Sam Raimi will executive-produce a new syndicated, live-action weekly series targeted for a fall launch in conjunction with Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, titled Wizard’s First Rule, is based on Terry Goodkind’s fantasy book series The Sword of Truth.
The hour long series follows the extraordinary transformation of woodsman Richard Cypher into a magical leader who joins with a mysterious woman to stop a bloodthirsty tyrant.
The series will also be produced by Robert Tapert (The Grudge), Joshua Donen (The Quick and the Dead) and Ned Nalle (Xena: Warrior Princess). Disney-ABC Domestic TV is distributing, and ABC Studios is producing.
Wizard’s marks the return of the weekly syndicated fantasy series genre, which had disappeared following its heyday in the late 1990s with Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena, both produced by Raimi.
Production on 22 episodes is slated to begin in May.
For more info on this series and other books by him check out Terry Goodkind’s website
