Nick Mohammed, the actor from Ted Lasso, Slow Horses, and more (and who is also featured in Genii’s May 2025 issue), is working on an animated series based on The Young Magicians children’s books. Mohammed wrote the two books in the series: 2017’s The Thieves’ Almanac and 2020’s The 24-Hour Telepathy Plot.
Like the books, the show—which is produced by BBC Studios Kids & Family and Blink Industries—follows four young, talented magicians named Zack, Sophie, Jonny, and Alex who uncover secret conspiracies and hidden dangers within London’s most exclusive club: The Magic Circle. The books also have fun Easter eggs for magicians, so fingers crossed at least some of them make it into the series.
“It’s been an absolute dream come true getting to dive back into the world of The Young Magicians, even more so to develop this as an animated series with Blink Industries and BBC Studios,” Mohammed said in a statement. “Magic was, and kind of still is, my first true love, and so to share that passion with a wider audience, given magic’s rich and bountiful history, its oddness and curiosities, has always been a hope of mine. I can also 100% assure you that every single element of this series is true—including the bit where our four heroes stumble across a set of booby traps in The Magic Circle library preventing them from accessing the restricted section and come face-to-face with a real-life automaton!”
The project is still in its early days, with Blink Industries’ Ayoola Solarin leading the development, and no news yet on when or where the show will make its way to a screen near you.