Pratik Handore
The television adaptation of ‘The Magic Order’ is finally set to enter production! The Netflix series will start filming in Chicago in June. Peter Cameron, Joyce Sherrí, and Alex Meenehan are writing the show based on Mark Millar’s comic book series of the same name. Lindsey Beer serves as the showrunner and André Øvredal is on board as a director.
The series revolves around the members of five families of magicians who have sworn to protect our world for generations. They must battle an enemy who’s picking them off one by one. By day, they live among us as our neighbors, friends, and co-workers but by night, they are the sorcerers, magicians, and wizards who protect us from the forces of darkness unless the darkness gets them first.
In 2017, Netflix purchased the rights to Millar’s Millarworld comic book company. ‘The Magic Order’ was the first comic series published by Millarworld after its acquisition by the streaming giant, and its first issue was released in June 2018. A live-action adaptation of the series was announced to be in the works in May 2019. James Wan (‘The Conjuring‘) and Beer (‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’) were attached to the project, with Beer as the showrunner and Wan as the pilot’s director.
The series was expected to start filming in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2021, but it was announced that Netflix had chosen not to proceed with the project due to COVID-19 restrictions. After initial plans were aborted, Millar announced that the television adaptation of ‘The Magic Order’ was back in development at Netflix in May 2021. Millar provided an update on the project in late 2022, revealing a writers’ room had been set up, and work had commenced on the scripts for the first season.
‘The Magic Order’ is a fantasy comic book series described as a cross between ‘The Sopranos‘ and the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise, with crime and supernatural elements. The Netflix series’ first season is expected to adapt the source material’s first volume.
Chicago is the principal location of several acclaimed TV shows, including FX on Hulu’s ‘The Bear’ and the crime drama ‘Fargo.’
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