Wizards (Netflix Series)

Wizards is an American adult animated post-apocalyptic science fantasy television series created by Ralph Bakshi and co-produced along with George Lucas. The series is a retelling of Bakshi's 1977 animated film Wizards.

The series features the battle between two powerful wizard brothers. Avatar, the good wizard who represents peace and magic and his twin brother Blackwolf, the evil wizard who represents warfare and technology. The series was released on February 9, 2017 coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the original films release date.

Premise
Earth has being ravaged by a nuclear war instigated by five terrorists. 200 thousand years later Earth has regenerated, with only a handful of humans having survived the nuclear holocaust with the rest either being killed off or hideously mutated by the nuclear fallout leaving very few unaffected. Eventually creatures of legend, Elves, Dwarves, Fairies, Gnomes, Orcs, Goblins, Trolls, Dragons and Unicorns resurface and live alongside the unaffected humans in the idyllic land of Montagar. Eventually the queen of the Faeries, Delia gives birth to a pair of twin wizards, the good and kind Avatar and the evil and cruel Blackwolf. Years later Blackwolf sends his robot assassin Necron 99 to hunt down and kill Avatar

Avatar's Fellowship

 * Ewan McGregor as Avatar - A wise and powerful wizard who is the protector of Montegar and the wizard representing magic.
 * Brad Kavanagh as Aiden - A human who is Avatar's apprentice and adoptive son whom he has raised ever since he was 5 years old.
 * Nathalia Ramos as Princess Leren - A beautiful Elf who is the princess of Montagar and the beloved of Aiden.
 * Burkely Duffield as Prince Rohan -
 * Bailey Noble as Elinore -
 * Gianpaolo Venuta as Weehawk -A member of the Elf royal guard.
 * Robert Craighead & Adam John Harrington as Durin & Dain - Two Dwarf brothers and warriors
 * Anthony Daniels as Necron 99/Peace - A robot who was built by Blackwolf to assassin the practitioners of magic.

Scortch

 * Mark Hamill as Blackwolf -The mutant wizard, Avatar's evil twin brother and the main antagonist who is also the wizard representing technology. When he was a child he would never visit his ailing mother Delia, instead he would spend his time torturing small animals and dreamed of building empires. Years following the death of his mother and banishment by Avatar for attempting to take over Montagar, Blackwolf went to live in the dark radiated lands of Scortch
 * Andy Serkis as General Grimskull & Larry Lizard -
 * An Orc who is Blackwolf's most favorite general and his right hand man. Years ago he was
 * A cowardly lizard mutant and Blackwolf's obedient servant.
 * TBA as Ratso, Skullface & Robin - A trio of Goblin triplets who serve Blackwolf as his assassin's.
 * Ratso -
 * Skullface -
 * Robin -
 * TBA as Bottom - A large and powerful Troll who is Blackwolf's bodyguard and is always seen by his side.
 * TBA as Jenny -

Montagar

 * Carrie Fisher as The Great Dragon - A ancient, wise and very powerful Dragon who was born during the Age of Legend, a time eons ago when when Earth was filled with magic and humans coexisted with mythical beings. When the Age of Legend end and humans became the dominant lifeforms on Earth, she went into an enchanted sleep and slept for eons.
 * TBA as King Oberon -
 * TBA as Queen Titania -
 * TBA as President - Elinore's father and the President of Montagar.
 * TBA as Delia - The former queen of the Faeries and the mother of Avatar and Blackwolf.
 * Golden Mane - Leren's beloved Unicorn and stead.

The Free States

 * TBA as Abdul - A Desert Elf chieftain and an old friend to Avatar.



Magical Races and Creatures

 * Humans -
 * Elves -
 * Dwarves -
 * Faeries -
 * Gnomes -
 * Orcs -
 * Goblins -
 * Trolls -
 * Dragons -
 * Unicorns -
 * Mutants -

Locations

 * Montagar - A
 * Scortch -
 * Scortch One -

Differences from the original film
Whilst mostly having the same plot as the original film, the story line has being expanded and the characters changed for example:


 * Humans are shown living alongside the magical beings. In the original they were all either wiped out or mutated.
 * Elinore is portrayed as being more villainous in series, she is also revealed to be a secret agent of Blackwolf
 * Avatar is portrayed as being human sized and is shown wearing shoes. In the original film he was Dwarf sized and was barefoot.
 * In the original film Peace was killed by Elinore when they are attacked by a tank, whilst in the series Peace survives and it is Avatar who is killed.
 * The series features several new characters who did not appear in the original film, these include Avatar's human apprentice and adopted son Aiden, Princess Leren, Prince Rohan, King Oberon, Queen Titania, the Dwarf warrior brothers Durin and Dain, The Great Dragon,
 * Blackwolf's wife is named Jenny, after Jenny Greenteeth. In the original film she was unnamed.

Trivia

 * The series was released on Netflix on February 9th, 2017, which was the fortieth
 * Brad Kavanagh, Natalia Ramos and Burkley Duffield had previously starred together on the Nickelodeon show House of Anubis.
 * Ewan McGregor, Mark Hamil, Anthony Daniels and Andy Serkis have all starred together in the Star Wars Saga.
 * Mark Hamill previously voiced the character of Sean in the original film.
 * This was Carrie Fisher's final acting role shortly before her death.
 * Robert Craighead and Adam John Harrington would both later again portray Dwarf brothers Brok and Sindri in the video game, God of War.