The Shannara Chronicles
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Shannara Chronicles |
| Original title | The Shannara Chronicles |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2016-2017 |
| Production company |
Sonar Entertainment , Farah Films , MTV |
| length | 42 minutes |
| Episodes | 20 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Fantasy , end time film |
| idea |
Al Gough , Miles Millar |
| First broadcast | January 5, 2016 (USA) on MTV |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 6, 2016 on Amazon Video |
| occupation | |
The Shannara Chronicles is an American fantasy - television series based on the Shannara novels of fantasy author Terry Brooks based. The novel The Elfensteine von Shannara provides the basis for the first season. The series takes place in the Four Lands , a post-apocalyptic world that is located on the North American continent. After a series of devastating wars that plunged the world into extinction (The Great Wars) , a new society has emerged.
The first broadcast of the first season took place from January 5 to March 1, 2016 on MTV . In April 2016, the production of a second season was announced. The second season aired on Spike TV from October 11, 2017 through November 22, 2017 . In January 2018, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled due to low ratings.
action
prehistory
The world was destroyed during the Great Wars . Weapons of mass destruction made large parts of the world uninhabitable and humanity also changed physiologically, so that finally new races such as dwarves, gnomes and trolls emerged; the elves who previously lived in secret revealed themselves. At the same time, a large part of the technology was lost, which is why mankind was thrown back into a medieval world.
During the war of the demon lord , the young half-elf Shea Ohmsford, who grew up as a foundling among humans, learns that he is descended from the elven royal line of Shannara. Because of this inheritance, he becomes involved in the events of the war and finally manages to defeat the demon lord Brona. This story is told in the novel The Sword of Shannara . The television series begins a generation later. Wil Ohmsford, Shea's son, is one of the main characters there.
season 1
The Ellcrys tree protects the world from the demons in the ostracism - are banned - within the tree. The elves of the city of Arborlon have tended the tree for a long time, but the tree becomes sick and threatens to die. The only way to save the tree is to have its chosen guardians bring its seed to the blood fire ; but nobody knows where this legendary place is.
Due to the disease of the tree, the druid Dagda Mor , who has fallen into evil and who became the ruler of the demons, as well as some of the demons can escape from the forbidden; a shapeshifter demon kills six of the tree's seven guardians to prevent the Ellcry from healing. The only surviving Guardian is Amberle, granddaughter of the Elven King Eventine Elessedil, who left her home because of tormenting visions of the destruction of Arborlon. The last druid Allanon, who has great knowledge, rushes to the aid of his friend Eventine and the elves after 30 years of druid sleep. The half-elf Wil Ohmsford - son of the legendary Shea from the Shannara family - becomes his apprentice. Allanon asks Wil Ohmsford to escort Amberle back to Arborlon. Wil inherited three magical Elfenstones from his father and thus has the potential to become a powerful wizard.
From Arborlon, Amberle and Wil, accompanied by some elven soldiers and the captured gypsy Eretria, who had tried to steal the valuable elf stones, set out to look for the blood fire. They are persecuted by demons and captured by gypsies because of the elf stones. But Eretria, who wants to leave her community and join the search for the blood fire, helps them to escape. Allanon, however, remains in Arborlon with the elves who are preparing for a war with the demons; these gather in great numbers with their prince Dagda Mor. The shapeshifter demon kills and takes over King Eventine to give Dagda Mor his sword, which was hidden under the elven castle. Ander can kill the shapeshifter and - after the deaths of Arion and Eventine Elessedil - is crowned the new king of the elves. Finally Amberle, Wil, Eretria and their foster father Cephalo arrive with a sapling from the Ellcry to the wild forest , where the blood fire is said to be. After crossing a tunnel ( Sichermal ) Amberle, Wil and Eretria arrive at the blood fire, where Amberle learns that she herself will be the sapling of a new Ellcry while the demon army marches around Dagda Mor to Arborlon. An alliance of elves and gnomes defends the palace; before Amberle can reach the Ellcrys, the Dagda Mor fights first against Allanon and later against Wil to stop the princess. Allanon can kill the demon ruler, Amberle becomes the new Ellcrys and the demons are again banished as leaves in the tree. Finally, Wil goes in search of Eretria, who was captured by trolls on the way back.
production
development
Sonar Entertainment acquired the television rights to the Shannara novels in 2012. In December 2013, MTV expressed an interest in making a television series out of the material. In July 2014, the adaptation was commissioned as a television series by MTV. Terry Brooks , the writer of the novels, helped develop the series. He said in an interview that he was satisfied with the implementation and that the series stuck to the heart and soul of the book .
The release date, along with the first teaser trailer, was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2015.
occupation
Poppy Drayton plays the lead role as Amberle Elessedil . Other leading roles are Manu Bennett, known from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, as Druid Allanon , Austin Butler as Wil Ohmsford , Aaron Jakubenko as Elven Prince Ander Elessedil and John Rhys-Davies , who played the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings Elven King Eventine Elessedil .
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbing was based on dialogue books by Jan Fabian Krüger under the dialogue direction by Achim Geisler by the dubbing company Boom Company GmbH in Munich .
Main cast
| Role name | Actress | Main role
(Consequences) |
Supporting role
(Consequences) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wil Ohmsford | Austin Butler | 1.01-2.10 | Max fields | |
| Eretria | Ivana Baquero | 1.01-2.10 | Jacqueline Belle | |
| Allanon | Manu Bennett | 1.01-2.10 | Oliver Stritzel | |
| Warlock Lord | 2.07-2.10 | |||
| Other Elessedil | Aaron Jakubenko | 1.01-2.07, 2.10 | Johannes Raspe | |
| Amberle Elessedil | Poppy Drayton | 1.01–1.10 | 2.01, 2.07-2.08 | Ilena Gwisdalla |
| Bandon | Marcus Vanco | 2.01-2.09 | 1.03-1.10 | Tim Schwarzmaier |
| Mareth | Malese Jow | 2.01-2.10 | Marcia from Rebay | |
| Lyria | Vanessa Morgan | 2.01-2.10 | Leslie-Vanessa Lill | |
| Garet Jax | Gentry White | 2.01-2.10 | Stefan Günther |
supporting cast
| Role name | actor | Supporting role
(Consequences) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catania | Brooke Williams | 1.01-2.02, 2.08 | Gabrielle Pietermann |
| Flick Ohmsford | Mark Mitchinson | 1.01, 2.01-2.06 | Walter von Hauff |
| Commander Diana Tilton | Emelia Burns | 1.01–1.10 | Angela Wiederhut |
| Dagda Mor | Jed Brophy | 1.01–1.10 | |
| Cephalo | James Remar | 1.01–1.08 | Crock Krumbiegel |
| Arion Elessedil | Daniel MacPherson | 1.01–1.07, 1.10 | Manou Lubowski |
| Eventine Elessedil | John Rhys-Davies | 1.01–1.07 | Frank Engelhardt |
| Lorin | Mattias Inwood | 1.01-1.04 | Tobias Kern |
| Slanter | Jared Turner | 1.03-1.10 | |
| Crispin Edensong | James Trevana-Brown | 1.03-1.06 | Patrick Schröder |
| Cogline | Andrew Grainger | 2.01-2.10 | Christoph Jablonka |
| General Riga | Desmond Chiam | 2.01-2.08 | Patrick Schröder |
| Queen Tamlin | Caroline Chikezie | 2.02-2.07, 2.10 | Ursula Hugo |
Charisma
- United States
The first season aired weekly on MTV from January 5 to March 1, 2016 .
- Germany
In Germany, the video-on-demand provider Amazon Video has secured the rights to the series. The episodes have been available there since January 6, 2016, a few hours after the US premiere, in the original sound and in the German dubbed version.
The first season was broadcast on German free TV from May 10 to 31, 2016 on RTL II . From October 12 to December 13, 2017, one episode of the second season was published on Amazon every week. The second season was broadcast by RTL II from April 27 to May 11, 2019.
Episode list
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D / A) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Chosen (1) | Chosen (1) | Jan. 5, 2016 | Jan. 6, 2016 | Jonathan Liebesman | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar |
| 2 | 2 | The Chosen (2) | Chosen (2) | Jan. 5, 2016 | Jan. 6, 2016 | Jonathan Liebesman | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar |
| 3 | 3 | The fight begins | Fury | Jan. 12, 2016 | Jan. 13, 2016 | James Marshall | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar |
| 4th | 4th | Under the spell of the converter | Changeling | Jan. 19, 2016 | Jan. 20, 2016 | James Marshall | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar |
| 5 | 5 | Old and new enemies | Reaper | Jan. 26, 2016 | Jan. 27, 2016 | Brad Turner | Evan Endicott & Josh Stoddard |
| 6th | 6th | Pykon | Pykon | Feb. 2, 2016 | Feb 3, 2016 | Brad Turner | Zander Lehmann |
| 7th | 7th | The sword of Dagda Mor | Breakline | Feb 9, 2016 | Feb 10, 2016 | Jesse Warn | Deanna Kizis |
| 8th | 8th | Utopia | Utopia | Feb 16, 2016 | Feb. 17, 2016 | Jesse Warn | April Blair |
| 9 | 9 | Safe | Safehold | 23 Feb 2016 | Feb. 24, 2016 | Brad Turner | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar |
| 10 | 10 | Ellcrys | Ellcrys | 1st Mar 2016 | 2nd Mar 2016 | Brad Turner | April Blair & Evan Endicott & Josh Stoddard |
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D / A) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | Blood avenger | Druid | Oct 11, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | Brad Turner | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar |
| 12 | 2 | Shadow Valley | Wraith | Oct 18, 2017 | 19th Oct 2017 | Brad Turner | Evan Endicott & Josh Stoddard |
| 13 | 3 | Gray marrow | Graymark | Oct 25, 2017 | Oct. 26, 2017 | James Marshall | Javier Grillo-Marxuach |
| 14th | 4th | Pledge | Dweller | Nov 1, 2017 | Nov 2, 2017 | James Marshall | Elle Triedman |
| 15th | 5 | Paranor | Paranor | Nov 8, 2017 | Nov 9, 2017 | Toa Fraser | Evan Endicott & Josh Stoddard |
| 16 | 6th | determination | Crimson | Nov 8, 2017 | Nov 16, 2017 | Brad Turner | April Blair |
| 17th | 7th | Darkness | Warlock | Nov 15, 2017 | 23 Nov 2017 | James Marshall | Alex Díaz & Julie Díaz |
| 18th | 8th | Amberle | Amberle | Nov 15, 2017 | Nov 30, 2017 | James Marshall | April Blair and Elle Triedman |
| 19th | 9 | Wild forest | Wilderun | Nov 22, 2017 | Dec 6, 2017 | Toa Fraser | Matt Lambert |
| 20th | 10 | blood | Blood | Nov 22, 2017 | Dec 13, 2017 | Brad Turner | Evan Endicott & Josh Stoddard |
Web links
- The Shannara Chronicles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- MTV Official Website
Individual evidence
- ^ Nellie Andreeva: 'The Shannara Chronicles' Renewed For Season 2 By MTV . In: Deadline.com . April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ↑ Arthur A .: Discontinued: "The Shannara Chronicles" doesn't get a 3rd season. In: Filmfutter.com. January 18, 2018, accessed January 18, 2018 .
- ↑ In the books these are two generations and Wil Ohmsford is Shea's grandson.
- ↑ Jeff Sneider: Sonar, Farah to adapt 'Shannara' for TV . In: Variety.com . September 10, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ Lesley Goldberg: 'Shannara' Series in the Works at MTV With Jon Favreau, 'Smallville' Duo . In: TheHollywoodReporter.com . December 6, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ↑ Tim Molloy: MTV Orders Fantasy 'Shannara' to Series; 'Catfish' Gets 4th Season . In: TheWrap.com . June 11, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ↑ a b c The Shannara Chronicles. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on January 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Lenka Hladikova: The Shannara Chronicles: First trailer and start date known . In: Serienjunkies.de . July 11, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ↑ Tele München Gruppe and Amazon Prime Video conclude an exclusive contract on the SVOD rights to the brand new, visually stunning series highlight "The Shannara Chronicles" . In: Presseportal.de . December 3, 2015. Accessed January 2, 2016.
- ^ Sidney Schering: RTL II opens "The Shannara Chronicles" . In : quotemeter.de . 2016-30-03. Retrieved on 2016-30-03.
- ↑ "The Shannara Chronicles" Season 2 from now on Amazon + episode guide & dates. In: kino.de. October 13, 2017, accessed January 4, 2018 .