What is Fate: The Winx Saga about?
What is Fate: The Winx Saga about?
Fate: The Winx Saga is a new six-episode Netflix original series coming to the streamer on Jan. 22., 2021.
If the name “Winx” looks familiar to you, it might be because you once watched, or knew of, the Nickelodeon animated children’s series Winx Club. Well, it’s all grown up and being reinterpreted into a live-action young adult drama.
And you can expect it will have a dark edge, since Brian Young, a former producer for The Vampire Diaries, created it.
It looks to be following in similar footsteps as Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, when they reimagined Sabrina the Teenage Witch from the 1990s (which was a reimagining of Bewitched from the 1960s), or what Riverdale has done by creating a live-action series based on the Archie comics.
Fate: The Winx Saga teasers
On Netflix’s YouTube channel, they ask, “Are you ready to discover the Otherworld? Meet us at the gates of Alfea College on January 22, 2021.”
They then go on to say: “Where fear ends, a new journey begins… but at what cost? Join powerful fairy Bloom and her classmates as they uncover a series of otherworldly secrets.”
Is your interest piqued? I know mine is!
Fate: The Winx Saga storyline
Netflix’s brief description of the show sums it like this:
"Determined to master their enchanting powers, a group of teens navigate rivalry, romance and supernatural studies at Alfea, a magical boarding school."
Similar to Harry Potter, the students attend school in a parallel world where they’ll learn to harness their powers in order to defeat monsters that threaten their existence.
Complicating matters, however, is that even though they’re gifted fairies, they’re also teenagers. As they’re learning to control their powers, they also have to learn to do the same with their emotions. You know that will lead to extra drama and conflict!
Fate: The Winx Saga cast
Fate: The Winx Saga stars Abigail Cowen as Bloom, Hannah van der Westhuysen as Stella, Elisha Applebaum as Musa, Precious Mustapha as Aisha, Eliot Salt as Terra, Danny Griffin as Sky, Freddie Thorp as Riven and Sadie Soverall as Beatrix.
Fate: The Winx Saga trailer
Also, if you like young adult dramas, check out six other teen movies and shows coming to Netflix in January 2021.