4/23/2021
Eric Heisserer adapts Leigh Bardugo s bestselling YA series for Netflix, bringing the story of a teenage orphan and her mysterious powers to the small screen.
You know that anxiety dream where you find yourself taking an exam in a class for which you haven t done any of the reading? Even if it s a class that, by dream-logic, you think you re familiar with, it s like a veil of darkness is settling over part of your brain.
Coincidentally, a veil of darkness has settled across part of the kingdom of Ravka, the Russian-inspired land at the heart of Netflix s
Shadow and Bone. Called The Fold, it s a nearly impenetrable magical partition populated by flying monsters called volcra.
Ben Barnes as The Darkling and Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov
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Game of Thrones recently marked its 10th anniversary. To celebrate – and to revive interest in the franchise – the “iconic” Iron Throne is to be temporarily installed in Leicester Square. In the lore of the show, sitting on this bumpy chair, forged from a thousand metal blades, is said to be torture – a feeling quite familiar to fans who made it through those excruciating final two seasons.
With Game of Thrones once more a topic of conversation, it’s an auspicious moment for Netflix to debut its major new fantasy saga. Like Thrones,
Watch the First Exhilarating Trailer for SHADOW AND BONE
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The world of
Shadow and Bone is dangerous, beautiful, and rich with magic and intrigue. And the first trailer for the upcoming Netflix series showcases all of those traits. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s popular YA fantasy novels,
Shadow and Bone tells an epic story. And we got our first peek at how it translates to the screen in the first trailer for the series, which debuted during IGN Fan Fest. Honestly, I still have goose bumps.
“The Shadow Fold. A scar on the map.”
Here’s the gist for those unfamiliar with
SHADOW AND BONE: Alina Meets General Kirigan In First Trailer For Netflix Fantasy Adaptation
Netflix has released the first trailer for its upcoming adaptation of best-selling fantasy novel
Shadow and Bone, which stars Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov and Ben Barnes as General Kirigan.
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Shadow and Bone, an adaptation of the first book in Leigh Bardugo s worldwide best-selling
Grisha trilogy.
Set in a fantastical war-torn world, the story focuses on a young girl with mysterious powers who must learn to harness her abilities in order to save her people from an all-encompassing darkness.
Sound familiar?
To be fair, this does look pretty good, and while these Netflix adaptations tend to be hit or miss,