The Librarians: The Next Chapter is an American fantasy adventure television series that is a direct spin-off of the Librarian film series, sharing continuity with the films and with The Librarians television series. The series stars Callum McGowan, Jessica Green, Olivia Morris, Bluey Robinson, and Caroline Loncq.
The Librarians: The Next Chapter premiered on TNT on May 25, 2025 with its first season of twelve episodes. The second season premiered on August 2, 2026.
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Cast
Main
Callum McGowan as Vikram Chamberlain, the active Librarian of 1847 who is released from a timeless imprisonment in 2025 and takes up work as the head Librarian of the Belgrade Annex. He is renowned as one of the greatest swordfighters in the world and carries a sword sheathed in a cane, while his first name is non-Anglophone due to his being born in India.
Olivia Morris as:
Dr. Lysa Pascal, a mathematician, engineer, and physicist who inherits a castle in Belgrade which hosts an Annex to the Library. She is initially skeptical of the existence of magic but comes to accept it as real while still perceiving it as an untapped branch of science.
Anya, General Bogdan Gregor's fiancée and Vikram's lover, who is also Lysa's direct ancestor
Bluey Robinson as Connor Green, an expert historian and disgraced university professor-turned-Internet video-streaming conspiracy theorist with a large following, who discovers the Library out of his determination to prove that it exists
Jessica Green as Charlie Cornwall, a combat veteran and Guardian candidate who is given a second chance by Jacob Stone and charged with protecting Vikram, Lysa, and Connor
Recurring
Caroline Loncq as Mrs. Elaine Astolat/Elaine of Astolat - the Belgrade Annex's immortal caretaker, who has taken up a variety of interests and hobbies as a result of her immortality. In "And Going Medieval", she is revealed to be a former knight of Camelot, whose role as a knight was erased from history by a vengeful Lancelot.
Gledisa Arthur portrays young Elaine, an aspiring knight (season 2)
Adnan Hasković as General Bogdan Gregor (season 1) - the leader of the sinister cult Gregor's Hammer and Vikram's archenemy
Aleksa Samardzic as Winslow Lynch (season 1) - lead member of the heavy metal band Gregor's Hammer, named after the cult, who colludes to free Gregor from a time trap
Harun Cehovic as Huey, Nedjeljko Popac as Louie, and Ilija Devic as Dewey (season 1) - remaining members of Gregor's Hammer who follow Winslow Lynch
Dominic Monaghan as Merlin (season 2), the legendary wizard friend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and formerly the most powerful magic-user in the world, whose corrupting obsession with magic led to the fall of Camelot. He was imprisoned in a tree for centuries, leading to the loss of his magical abilities, and is driven by the belief that magic, if handled properly, can be used for good despite the harmful effects it has on those around him, and even the addiction it creates within himself. Once he realizes the error of his ways, he is invited to serve as an archivist in the main Library.
Guest
Christian Kane as Jacob Stone, one of the Librarians from the Portland, Oregon Annex who specializes in archaeology, art history, and architecture. He was introduced in The Librarians.
Arielle Dombasle as Dame Anna Mirinoff (season 1)
Celyn Jones as Cupid, God of Love; Vikram's friend (season 1)
Ike Bennett as Pedro Worth, a friend of Connor Green (season 1)
Hannah Devlin as Hermione Palvis, a descendant of the ancient Greek Muses who can make art come alive (season 1)
Philip Rosch as Sir Lancelot du Lac (season 1), Elaine's former lover and fellow ex-knight of Camelot, who became immortal along with her when they summoned the power of his shield during a battle in Medieval times. Matt Frewer played Lancelot living as a 21st-century man and using the name "Dulaque" in The Librarians, serving as the main antagonist of the first season, with Jerry O'Connell playing his younger self.
Eva Megyar as Katherine, (season 1), Hermione's grandmother
Monica Lacy as Janis Copeland (season 1), an agent of the Department of Statistical Anomalies (DOSA)
Josh Gates as an archaeologist and former colleague of Connor's (season 2)
Jeremy Swift as a flamboyant genie (season 2), who can grant wishes to anyone who explicitly states "I wish" if he is released and unbound from his bottle
Flula Borg and Britta Boehlke, respectively, as Gunther and Hilda (season 2), two hosts of a popular cooking show who are secretly a magically-charged, cannibalistic Hansel and Gretel
Episodes
Production
Development
In May 2023, it was announced that a spinoff of The Librarians was in the works at The CW. In August 2024, it was announced that the series was picked up for a two-season order at TNT, with its first season to consist of twelve episodes. Dean Devlin is set as the showrunner of the series and is executive producing alongside Marc Roskin, Rachel Olschan-Wilson, and Noah Wyle, who portrayed Flynn Carsen, the protagonist of the original Librarian films. The series is filmed in Serbia with many extras and post production being Serbian.
Casting
In February 2024, it was announced that Jessica Green had joined the cast of The Librarians: The Next Chapter. In March, it was announced Christian Kane would reprise the role of Jacob Stone, and that British actors Callum McGowan, Olivia Morris, Bluey Robinson, and Caroline Loncq had also joined the cast of the series.
Filming
By May 2025, the second season of The Librarians: The Next Chapter had begun filming. The series is filmed on-location in Belgrade, Serbia, with the Military Museum entrance of the Belgrade Fortress serving as the exterior of "Belgrade Castle" where the fictional library is housed, and interiors shot in a Serbian studio.
Release
The Librarians: The Next Chapter premiered on TNT on May 25, 2025. The series was originally set to premiere on The CW in October 2024, before being pulled from the schedule. The second season premiered on August 2, 2026.