Many thanks to LB for the news

Tentatively scheduled for Thursday...

3:00-4:00 Wizard’s First Rule—Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) and Ken Biller (Star Trek: Voyager) give you a first look at the upcoming television series Wizard’s First Rule. The one-hour weekly series, premiering in late fall, is based on Terry Goodkind’s bestselling epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, which follows the extraordinary transformation of woodsman Richard Cypher into a magical leader who joins with a mysterious, beautiful woman to stop a bloodthirsty, sinister tyrant. Join Sam and Ken for a moderated interview and audience Q&A session!

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Craig Horner and Bridget Regan have been tapped to star in Sam Raimi's syndicated TV series Wizard's First Rule, which launches in the fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The scripted series, an hour-long weekly fantasy drama from Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios, is based on Terry Goodkind's book Wizard's First Rule and his epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth.

Horner will star as woodsman Richard Cypher, who transforms into a magical leader and joins with a mysterious woman named Kahlan (Regan) to stop a bloodthirsty, sinister tyrant.

Wizard's has been cleared in 95 percent of the country for its fall launch. Production on the 22 episodes begins this month in New Zealand.

Raimi is executive producing with Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and John Shiban.


Source="Scifi.com"

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News contributed by Barbara Davies

Stuff.co.nz - Tuesday, 13 May 2008

The producer of television series Hercules, and Xena: Warrior Princess is returning to New Zealand to produce a new swords and sorcery
television series. In a growing trend for American television, Rob Tapert will skip the step of making a pilot programme and go straight into production of 22 episodes of Wizard's First Rule for Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios.... The major roles will use American actors while New Zealand actors are likely to be used for some of the minor parts.

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This is the new series by Rob and Sam. The poster has just been released via Disney/ABC. The following information was posted by Terry Goodkind, the author of Wizards First Rule:

The first season will be 22 one hour episodes, on Saturday evenings, probably at either 8 or 9 pm. Since this is a syndicated program you will need to check your local listings for the station in your area.

The first season will cover the story of WIZARD’S FIRST RULE. Along with exciting opportunities afforded by the air time in which we have to tell the story, the TV series also brings unique challenges.

By now I’m sure you have noticed the beautiful accompanying art. This is the preliminary art for the show. Because I think it looks great I wanted everyone to see it, to see the beautiful work done by the people at Disney, so we were able to obtain special permission to post it. Keep in mind that this is preliminary artwork. The kissing couple, for example, will eventually be replaced by the actual actors playing Richard and Kahlan.

The series is going to be filmed in New Zealand. American actors will have the major parts, while some of the minor parts may be actors from that part of the world.

Read more on Terry's official site

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Welcome to AUSXIP's subsite dedicated to the new Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi tv series Wizard's First Rule. At the moment there isn't much to report other than the news the book series by Terry Goodkind has been picked up for a 22 episode season. This new site will has news and multimedia on the show.

Wizard's First Rule is an epic fantasy series based on the novels of Terry Goodkind.

The following description is from the Wikipedia about the book series:

The primary protagonist in Wizard’s First Rule is Richard Cypher, a young woods guide. Richard lives in an area of the world known as Westland, which is the only part of the world that at the time contained no magic. The Westland is separated from the other lands by a dangerous magical boundary that prevents anyone from passing through it. On the other side of the boundary lie many sovereign nations, jointly known as the Midlands, and the empire of D'Hara. Richard works as a woods guide leading important political figures through dangerous forests, while his brother's interests lie entirely in politics. Richard is naturally compelled to investigate the mysterious murder of his father when he happens upon a woman named Kahlan Amnell, whom he helps keep alive as she is being hunted by a group of four men known as a quad. After saving Kahlan’s life, it is revealed that Kahlan has somehow come through the boundary and is now searching for the First Wizard, who is rumored to have crossed into the Westland before the creation of the boundaries. Richard feels that this woman is in need of protection and takes her to the only man he can trust, his best friend and mentor, Zedd. Read more

Read AfterEllen.com's blog entry about the new show

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