Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is an American fantasy series by Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Zack Estrin and Jane Espenson, which was produced by ABC Studios for the U.S. broadcaster ABC. It is a spin-off of Once Upon a Time - Once upon a time ... and is loosely based on Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland. It's about Alice, who returns to Wonderland to look for her lover. The first broadcast took place in the United States on October 10, 2013 in ABC. The German broadcast on Super RTL is planned from the autumn of 2014.
- 3.1 Main Cast
- 3.2 In addition and guest cast
Action
In Victorian London, Alice tells her psychiatrists of a wonderland, where there is an invisible cat, a smoking caterpillar, the changing game cards and a genie named Cyrus, into which Alice has fallen in love. The doctors consider them crazy and Alice begins to doubt, even though they know that Wonderland is real.
One day dive on Will Scarlet and the White Rabbit and bring Alice to Wonderland. There she meets the Red Queen who has imprisoned along with the evil sorcerer Jafar her lover Cyrus in a cage.
Production
Genesis
Beginning in February 2013 reported Deadline that for the original series, Once Upon a Time - Once upon a time ... for a new Mad Hatter ( in the original " Mad Hatter " ) is searched as the former actor Sebastian Stan due to other film projects has no time. Then get his own TV series In addition to this. End of March 2013, it was announced that the Mad Hatter is no longer main characters, since there have been mixed reactions to the message that the role needs to be filled. Therefore it was decided to give Alice from Alice in Wonderland, the main role in the spin-off.
In April 2013, consisting of four scenes presentation was rotated, the ABC this has led the television series a month later give the green light for a first season with 13 episodes. In a similar success as in the main series was planned that each relay leg hold a self-contained story. The filming of the actual pilot episode began in late July or early August 2013.
In a preview of the final episode of the first season of ABC described this as a series finale; the series finale was on April 3, 2014.
Casting
For the lead role of Alice Sophie Lowe was casted. Other roles were Peter Gadiot as Alice loved Cyrus, Michael Socha as Jack of Hearts, Emma Rigby as Red Queen and John Lithgow as the voice of the White Rabbit. Furthermore, the possibility was mentioned that Barbara Hershey could continue her role as Cora / Queen of Hearts in the spin-off. In July 2013 Lost star Naveen Andrews for the lead role of the villain Jafar, the magician was from the movie Aladdin, cast. In addition, Keith David and Whoopi Goldberg were committed for purely synchronous roles. In October 2013 Peta Sergeant received a role in the series.