"Magic is real," is the mantra of Universal Cable Productions show The Magicians, which was part of Syfy's panel at Deadline's The Contenders Emmys event Sunday. Coming to the end of its second season on Syfy after its January bow, the drama based on Lev Grossman's bestselling book trilogy centers on Quentin Coldwater…

Stella Maeve (Chicago PD), Hale Appleman (Smash) and Arjun Gupta (How To Get Away With Murder) have landed key roles in Syfy pilot The Magicians, an adaptation of Lev Grossman’s bestselling fantasy book trilogy. Produced by Universal Cable Prods, The Magicians follows 20-somethings who, while studying magic in New…

IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Dark Summer, a supernatural horror pic from Grace director Paul Solet starring Keir Gilchrist (United States of Tara), Stella Maeve (The Runaways), and Grace Phipps (Fright Night, Teen Beach Movie). K-Town creator and Patient Zero scribe Mike Le penned the tale of a…

Stella Maeve has been cast in a recurring role on NBC’s midseason drama Chicago PD, a spinoff from the network’s Chicago Fire. On the cop drama, from Wolf Films and Universal TV, Maeve will play Nadia, a pretty 18-year-old escort who is addicted to heroin and goes through a very difficult withdrawal. Maeve, repped by…

Stella Maeve (Starlet, The Runaways) has snagged the female lead in indie haunter Dark Summer, directed by Paul Solet (Grace). The pic follows a 17-year-old placed under house arrest who discovers his new confines are spooked. Preferred Film & TV’s Ross Dinerstein is producing with Julianna Cadarelli co-producing…

Stella Maeve has been cast in CBS' untitled Nick Wootton-Greg Berlanti drama pilot (formerly Golden Boy). The project, directed by Richard Shepard, centers on Clark (Ryan Phillippe), a cop, and chronicles his meteoric rise from officer to detective and ultimately police commissioner. Maeve, repped by Abrams Artists…