The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin (Season 1)

The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin (2026) — watch online on iFILM, a fantasy series set in sixth-century Britain before the birth of King Arthur. The islands are fractured, Saxon raiders are pushing deeper every season, and the tribes can't agree on anything. Then a man everyone thought dead — or never real — walks back into history.

This Merlin is not the sage with the pointed hat. Tom Sharpe plays him as the son of the bard Taliesin and Atlantean Princess Charis, born across lifetimes, driven mad, and lost to memory. His return is the story: a painful childhood, solitude that broke him, and what it takes to become the figure who will one day shape a future king. Rose Reid, George Prentice, and Duran Brown round out the cast.

An American-Hungarian production adapting Stephen R. Lawhead's novel cycle, directed by Jeremy Boring, Ryan Whitaker, and Jesse Johnson. For viewers who want Arthurian myth with weight — where magic is genuinely strange and every battle carries consequences. Stream The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin online on iFILM.