led by Headmistress Rosalind, who rules over the school with an iron fist. But apparently, she was also “working on some super mysterious s—.” As a result, fairies from Alfea are starting to go missing.

According to Netflix’s official synopsis for the season, “School’s back in session under the militant authority of Alfea’s former Headmistress Rosalind. With the Burned Ones gone, Dowling ‘disappeared’ and Silva imprisoned for treason,...

We are fast approaching the premiere of Fate: The Winx Saga Season 2.

Netflix has dropped a full-length trailer for the season ahead, which premieres on September 16.

The series follows the coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.

From creator Brian Young (The Vampire Diaries), Fate: The Winx Saga is a live-action reimagining of the Italian cartoon series Winx Club by Iginio Straffi.

"School’s back in session under the militant authority of Alfea’s former Headmistress Rosalind. With the Burned Ones gone, Dowling “disappeared” and Silva imprisoned for treason, the Alfea of last year has grown up with new magic, new romances and new faces," the logline reads.

"But when fairies start to go missing in the night, Bloom and her Suitemates discover...

Never Have I Ever is closing in on its third season at Netflix.

The streaming service on Wednesday unveiled the full-length trailer, and it looks like another fun season ahead.

Terry Hu joins the cast as Addison, a crazy hot non-binary person from the local private school, Addison brings more than just their impressive trivia skills to Devi’s friend group.

Deacon Phillippe joins as Parker, Devi’s debate team rival from a well-funded private school, he’s able to coast through debate tournaments thanks to his school’s advantages and is always down to party.

In Season 3 of the coming-of-age comedy Never Have I Ever, Indian American teenager Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) continues to deal with the everyday pressures of high school and drama at home, while also navigating new romantic relationships.

Never Have I Ever is created by executive producer Mindy Kaling, with Lang Fisher serving as co-creator, executive producer,...

Netflix dropped the first look at Season 2 of “Fate: The Winx Saga” on Wednesday morning, with actress Abigail Cowen promising a “whirlwind of emotion and adventure.”

The new season will premiere on Sept. 16, 2022, Netflix also announced Wednesday.

Here’s the logline for the new season: “School’s back in session under the militant authority of Alfea’s former Headmistress Rosalind. With the Burned Ones gone, Dowling “disappeared” and Silva imprisoned for treason, the Alfea of last year has grown up with new magic, new romances and new faces. But when fairies start to go missing in the night, Bloom and her Suitemates discover a dangerous threat lurking in the shadows. One they’ll have to stop before it wreaks havoc on the entire Otherworld,” per Neftlix..tpd-featured-video.youtube{position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100;padding-top:56.25}.tpd-featured-video.youtube>iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100;height:100}.tpd-featured-video.in-content{margin-bottom:2em}

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Oscar-nominated Miranda Richardson (Good Omens) and Daniel Betts (War Machine) have joined the cast of Netflix original series Fate: The Winx Saga for its upcoming second season, which premieres globally September 16.

Richardson will play Headmistress Rosalind, and Betts will play Professor Harvey.

Accompanying Netflix’s premiere date announcement is a BTS video that promises beautiful landscapes, fun action sequences, and a lot of magic. The video features Paulina Chávez who was previously announced to play the Latina earth fairy character Flora in Season 2 following controversy after Flora was replaced by a white version of the character, named Terra, in Season 1. Chávez expresses her excitement for “fans to see [Flora’s] magic.” (You can watch the video below)

Fate: The Winx Saga follows the coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld. The second season explores the question “What am I going to be when I grow up?...

Alfea is finally reopening its doors this fall when Fate: The Winx Saga returns for its seven-episode sophomore season on Friday, Sept. 16, TVLine has learned.

Per the new season’s official logline, “school’s back in session under the militant authority of Alfea’s former Headmistress Rosalind. With the Burned Ones gone, Dowling ‘disappeared’ and Silva imprisoned for treason, the Alfea of last year has grown up with new magic, new romances and new faces. But when fairies start to go missing in the night, Bloom and her suitemates discover a dangerous threat lurking in the shadows. One they’ll...

Netflix is taking viewers back to the Otherworld this fall (exact date Tbd) with a second season of Fate: The Winx Saga, and we have your first look at a highly anticipated “new” character.

As TVLine previously reported, Paulina Chavez (The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia) is joining the live-action Winx Club adaptation as earth fairy Flora, whose conspicuous absence from the show’s first season did not sit well with fans. The above clip of Flora’s arrival was unveiled Monday as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week.

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Flora has arrived.

On Monday, as part of Geeked Week, Netflix dropped a first look scene of Flora in “Fate: The Winx Saga” Season 2.

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“The Winx Saga” is the coming-of-age journey of the fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence, per a logline from Netflix.

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The series, a reimagining of the Italian cartoon from Iginio Straffi hails from creator Brian Young.

Actors Brandon Grace, Éanna Hardwicke and Paulina Chávez are joining the cast of Fate: The Winx Saga in Season 2, which is now in production in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Grace will play Grey, with Hardwick portraying Sebastian; Chavéz has been cast as Flora.

Fate: The Winx Sagaga is based on Nickelodeon animated series Winx Club, which was created and produced by Rainbow Group’s founder and CEO, Iginio Straffi. The show follows the coming-of-age journey of five unlikely friends attending a magical boarding school known as Alfea. At the school, they must learn to master their magical powers, all the while navigating love, rivalries and the monsters that threaten their very existence.

Brian Young (The Vampire Diaries) returns in Season 2 as showrunner and executive producer. Additional exec producers include Judy Counihan and Kris Thykier of Archery Pictures, as well as Joanne Lee and Cristiana Buzzelli from Rainbow.

The...

We’ve got some fairy exciting news, Winx Nation: Flora is finally coming to Alfea.

The beloved character from the animated Winx Club series will make her debut in Season 2 of Netflix’s Fate: The Winx Saga, played by Paulina Chavez (The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia), TVLine has learned.

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Additionally, Season 2 will welcome Éanna Hardwicke...

“Fate: The Winx Saga” has finally found its Flora for Season 2. Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the Italian cartoon series “Winx Club,” which aired on Nickelodeon in the U.S., has cast Paulina Chavez in the role of Flora, a fan-favorite fairy from the animated show whose absence in the first season of the adaptation stirred up some controversy.

Netflix revealed Tuesday Chavez’s casting in Season 2, which has just commenced production in County Wicklow, Ireland, along with the additions of fellow new cast members Brandon Grace as Grey and Éanna Hardwicke as Sebastian.

Created by Brian Young (“The Vampire Diaries”), “Fate: The Winx Saga” follows fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries and the monsters that threaten their very existence.

The first season of the show starred Abigail Cowen as fire fairy Bloom, Hannah van der Westhuysen...

Abigail Cowen has always been drawn to magic, which explains her previous role as Dorcas on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Now she stars in Fate: The Winx Saga, based on the Nickelodeon animated series and developed by Brian Young.

“I loved the balance of real-life scenarios and situations and how Brian did such a great job of portraying these young women,” she tells Rolling Stone‘s The Breakdown. She compares the magical boarding school her character Bloom attends to Hogwarts. “It’s where you learn to master these powers,...

Sugar23 continues their expansion with the hiring of managers Katrina Escudero, Jake Fleischman and David Jimenez-Katsman. They join Meredith Wechter, who recently joined as a partner to spearhead the management division. Meredith’s roster of clients includes Melissa Barrera, Gabe Basso, Bryce Dallas-Howard, Josh Gad, Diane Lane, Keanu Reeves, Cailee Spaeny and Jeremy Strong.

The recent expansion of the management team at Sugar23 comes on the heels of raising $30M in financing and joining previously announced hires Dan Riedler/Chief Financial Officer & Partner, Evan Sils/General Counsel & Partner, Angela Ledgerwood/Editorial Director of Sugar23 Books, Mike Mayer/Head of Sugar23 Podcast Group, Cliff Spence/Chief Product Officer, and Shelsea Jacobs/Head of Packaging.

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This article contains spoilers for Fate: The Winx Saga season 1.

Fate: The Winx Saga is Netflix’s latest foray into magical adolescence and season one is a six-hour introduction to the fairy boarding school Alfea, and the magical Otherworld. The series introduces us to a powerful fairy, Bloom (Abigail Cowen), who was raised in the human world completely unaware of her own magic or the larger magical community. She comes to Alfea to learn to control her power and to discover who she is.

We follow Bloom’s journey of self-discovery and self-empowerment as the requisite “chosen one”, and learn about this magical world through her eyes. As she discovers more about herself, she also uncovers secrets that could threaten Alfea and her safety within it. The season culminates in a coup of sorts, that sees Alfea’s leadership completely upended, which opens the door for really compelling storytelling in a follow-up season.

It’s the show that everyone is talking about, sitting pretty at the top of Netflix’s most popular this week. So needless to say we were thrilled to take part in the virtual junket, as we spoke to all leading cast-members. Chatting to Abigail Cowen and Danny Griffin, with the former discussing what it was like being the one American, and what she learnt from her co-stars, as well as Hannah van der Westhuysen and Elisha Applebaum as they talk about how overwhelming and surreal this whole experience has been. Finally we spoke to Precious Mustapha and Eliot Salt, as we attempt to dig deep into the cast and seek to find out as much as we can about this new band of young performers taking the nation by storm.

Abigail Cowen and Danny Griffin

Hannah van der Westhuysen and Elisha Applebaum

Precious Mustapha and Eliot Salt

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(Warning: This post contains spoilers through the Season 1 finale of “Fate: The Winx Saga.”)

In the Season 1 finale of Netflix’s “Fate: The Winx Saga,” a live-action adaptation of the Italian cartoon “Winx Club,” fire fairy Bloom (played by Abigail Cowen) goes through a metamorphosis that allows her to defeat the army of Burned Ones threatening her magical boarding school.

Bloom — who thought she was a regular human teen up until a flaming accident at home led to her admission into Alfea — goes into full-on fire fairy mode, fiery wings and all, to shoot out burning blasts at the evil creatures.

It’s in this moment, after our six-episode journey with the “changeling” who was placed with a human family at birth, that viewers learn just how powerful Bloom really is — and when she herself learns, too.

“The whole reason that Bloom was put into the Firstworld was because she...

Halfway through the first episode of “Fate: The Winx Saga,” I realized exactly why it felt so familiar.

The new Netflix series follows Bloom (Abigail Cowen), a bright-eyed, redheaded American fairy with a mysterious past who enrolls at Alfea, a legendary fairy school in an undisclosed magical location (though everyone else’s British accents provide a hint). She’s beautiful and spunky, a combination that immediately catches the attention of Sky (Danny Griffin), who’s both the most popular boy in school and the recent ex-boyfriend of her jealous suitemate, Stella (Hannah van der Westhuysen). Unlike her peers, Bloom only recently found out about her powers when she lost control and set her family’s house ablaze. Still, her teachers quietly agree that she has incredible potential like no one else at the school, a fact borne out once Bloom embraces her powers instead of running away from them. Once...

This Fate: The Winx Saga is based on all six episodes and contains no spoilers.

Fate: The Winx Saga, the newest YA fantasy effort from Netflix, is the live-action remake of an animated series that takes the story and pitches it at an older age group. There’s a magic school surrounded by gorgeous landscapes (courtesy of filming locations in Ireland), a group of students trying to uncover a conspiracy protected by the teachers, and more than a couple of secrets about the origins of our main character.

If that sounds familiar, that’s because it is. The 6-episode series borrows liberally from its predecessors, but none more so than J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. Now, while many of us would welcome a new iteration of those particular ideas, the homage it pays (the first episode contains a scene in which two characters share what Hogwarts house they’d be...

'Fate: The Winx Saga' trailer has arrived and it looks promising.

Netflix has dropped the official trailer for the upcoming fantasy series 'Fate: The Winx Saga' just days ahead of its world premiere.

The supernatural drama is actually a live-action 'reimagining' of Nickelodeon's animated series 'Winx Club' which originated from the mind of Iginio Straffi, per Digitalspy.

According to Collider, the six-part series is created by Brian Young (The Vampire Diaries) and revolves around five fairies - Bloom, Stella, Aisha, Terra, and Musa - who attend a magical boarding school called Alfea.

The official synopsis for 'Fate: The Winx Saga' is as follows: "A live-action reimagining of the Italian animated series Winx Club, which has existed in various forms since 2004, Netflix’s grittier take “follows the coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where...

Netflix has debuted a new trailer for their latest series ‘Fate: The Winz Saga’ before it premieres this Friday.

The series follows the coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.

The live-action series is a reimagining of the Italian cartoon series Winx Club by Iginio Straffi and is from creator Brian Young (The Vampire Diaries).

The cast includes Abigail Cowen as Bloom, Hannah van der Westhuysen as Stella, Precious Mustapha as Aisha (Endeavour), Eliot Salt as Terra, Elisha Applebaum as Musa, Sadie Soverall as Beatrix (Rose Plays Julie), Freddie Thorp as Riven, Danny Griffin as Sky, Theo Graham as Dane and Jacob Dudman as Sam. Eve Best (Nurse Jackie), Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey), Josh Cowdery (Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them) Alex Macqueen and Eva Birthistle also star.

We are just days away from the highly-anticipated debut of Netflix's adaptation of Fate: The Winx Saga.

The series is adapted from the Italian animated series Winx Club, which aired for four seasons (2004–2009) before nabbing a revival at Nickelodeon for four more (2011–2019).

This live-action iteration chronicles the “coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.”

The trailer certainly shows off how the show is set up, and it looks like the lovechild of Legacies and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which is funny because it features a cast member from the latter.

The good news is that the series will be a quick binge, spanning six episodes in its opening season, and there is scope for it to continue.

It will be fun to...

With less than a week until Netflix formally invites viewers to experience the magic of Alfea for themselves, the streaming giant has finally dropped the full-length trailer for Fate: The Winx Saga.

A live-action reimagining of the Italian animated series Winx Club, which has existed in various forms since 2004, Netflix’s grittier take “follows the coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence,” according to its official synopsis.

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With Chilling Adventures of Sabrina coming to an end, Netflix has another magical drama on the horizon.

The streamer announced Thursday that Fate: The Winx Saga will hit the air January 22, 2021.

The series is adapted from the Italian animated series Winx Club, which aired for four seasons (2004–2009) before nabbing a revival at Nickelodeon for four more (2011–2019).

This live-action iteration chronicles the “coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.”

Fate: The Winx Saga stars Abigail Cowen (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Bloom, Hannah van der Westhuysen as Stella, Precious Mustapha as Aisha, Eliot Salt (Normal People) as Terra, Elisha Applebaum as Musa, Sadie Soverall as Beatrix, Freddie Thorp (A Discovery of Witches) as Riven.

The case also includes Danny Griffin as Sky, Theo Graham...

Something fairy intriguing is landing at Netflix in the new year, with the premiere of Fate: The Winx Saga now slated for Jan. 22, 2021.

Adapted from the Italian animated series Winx Club — which aired for four seasons (2004–2009) before being revived by Nickelodeon for four more (2011–2019) — this live-action version chronicles the “coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.”

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