Dresden Files Season 1 (2007)

"...does not shy away from the gore...genuinely frightening moments...  Dread Central
"...a lot like "The X-Files," and not merely by name. There's a tonal similarity...  Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle

Editor's Note British actor Paul Blackthorne (24) loses his accent to play Chicago detective Harry Dresden in this darkly funny drama. But since this smart series airs on the Sci Fi channel, Dresden is no ordinary P.I. Like another famous Harry, Dresden is a wizard with extraordinary powers. When Chicago's finest aren't able to solve crimes, people turn to Dresden and his supernatural abilities. From the slightly strange to the truly paranormal, Dresden is the man to master the mysteries. THE DRESDEN FILES is based on Jim Butcher's books and also stars Valerie Cruz (NIP/TUCK). This release includes the show's first season.

	Paul Blackthorne
	Raoul Bhaneja
	Terrence Mann
	Valerie Cruz
	Alwyn Kumst - Cinematographer
	David Carson - Director
	Franco De Cotiis - Production Designer
	Hans Beimler, et. al. - Writer
	Jean Coulombe, et. al. - Editor
	Jonathan Hackett - Producer
	Michael Grossman - Director
	Nicolas Cage - Executive Producer
	Robert J. Kral - Original Music By

Variety 8 of 10
Mix a grown-up Harry Potter with a few sprinkles of "The X-Files" and abracadabra, you have this diverting Sci Fi Channel series about a modern wizard/detective casting spells in the Windy City. Based on the novels by Jim Butcher, "The Dresden Files" has an intriguing lead in Paul Blackthorne (last seen matching wits with Jack Bauer in "24") and one of those lighter-than-air premises that holds together provided one doesn't think too hard about it...For Sci Fi, "Dresden Files" represents a sort-of procedural, the kind of undemanding hocus-pocus that goes down easy. And if the series (whose producer team includes Nicolas Cage) doesn't generate any grand creative magic, it at least possesses a certain old-fashioned charm likely to play well in this world and maybe even the next one. - Brian Lowry