Beverly Hills, Calif. – June 9, 2011 – Actors Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olga Kurylenko, Jessica Marais, Steven Strait, Christian Cooke and Danny Huston begin production in Miami this week on the Starz Originals series, Magic City. In the 10-episode drama, set to debut exclusively on Starz in 2012, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen) portrays Ike Evans, the cool, visionary force behind Miami Beach’s newest hotel and a man with dangerous secrets;

Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) as Ike’s wife Vera, a former showgirl who is deeply loyal to her husband and family; and Danny Huston (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), as Ben Diamond, Miami’s most dangerous mobster. The cast also stars Jessica Marais (Legend of the Seeker) as Ben’s beautiful, caged wife, Lily; Steven Strait (10,000 B.C.), as Ike’s eldest son, Stevie; Christian Cooke (Cemetery Junction) as Danny, Ike’s innocent, hard-working younger son; Dominik Garcia Lorido (City Island) as Mercedes, a maid in the Miramar Playa who has grown up with the Evans family in the shadow of the hotel;

Elena Satine (Just Go With It) as Judi, a platinum blonde escort who works out of the Miramar Playa and helps Ike out from time to time. Rounding out the Magic City cast are Kelly Lynch (Passion Play), Michael Rispoli (The Taking of Pelham 123), Oscar-nominated actor Seymour Cassel (Rushmore), and Yul Vázquez (The A-Team). As Frank Sinatra rings in a new year in the grand ballroom of Miami Beach’s most luxurious dream palace – the Miramar Playa – its visionary leader, Ike Evans, must deal with the Mob, his complicated family and a city in the midst of dramatic change as Fidel Castro takes control of Cuba, just 200 miles offshore.

By day the hotel at the center of Magic City is all diving clown acts and cha-cha lessons by the pool, but at night Miami Beach reveals a darker truth. Magic City was conceived by writer-director-producer-Mitch Glazer (The Recruit), who grew up in the glamorous, ominous world of late ‘50’s Miami Beach. He serves as Executive Producer on the project along with Media Talent Group, with CEO, Geyer Kosinski, Co-Executive Producer Ed Bianchi and Producer Dwayne Shattuck.

I've been hearing about this show and I think I am going to LOVE it! It sounds sexy and intriguing with the potential for lots of trash. The show is centered around a glamourous Miami hotel where various sleazy characters and crime will roam: Gangsters, prostitutes, drug dealers and the addicts they serve, sleazy politicians, crooked cops, etc. And Jeffrey Dean Morgan is just mad sexy to me. I cannot wait for this!

Edited June 11, 201114 yr by Vanguardian

this sounds interesting. I wonder what the ominous truth is gonna be.

this sounds interesting. I wonder what the ominous truth is gonna be.

I don't know, but I'm hoping there's more intrigue than Camelot had.

Saw the preview pilot episode last night. LOVED IT! The show was a winner in all sorts of ways. Beautiful people, beautiful atmosphere, and the episode was great in establishing the characters and setting up future conflicts. Part of it felt like a soap opera and I actually thought that was a good thing.

WOOOOOOOOOOOO! About to watch the first 3 eps. Why Thank You, Starz On Demand Early Premieres section.