New Fantasy Series Set for November Launch

SAN DIEGO, July 25: The
epic fantasy series from Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios
previously known as Wizard’s First Rule will officially be launched as Legend of the Seeker, with new cast members added, the weekend of
November 1.

Executive producers Sam Raimi
and Rob Tapert have unveiled new additions to the cast—Bruce Spence, Jay
Laga'aia and Craig Parker—joining previously announced lead actors Craig
Horner and Bridget Regan in the first-run, scripted weekly series.

Production on the 22
episodes is currently under way in New Zealand. Legend of the Seeker, based on Terry Goodkind’s book Wizard’s First
Rule and epic fantasy series The
Sword of Truth, will debut with a two-hour premiere event. The series,
produced by ABC Studios, has been cleared by Disney-ABC Domestic Television in
95 percent of the U.S. to date.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski