The new season of Syfy’s fantasy drama/thriller The Magicians premieres January 25. At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, we got a chance to speak with stars Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jason Ralph, Arjun Gupta, Rick Worth, Hale Appleman, Summer Bishil, Jade Tailor and Stella Maeve about the upcoming season.

Based upon Lev Grossman’s best-selling books, The Magicians centers around Brakebills University, a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.

Arjun Gupta (“Penny”) Rick Worth (“Dean Fogg”)

Hale Appleman (“Eliot”) & Summer Bishil (“Margo”)

Olivia Taylor Dudley (“Alice”) & Jason Ralph (“Quentin”)

Jade Tailor (“Kady”) & Stella Maeve (“Julia”)