During the interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Eric Heisserer shared: “These photos offer a glimpse into the expansive, textured world Leigh created in her books. We worked tirelessly to craft a lived-in feel for fictional lands like Ketterdam and Ravka, with invented languages, uniforms, currency, and artistic choices from set design to costuming. You’re immersed in the Grishaverse when you read, and it’s our hope that both new and existing fans have that same feeling when they watch the show.”
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Shadow and Bone takes place in a very different kind of fantasy world,” added author and executive producer Leigh Bardugo. “Think Imperial Russia, not Medieval England, repeating rifles instead of broadswords. It’s a story about the people who have been told how much they don’t matter proving how much they do. And it’s been incredible to see that story take shape on such an epic scale, the battles, the magic, but also the relationships between the character
Shadow and Bone: 3 Reasons Why Netflix s Upcoming Fantasy Series Will Be a Big Hit
After seeing the first images of Shadow and Bone, there s no doubt it has the potential to become a hit series on Netlfix.
Netflix is about to become a home to another fantasy show with the arrival of the Shadow and Bone TV series.
This week, the streaming giant finally unveiled the first look at the fantasy show, giving fans the chills they need to feel before its official release.
The official synopsis has also been given to the public, and it teased all the scenes everyone should look forward to.
Shadow and Bone posters and first-look photos. You can check out all the
Shadow and Bone posters and photos by scrolling down. The series is launching on the streaming service on April 23, 2021.
Based on Leigh Bardugo‘s worldwide bestselling Grishaverse novels,
Shadow and Bone finds us in a war-torn world where lowly soldier and orphan Alina Starkov has just unleashed an extraordinary power that could be the key to setting her country free.
With the monstrous threat of the Shadow Fold 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 hone her power, she finds that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this lavish world is what it seems.
Below are seven first-look exclusive photos revealing the major characters in the eagerly anticipated
Shadow and Bone takes place in a very different kind of fantasy world, says author and executive producer Leigh Bardugo. Think Imperial Russia, not Medieval England, repeating rifles instead of broadswords. It s a story about the people who have been told how much they don t matter proving how much they do. And it s been incredible to see that story take shape on such an epic scale, the battles, the magic, but also the relationships between the characters. These photos give just a tiny hint at what s in store a mapmaker with an extraordinary gift, the people who want to use her, the tracker who will do anything to protect her, and the team of thugs and thieves who are about to cause some very big trouble for everyone involved.
First Shadow and Bone photos bring the Grishaverse to life
The YA adaptation hits Netflix in April
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Shadow and Bone, Netflix’s adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s best-selling Grishaverse books, reveal the main cast in action as well as a glimpse of the fantasy world.
“Think Imperial Russia, not Medieval England, repeating rifles instead of broadswords,” said Bardugo, who also serves as executive producer.
The first set of books centers on Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li), an orphaned mapmaker unaware of her own great power. The land of Ravka is torn in half by the Shadow Fold, a supernatural barrier of tangible darkness, which is slowly destroying the country’s economy and society. Alina, along with her best friend Mal (Archie Renaux), are members of a dispensable army that the Ravkan government sends through the Fold.