A Reality Show About Magicians…
Thanks to Angela Watercutter and WIRED.for the article…
.Rick Lax is a close-up magician; yes, for real. About a year and a half ago, he put together a homemade reality TV pilot called Wizard Wars, in which a bunch of Las Vegas illusionists faced off a la Chopped to see who could invent the best new trick. I interviewed Lax about it at the time, and during the conversation we joked that the ball was now in Syfy’s court. Obviously, that would probably never happen.
Obviously, we were wrong.
On March 4, Syfy will debut Wizard Wars in slightly different form: an hour-long special that pits magic-makers against each other in an attempt to win cash and bragging rights. (Turns out the idea of pairs of magicians battling each other and then going toe-to-toe with top magicians makes for pretty good TV.)