Fate: The Winx Saga

Fate: The Winx Saga
Genre
Created byBrian Young
Based onWinx Club
by Iginio Straffi
Starring
ComposerAnne Nikitin
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • Italy
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
  • Brian Young
  • Judy Counihan
  • Kris Thykier
  • Cristiana Buzzelli
  • Joanne Lee[1]
  • Lis Steele
Producers
  • Jon Finn
  • Macdara Kelleher
  • John Keville
  • Edmund Sampson
Production locationIreland
Cinematography
  • Frida Wendel
  • Tim Fleming
  • Baz Irvine
Editors
  • Laura Morrod
  • Mike Jones
  • Adam Green
Running time47–53 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
Release22 January 2021 (2021-01-22) –
16 September 2022 (2022-09-16)
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Fate: The Winx Saga is a supernatural teen drama television series based on the animated series Winx Club, created by Iginio Straffi.[3] It is produced by Archery Pictures in association with Rainbow, a studio co-owned by Iginio Straffi and Viacom at the time.[2] Developed by Brian Young, who also acts as the showrunner and executive producer, it stars Abigail Cowen, Hannah van der Westhuysen, Precious Mustapha, Eliot Salt and Elisha Applebaum.[4]

Iginio Straffi first proposed a live-action version of Winx Club in 2011, after Viacom, owner of Nickelodeon, became a co-owner of his studio and started financing his projects.[5] Before approving production on the series, Straffi gained experience with live-action television working as a producer for Nickelodeon's Club 57.[6] Principal photography for Fate eventually began in September 2019 in Ireland.

Early in production, Nickelodeon's American crew members from the cartoon, including Bloom's voice actress, Molly Quinn,[7] met with the Fate production team and reviewed the pilot script.[7] Rainbow's Joanne Lee also oversaw the show as an executive producer. Apart from them, the crew behind Fate is entirely new to the Winx franchise, and the writers were recruited from teen dramas like The Vampire Diaries.[8]

The series features an ensemble cast based on the characters of the animated show. The six-episode first season debuted on Netflix on 22 January 2021 and was watched by 57 million subscribers in the first 28 days of its release.[9] In February 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, which was released on 16 September 2022.[10][11] In November 2022, the series was canceled after two seasons.[12]

The story resumed in the form of a series of graphic novels published by Mad Cave Studios, the first volume of which was released in July 2024.

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  2. ^ a b Lloyd, Brian (17 September 2019). "Netflix's latest TV series, 'Fate: The Winx Saga', is now filming in Ireland". Entertainment.ie. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  3. ^ Cook, Laurence (14 October 2019). "Fate: The Winx Saga". Backstage. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. ^ Alissa Evans (20 January 2021). "Fate: The Winx Saga Trailer - Netflix Gets Their Harry Potter". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ Goodridge, Mike (13 May 2011). "Paramount strikes deal for Rainbow's Not Born To Be Gladiators". Screen International. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2019. Viacom owns 30% of Rainbow [...] Straffi says he has a dream to make Winx Club into a live action movie.
  6. ^ "TV Kids: Iginio Straffi". Worldscreen. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference quinn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Swift, Andy (10 December 2020). "Fate: The Winx Saga, Based on Animated Series, Gets 2021 Premiere Date on Netflix — Watch Teaser". TVLine. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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  11. ^ Swift, Andy (27 July 2022). "Fate: The Winx Saga Sets Season 2 Release Date on Netflix — Watch Teaser". TVLine. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  12. ^ Porter, Rick (1 November 2022). "Fate: The Winx Saga Canceled at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.