WIZARDS (PILOT EPISODE)

WIZARDS is a half-hour comedy about a group of friends who play Magic the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons and generally geek out together.
WIZARDS follows our characters as their lives become even more dramatic and adventurous than the fantasy worlds they’ve created. WIZARDS endeavors to be quickly paced, imaginatively disturbing and uncomfortably plausible. And yet, beyond the absurd and extravagant wackiness of our characters, there will be a continual, often failing, tribal urge for the community.

  • Zane McWilliams
    Director
  • Zane McWilliams
    Writer
  • David Amito
    Producer
    Atrium
  • Nick Colt
    Producer
  • Zane McWilliams
    Producer
  • Joel Johnstone
    Key Cast
    "Ronnie"
    The Marvelous Mrs.Maisel, The Newsroom, The Astronaut Wives Club
  • Max Baumgarten
    Key Cast
    "Leigh"
    White Guys Solve Sexism
  • David Amito
    Key Cast
    "Erik"
    The Chosen
  • Penelope Gazin
    Key Cast
    "Danielle "
    Drummer and vocalist in the band Slut Island
  • Sean-Michael Bowles
    Key Cast
    "Edgar "
    Law & Order, The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee
  • Katie Jean Hollowell
    Key Cast
    "Jardine"
    Guitarist and Lead Vocalist in the band Slut Island
  • Project Type:
    Television, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Comedy, humor
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 10, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    4,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Red
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Zane McWilliams
  • New Filmmakers LA

    Best of New Media & Experimental Nominee
  • Series Fest

    Official Selection
  • Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival

    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Zane McWilliams
Director Biography - Zane McWilliams

Zane McWilliams is a Los Angeles-based writer and director.

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Director Statement

I believe a successful television series depends on the characters first and foremost. These characters are going to be invited into the homes of our audience and I'd like them to be invited back, night after night. There are those among us who even consider television characters surrogate family members. I take this very seriously.

Second to the characters is the world that they inhabit. Once I have the characters and the inner logic of their world, then I am able to create the conflicts. The characters and the conflict within their worlds are all designed to achieve one goal, keep the audience watching. If you do not want to see what happens next then I have failed.

This is one of the reasons I love writing for television, it is a sustained seduction with an audience. So, dear reader, may WIZARDS have this dance?

Zane McWilliams