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Netflix’s Shadow & Bone Adds a Slew of New Castmembers
Good news, fans of Shadow and Bone (or fans of the Darkling specifically, I guess). Netflix’s adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse fantasy novels is about start production on season two, which will cover the second book in the series, Siege and Storm. Unsurprisingly, the book has new characters that need actors to play them, but…
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Netflix’s Shadow and Bone Adaptation Is Really Good, According to Netflix
When a book franchise has a fanbase as fervent as Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse, some fans will always complain about any deviation from the source material, even if it’s necessary to bring the books to live-action. However, Netflix is confident its Shadow and Bone TV series is so good no fan could possibly find fault in…
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Shadow and Bone’s Showrunner Was Chosen Thanks to a Tweet to the Author
Eric Heisserer is the screenwriter of acclaimed movies like Arrival and Bird Box. After reading Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone novel (the first in the young adult Grisha trilogy), he sent the author a tweet to let her know how much he enjoyed it. One year later, he was invited by Netflix to pitch the…
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Jigsaw Is The Punisher’s Most Fascinating Puzzle Because Frank Castle Can’t Solve Him
Though neither Frank Castle nor Billy Russo were fully aware of it at the time, their final confrontation in The Punisher’s first season was overlaid with a thematic weight that was larger than the sum of its parts. Their fight was a chance for Frank to avenge his family’s deaths, yes, but it was also…