The long awaited second season of the Fantasy Netflix series “Shadow and Bone” starring Jessie Mei Li and Ben Barnes, is almost upon us, returning with a brand new adventure for us to dive into.
Season 1 saw of “Shadow and Bone” premiered in 2021, the series is based on Leigh Bardugo’s bestselling Grishaverse novels. In a world where dark forces have taken over, young mapmaker, Alina Starkov, accidentally discovered that she had the power to change the fate of the war. She is the only one who had the power to summon light and this made her play a key role in this war. Alina is thrust into magical training and tasked with destroying
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the Shadow Fold — a region of darkness that splits the country of Ravka and is home to deadly monsters. While she was not able to take down the Fold, Alina and her friends do manage to escape its perils and defeat The Darkling, or so they thought. The final scene shows Barnes’ character emerging from the Fold stronger than ever and with an army of monsters in his command.
The show stars Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov, an orphan and former assistant cartographer of the Royal Corps of Surveyors in the First Army. She discovers she is the Sun Summoner, a rare Grisha with the ability to control light. Kaylan Teague as Young Alina. Archie Renaux as Malyen “Mal” Oretsev, an orphan tracker in the First Army and Alina’s childhood best friend. Cody Molko as Young Mal. Freddy Carter as Kaz Brekker, leader of the Crows, known as Dirtyhands and the Bastard of the Barrel. Amita Suman as Inej Ghafa, member of the Crows, known as the Wraith. Kit Young as Jesper Fahey, member of the Crows, a skilled sharpshooter Ben Barnes as General Aleksander Kirigan / The Darkling, general of the Second Army and the Shadow Summoner
Watch the trailer for season 2 here:
In season 2 Alina Starkov is on the run. A beacon of hope to some and a suspected traitor to others, she’s determined to bring down the Shadow Fold and save Ravka from ruin. But General Kirigan has returned to finish what he started. Backed by a terrifying new army of seemingly indestructible shadow monsters and fearsome new Grisha recruits, Kirigan is more dangerous than ever. To stand a fighting chance against him, Alina and Mal rally their own powerful new allies and begin a continent-spanning journey to find two mythical creatures that will amplify her powers.
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Back in Ketterdam, the Crows must forge new alliances as they contend with old rivals and even older grudges that threaten not only their place in the Barrel, but their very lives. When a chance at a deadly heist comes their way, the Crows will once again find themselves on a collision course with the legendary Sun Summoner.
“The most wonderful thing about Season 2 is that we get to advance the story of these characters that we’d left in precarious positions at the end of Season 1. There’s a lot of potential for them this season.” Said showrunner Eric Heisserer to Netflix’s Tudum.
Season 2 will see some new faces on the cast. Lewis Tan will be playing Tolya Yul-Bataar, actress Anna Leong Brophy has been cast as Tamar Kir-Bataar, Irish actor Patrick Gibson will take on the character Nikolai Lantsov and Jack Wolfe is the sixth and final member of The Crows, Wylan Hendriks.
Shadow and Bone returns for a second season of new friendships, new romance, bigger battles, epic adventures — and a shocking family secret that could shatter everything.
The show is written and executive produced by Eric Heisserer and will premiere on Netflix on March 16th.
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