The first trailer for Netflix’s adaptation of
Shadow and Bone brings the ominous Shadow Fold the tangible darkness that splits the kingdom of Ravka in two to life. Alina Starkov (played here by Jessie Mei Li) faces the overwhelming darkness and unleashes her newfound power. The trailer also shows the mysterious General Kirrigan (Ben Barnes) aka the Darkling meeting Alina for the first time.
“You and I are going to change the world,” he tells her.
Writer Eric Heisserer (
Arrival) adapted
Shadow and Bone from Leigh Bardugo’s best-selling fantasy series. According to Heisserer, the show combines both the main trilogy of books set in the Imperial Russia-inspired country of Ravka (of which the first is titled