W.I.T.C.H. (upcoming TV series)

W.I.T.C.H.: Defenders of the Five Realms is an upcoming North-American animated TV series based on the Italian comic series W.I.T.C.H. and will be the sequel to the 2004-2006 European animated series. It will not be produced by SIP Animation, France 3 and France Television but will be produced by Disney Television Animation and animated by Titmouse.

The show is set to air on Disney XD and Disney Channel sometime in 2017.

Plot
11 years after daefeating Narissa the girls have went their seperate ways, Will broke up with Matt, moved out of her mom's and has opened up Frog sanctuary, Irma eventually fell in love with Martin and has become fully-time comedian, Taranee's now an inventor for major corporation, Cornelia has started her own fashion boutique/garden shop and is Caleb's fiancé, Hay Lin has has inherited her grandmother restaurant and Blunk is still well Blunk, the Heart of Kandrakar summons Will to reunit with the team to fight mysterious new force from another world.

Voice Cast

 * Kelly Stables - Will Vandom
 * Candi Milo - Irma Lair
 * Kyla Pratt - Taranee Cook
 * Eden Sher - Cornelia Hale
 * Gwendoline Yeo - Hay Lin
 * Greg Cipes - Caleb
 * Steve Blum - Blunk

Developement
After the European animated series aired on Jetix 2004-2006 with a third season in the work but was canceled, Daron Nefcy, Jordana Arkin (Star vs. The Forces of Evil), Lauren Faust and Meghan McCarthy (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) are developing a sequel series which will be produced by Disney Television Animation along with production services provided by Titmouse.,instead of its previous companies executive producers consist of Nefcy, Arkin, Faust, McCarthy, Chris Bartleman, and Jayson Thiessen alongside the show pruducers Sarah Wall and Devon Cody

The animation crew from Friendship is Magic and Star and the Force of Evil will be involved the series, the series features the girls in their 20s and a new threat arising, villains much as Phobos, Cedric, Miranda, Frost, Tracker and Crimson will return.

Kelly Stables, Candi Milo, Greg Cipes and Steve Blum will reprise their roles Will, Irma, Caleb and Blumk respectively, Kyra Pratt will voice Taranee, Eden Sher beat out Mae Whitman as the voice of Cornelia and Gwendoline Yeo was cast as Hay Lin.

Music
Friendship is Magic composers Steffan Andrews and William Anderson were hired to score the series.