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Fed up with the Magical Realm’s obsession with large-scale fantasy warfare, Jack the Wizard decides to migrate to the sanest place he can think of: Melbourne’s Western suburbs. After accidentally causing a magical catastrophe, his existence (and that of his fellow magical immigrants) is revealed to the Australian public. Fearing a backlash against himself and his kind, Jack swears off using magic in a bid to better assimilate into human life. But of course, fitting in was never going to be easy when people get a bit ‘explode-y’ whenever you sneeze…

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Cast
Michael Shanks - Menik Gooneratne - Mark Bonanno - Guy Pearce - Nicolette Minster - Nicholas Colla - Bruce Spence - Samuel Johnson - Mark Mitchell
Production Completion
2015
Genre
Comedy
Production Company
LateNite Films Pty Ltd
International Sales
Rockzeline

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