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, only a handful of humans have 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 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 -
 * Bailey Noble as Elinore -
 * Gianpaolo Venuta as Weehawk -A member of the Elf royal guard.
 * Robert Craighead & Adam John Harrington as Dain & Durin - Two Dwarf brothers and warriors
 * Anthony Daniels as Necron 99/Peace -

Scortch

 * Mark Hamill as Blackwolf -The mutant wizard, Avatar's evil twin brother and the main antagonist who is also the wizard representing technology.
 * 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 who acts like Blackwolf's pet.
 * TBA as Ratso, Skullface & Robin - A trio of Goblin triplets who serve Blackwolf as his assassin's.
 * TBA as Bottom - A large and powerful Troll who is Blackwolf's bodyguard.
 * TBA as Medusa -

Montagar

 * John Hurt as The Dragon - A ancient, wise and very powerful Dragon who was born during the Age of Legend, a time thousands of years before the Final War. When humans became the dominant lifeforms on Earth, he went into an enchanted sleep
 * TBA as King Oberon -
 * TBA as Queen Titania -
 * TBA as Delia - The former queen of the Faeries and the mother of Avatar and Blackwolf.
 * Golden Mane - Leren's beloved Unicorn and stead.

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 and the characters have being greatly expanded on for example:


 * Humans are shown living alongside the magical beings. In the original they were all either wiped out or mutated.
 * Avatar has a human apprentice named Aiden, in the original film he has no such apprentice.
 * Montegar is ruled by the Elf royal family, consisting of King Oberon, Queen Titania, Princess Leren and Prince
 * Elinore is portrayed as being more villainous in series.
 * 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.

Trivia

 * The series aired on Netflix on February 9, 2017, exactly forty years after the original films release date.
 * 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 John Hurt's final acting role shortly before his death.