The Myths of Witches

The Myths of Witches is an Australian-American teen thriller series loosely based on video games, Myths of Orion: Light from the North and the Myths of the World series.

Premise
In a fictional outer suburb of modern-day Sydney, a diverse group of 5 16-year-olds, Zoe, Angel, Josh, Susie and Tessa were all chosen to have magical powers to defeat the evil forces. However, they have to go undercover to prevent being spotted by anyone in their small neighbourhood. Their magical powers helped them do things for the good and train them to become known as the lights from the north.

Main
Abigail Adriano as Zoe, a Filipino-Australian teenage girl originally from Melbourne, Victoria. She is the top student of her class in Year 11 and is a scholar. She is also the school's top artist, athlete and author. After being chosen by an old wizard along with her friend group, she in charge of inventing and creating inventions and potions. Her things are kept in her magic backpack.

Elsie Fisher as Angel, an American teenage girl originally from Chicago, Illinois. She is the founder of her friend group and a secret organisation where she and her friends expose bullies. After being chosen by an old wizard along with her friend group, she is the leader of the group and is capable of casting spells from her wand.

Matt Testro as Josh, an Australian teenage boy originally from Perth, Western Australia. He is the only boy in the group and is Zoe's love interest. He mainly plays video games just to keep himself distracted after school hours. After being chosen by an old wizard along with his friend group, he is in charge of the team's spellcasting alongside Angel.

Luca Sardelis as Susie, a Greek-born Armenian-Australian teenage girl originally from Yerevan, Armenia. She has an obsession with a particular boy band she and her friends like, Why Don't We. After being chosen by an old wizard along with her friend group, she is in charge of creating magical potions alongside Zoe.

Miah Madden as Tessa, an Indian-Australian teenage girl originally from Darwin, Northern Territory. She is helpful towards the team and is a badass and is athletic like Zoe. After being chosen by an old wizard along with her friend group, she is in charge of defending her team from evil forces.

Production
The series is loosely based on video games, Myths of Orion: Light from the North and Myths of the World. It is entirely filmed in Riverstone, New South Wales, Australia (with the exception of the forest which is filmed in Queensland). Josh's character was originally going to be portrayed by Troye Sivan due to his character being native to Perth. But due to Troye's busy schedule, he was replaced by Nowhere Boys star, Matt Testro. Tessa's character was originally going to be Anglo-Indian (mixed Indian and British) but after Miah Madden's audition, it is decided that her character will be fully Indian. Susie's character was originally going to be all-Armenian and called, Syuzie. However, due to the Armenian genocide, Syuzie will be renamed Susie and will be an Armenian girl born in Greece.