You and I are going to change the world…
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. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive.
The eight-part, hour-long series will debut in April 2021 on Netflix.
Shadow and Bone is a Netflix production from 21 Laps Entertainment, starring Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov), 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).
Oscar nominee Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Bird Box) serves as showrunner, writer and executive producer. Author Bardugo is also executive producing, as well as series director Lee Toland Krieger (You, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina); 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Dan Cohen and Josh Barry; and New Leaf Literary & Media’s Pouya Shahbazian.
