After the show ended on April 15, Sci Fi Channel revealed on August 3 that The Dresden Files was canceled and the second season was not picked up.

[1] Casting was confirmed in November 2005 by Robert Hewitt Wolfe:[2] In 2005, the SciFi Channel optioned The Dresden Files as a two-hour film and backdoor pilot.

Nicolas Cage executive produced alongside Hans Beimler, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Norm Golightly, and Morgan Gendel.

[14] The pilot film was made from a screenplay by television writers Hans Beimler and Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and based on Butcher's novel Storm Front.

Besides restoring cut scenes from the original version of the pilot, it incorporated footage from throughout the season, placing it outside of the main series' continuity.

The full pilot version of "Storm Front" was not included in the original DVD release of the complete series.