Shadow and Bone (TV series)

Shadow and Bone
Genre	Fantasy Drama Mystery
Based on	Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Developed by	Eric Heisserer
Starring	Jessie Mei Li Archie Renaux Freddy Carter Amita Suman Kit Young Ben Barnes Zoë Wanamaker Patrick Gibson Daisy Head Danielle Galligan Calahan Skogman Lewis Tan Jack Wolfe Anna Leong Brophy
Music by	Joseph Trapanese
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Lee Toland Krieger Leigh Bardugo Pouya Shahbazian Josh Barry Dan Cohen Shawn Levy Shelley Meals Dan Levine Daegan Fryklind Eric Heisserer
Producers	Christina Strain Thane Watkins Rand Geiger Vanya Asher Craig Forrest Becca Edelman
Production locations	Budapest, Hungary Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cinematography	David Lanzenberg Owen McPolin Aaron Morton Petra Korner David Higgs
Editors	Tyler Nelson David Trachtenberg Niven Howie Lisa Bromwell Paul E. Alderman Franzis Muller Chester Howie
Running time	45–64 minutes
Production companies	21 Laps Entertainment Chronology Loom Studios
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	April 23, 2021 (2021-04-23) – March 16, 2023 (2023-03-16)
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Shadow and Bone is a 2021 American fantasy television series developed by Eric Heisserer for Netflix, starring Jessie Mei Li, Ben Barnes and Archie Renaux, with Freddy Carter, Amita Suman, and Kit Young in supporting roles. Based on the works of Leigh Bardugo, the series is set in the Grishaverse and follows Alina Starkov (Li), an orphan and cartographer who discovers she is a Grisha, someone with magical abilities, and the key to saving her war-torn world.

The first season, which adapts Bardugo’s novel Shadow and Bone (2012), premiered on April 23, 2021, and also features an original storyline involving the Crows, a criminal gang from Bardugo’s Six of Crows duology.

Shadow and Bone received mixed reviews, with praise for its world-building and cast, but some criticism aimed at its pacing. Following its success, Netflix renewed the show for a second season, which premiered on March 16, 2023, and adapted Siege and Storm (2013), Ruin and Rising (2014), and parts of Crooked Kingdom (2016). Despite growing fan support, Shadow and Bone was canceled after two seasons in November 2023.