Like its predecessor, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland adds new details to a familiar fairy tale to tell an entirely different story.To wit: This Alice (Sophie Lowe) has to escape from an insane asylum to make her way back to Wonderland, where she hopes to reunite with the love of her life, a genie named Cyrus (Peter Gadiot).Once Upon a Time in Wonderland taps Naveen Andrews as Jafar and more scoop from Comic-Con

 

“It’s honoring what came before and leaping off and trying to do our own spin,” executive producer Adam Horowitz said at the Television Critics Association fall TV previews on Sunday. The producers note that the 13-episode first season is a contained and complete story that, should it prove successful, could continue with a new tale in a potential second season.

Unlike her literary counterpart, this Alice isn’t the weak-willed girl who followed the White Rabbit down his hole. “She’s tough, mentally and…