In the beginning, as the world had reverted to a pre-industrial state and magic had re-emerged to supplement science, the brothers Shea and Flick Ohmsford have to retrieve the Sword of Shannara to defeat the Warlock Lord who threatens the Four Lands. Set in the Four Lands, the Earth long after civilization was destroyed in a chemical and nuclear holocaust called the Great Wars, the Shannara blends magic and primitive technology. High fantasy series coming from American writer Terry Brooks, Shannara started in 1977 and ended in 2020, and is composed of more than 40 novels, short stories, and graphic novels.

Smallville writers Al Gough and Miles Millar remain on board Brooks and Dan Farah will also executive produce.Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.Ī post-apocalyptic fantasy series. The good news is that the series will get the chance to shine either way. It remains to be seen whether we'll get something closer to The CW's Reign or HBO's Game of Thrones. It has a strong hold on its young demographic, mostly due to its teen-centric reality shows (ie Teen Mom) and horror-fantasy series (ie Teen Wolf). My concern lies not with Liebesman at the helm - TMNT actually looks pretty entertaining despite all the things that could easily go wrong with the reboot - but rather the network itself. After that, who knows? It could very well turn into the network television version of HBO's Game of Thrones, albeit with quite a few more restrictions on gore, violence, and nudity. Launched in 1977 with Brooks' The Sword of Shannara, the series now boasts about 25 books and has been called 'the most popular fantasy book series in the world that hasn’t yet been adapted for film or television.' That's about to change as producers are planning to look to the fan-favorite second book in the series, The Elfstones of Shannara, for the first season of the show. Set in our world, but thousands of years after the destruction of civilization, S hannara is centered on the title family, whose descendants are empowered with ancient magic and who reshape the future of the world itself through their adventures. That MTV has placed a series order for Shannara, which will have Liebesman taking over directing duties.

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