Shadow and Bone

2021–2023 · Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama · 2 seasons · ★ 7.7

Canceled

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Synopsis of Shadow and Bone

A world split in two by a massive barrier of perpetual darkness serves as the setting. In this world, unnatural creatures feast on human flesh. Alina Starkov, an orphan and assistant cartographer in the First Army, is a young soldier who discovers a power capable of uniting her country. As she tries to master it, dangerous forces conspire against her. Thugs, thieves, assassins, and saints are already at war, and not even magic will be enough to survive. Created by Eric Heisserer and streaming on Netflix, the series stars Jessie Mei Li, Archie Renaux, and Freddy Carter in the main cast.

«Every power has a price.»

2seasons

16episodes

52 minper episode

7.7audience scoreTMDB · 1,643 votes

7.5IMDb rating126,286 votes

Seasons of Shadow and Bone

Season 12021 · 8 eps · ★ 6.5

Season 22023 · 8 eps · ★ 5.9

Cast by Shadow and Bone

Jessie Mei LiAlina Starkov16 episodes

Archie RenauxMalyen 'Mal' Oretsev16 episodes

Freddy CarterKaz Brekker16 episodes

Amita SumanInej Ghafa16 episodes

Kit YoungJesper Fahey16 episodes

Ben BarnesGeneral Aleksander Kirigan / The Darkling16 episodes

Sujaya DasguptaZoya Nazyalensky13 episodes

Daisy HeadGenya Safin12 episodes

Danielle GalliganNina Zenik12 episodes

Calahan SkogmanMatthias Helvar12 episodes

Zoë WanamakerBaghra12 episodes

Dean Lennox KellyPekka Rollins9 episodes

Patrick GibsonSturmhond / Nikolai Lantsov8 episodes

Lewis TanTolya Yul-Bataar8 episodes

Jack WolfeWylan Hendricks8 episodes

Anna Leong BrophyTamar Kir-Bataar8 episodes

Luke PasqualinoDavid Kostyk8 episodes

Simon SearsIvan7 episodes

Tommy RodgerJordie6 episodes

Shobhit PiasaVladim Gulav6 episodes

Rachel RedfordFruzsi6 episodes

Joanna McGibbonNadia6 episodes

Alistair NwachukwuAdrik6 episodes

David WurawaEdyck5 episodes

Hugo SpeerLieutenant Bohdan5 episodes

Howard CharlesArken5 episodes

Julian KostovFedyor Kaminsky5 episodes

Kaylan TeagueYoung Alina4 episodes

Cody MolkoYoung Mal4 episodes

Georgia ReeceQueen Tatiana4 episodes

Fflyn EdwardsYoung Kaz4 episodes

Iliasz ShweirifDoughty4 episodes

Andy BurseDubrov3 episodes

Elizabeth RiderAna Kuya3 episodes

Angus Castle-DoughtyMikhael3 episodes

Gabrielle BrooksNadia Zhabin3 episodes

Kevin EldonThe Apparat3 episodes

David VerreyKing Pyotr3 episodes

Jasmine BlackborowMarie3 episodes

Tom Weston-JonesGeneral Zlatan3 episodes

Technical Details

Created by: Eric Heisserer
Address: Mairzee Almas, Bola Ogun, Laura Belsey, Lee Toland Krieger, Karen Gaviola
Music: Joseph Trapanese
Photography: Petra Korner, David Higgs, David Lanzenberg
Production: Thane Watkins, Christina Strain, Rand Geiger
Executive Producer: Dan Cohen, Pouya Shahbazian, Shawn Levy, Eric Heisserer
Production companies: 21 Laps Entertainment, Chronology, Loom Studios
Network or Platform: Netflix
Country: United States
Original Language: English
Premiere: April 23, 2021
Last Episode: March 16, 2023 (2x08)
Status: Canceled
Type: Fiction
Awards: Nominated for 1 Emmy Awards; 2 wins and 6 nominations in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB · Official Website

Trivia about Shadow and Bone

Alongside the renewal for a second season, Netflix announced that 55 million households had watched the first season within its first 28 days of availability.

A Kickstarter campaign to fund billboards in Los Angeles and London raised $13,882 from 457 backers before closing on December 23, 2023.

The "SAVE Shadow and Bone!!!" petition gathered over 120,000 signatures in four days and became the most-signed Change.org petition for renewal in 2023.

David J. Peterson, known for creating fictional languages for series such as Game of Thrones, was responsible for developing the languages of the Grishaverse for the series.

Composer Joseph Trapanese spent eleven months writing the score, conducting an orchestra remotely over Zoom during the lockdown.

Netflix canceled "Shadow and Bone" after two seasons in November 2023 and also scrapped the spin-off "Six of Crows," whose script had already been written.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)