“Open your eyes / Open your mind / We are the Winx.” On Jan. 28, 2004, a special series about a magical group of friends premiered on Rai 2 in Italy and later on Nickelodeon internationally.

ROME -- Billing itself as "The Italian Disney," Iginio Straffi's production house Rainbow has conquered a large chunk of the world with the television series "Winx Club.

Fate: The Winx Saga, Netflix’s live action take on Winx Club, gives the popular magical girl series an edgier makeover. ... both of which make him a dreamboat in Bloom’s eyes.

Netflix's Fate: The Winx Saga is based on the early-2000s Nickelodeon cartoon Winx Club, but that doesn't mean it's for children. The series follows a 16-year-old, fire-wielding fairy named Bloom ...

The magical girl transformations are important to Winx Club, and so Fate: The Winx Saga showrunner Brian Young knew they were important to the live-action adaptation. Last season, Bloom ...

Iginio Straffi, creator of the six teenage fairies in the “Winx Club” TV franchise that bewitched millions of tween girls and spawned Netflix’s live-action “Fate: The Winx Saga,” is ...