Get ready to enter the Grishaverse. Netflix is preparing the premiere of its next big fantasy series, Shadow and Bone, based on the novel by Leigh Bardugo of the same name, set in a fantastic world where a humble and orphaned soldier (Jessie Mei Li) discovers that it has extraordinary powers. see the Shadow and Bone trailer below.
Shadow and Bone Trailer
Shadow and Bone has all the ingredients to be Netflix’s next big fantasy hit – an intriguing and unique premise, building a rich world, stunning visual effects, Ben Barnes. And Leigh Bardugo’s beloved Grishaverse novels are ripe for adaptation, presenting a complicated and dark world full of political schemes and dangerous wars. Writing, executive production and exhibition of Eric Heissererwho wrote the Oscar winner Arrival script, as well as a previous Netflix mega-hit, Bird Box, Shadow and Bone is a promising new fantasy series from the streamer that seems to follow in the footsteps of previous successes, like The magician.
In addition, it has an impressively diverse cast led by Jessie Mei Lin, who stars as a cartographer and humble soldier who unwittingly finds himself at the center of a revolution. Also starring in Shadow and Bone are Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman (Inej), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey), Ben Barnes (General Kirigan), Sujaya Dasgupta (Zoya Nazyalensky), Danielle Galligan (Nina Zenik), Daisy Head (Genya Safin), Simon Sears (Ivan), Calahan Skogman (Matthias Helvar), Zoë Wanamaker (Baghra), Kevin Eldon (The Apparat), Julian Kostov (Fedyor), Luke Pasqualino (David), Jasmine Blackborow (Marie), and Gabrielle Brooks (Nadia).
Here is the synopsis of Shadow and Bone:
Based on Leigh Bardugo’s worldwide bestseller, Grishaverse, Shadow and Bone finds us in a war-torn world, where humble soldier and orphan Alina Starkov has just unleashed extraordinary power that may be the key to liberating his country. With the monstrous Shadowfold threat looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. But as she struggles to improve her power, she discovers that allies and enemies can be the same and that nothing in this luxurious world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive. Shadow and Bone is a Netflix production by 21 Laps Entertainment, starring Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov), Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman (Inej), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey) and Ben Barnes (General Kirigan).
All eight episodes of Shadow and Bone fall on Netflix in April 23, 2021.
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