Wizard Harry Dresden Coming to Sci-Fi Channel

Posted on May 26, 2006

Wizard Harry Dresden is coming to the Sci Fi Channel in January, 2007. The tv show is based on the bestselling paranormal detective series written by Jim Butcher.

SCI FI Channel has ordered 11 episodes of The Dresden Files, a supernatural detective series based on Jim Butcher's best-selling books, the network said. Nicolas Cage's Saturn Films and Lionsgate TV will produce the series, which kicks off with a two-hour pilot in January. Paul Blackthorne (24) plays Harry Dresden, a Chicago-based private detective who has the powers of a wizard. The Dresden Files will shoot in Toronto.

David Carson directed the pilot, which was written by Hans Beimler (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and Robert Wolfe (Andromeda); they will serve as executive producers of the series, along with Cage, Norm Golightly and Morgan Gendel.

We love The Dresden Files books: Harry Dresden is our kind of wizard. Work is that Paul Blackthorne is perfect for the role, although fans were unhappy that James Marsters who played Spike on Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer turned it down because he didn't want to move to Toronto and be away from his family during the filming. Let's hope they give the show a good budget and some great F/X.

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