The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin 2026
Created by Jeremy Boreing, Stephen R. Lawhead
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Family, Drama
- 1 season
- 7 episodes
- Returning
- TV-14
Merlin, the immortal son of the bard Taliesin and Atlantean Princess Charis, is followed through his tragic upbringing, descent into madness, and shocking disappearance, leading to the legend that surrounds him. Set before King Arthur's birth, Merlin, assumed dead or a myth, reemerges in sub-Roman Britain to unite the fractured kingdoms under threat from Saxon invaders.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Jeremy BoreingCreator
- Stephen R. LawheadCreator
- Stephen R. LawheadNovel
- Akis KonstantakopoulosDirector of Photography
- Dávid LukácsDirector of Photography
- Jared BentleyEditor
- Dániel HajnalEditor
- Dallas SonnierProducer
- Jeremy BoreingProducer
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Seasons
- Season 17 eps · 2026
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