Summing up, this television show has all components of success, the unexhausted source of ideas an incredibly positive response from the target audience and critics (Season 2) and vast fandom. Hence, so many source materials have remained for another cycle of television adaptations.
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However, HBO could prepare another fantasy television project in an attempt to preserve the target audience of Game of Thrones.įinally, the most reasonable assumption in favor of Season 3 is that the original series of fantasy novels by Terry Brooks consists of 41 total works in the Shannara (Chronological Order) series. Few shows on TV might boast with such a devoted fanbase and conformity to the genre. Generally speaking, The Shannara Chronicles fits these purposes. The fans have evaluated the second installment of The Shannara Chronicles at 7.6/10 on Metacritic as well.ĭana Getz from BUSTLE reasonably noted in favor of the renewal of The Shannara Chronicles for a third season that some fantasy series must fill the gap after the ending of Game of Thrones next year. According to the data by Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has a score of 7.67/10/100% among critics and 4.7/5/95% among the viewers. Both critics and viewers have been impressed with a next television adaptation. Indeed, a reception for Season 2 of The Shannara Chronicles was brilliant. Nonetheless, the primary and foremost factor which we must take into account while discussing this show is its fandom. On the other hand, Spike just gathers its new target audience, what may have affected the television ratings of The Shannara Chronicles. As a result, the network needs some fresh content for their new conception. On the contrary, Spike passed through the process of rebranding. Given the fact all the data presented above, the fans strive to figure out, whether or not Spike is going to pick up The Shannara Chronicles for another round, or it will be the end of this television franchise? Since there has been no official news from Spike, let's think a bit on the subject.įirst, we need to comprehend why MTV decided to sell this show to Spike? Most likely, the reason is that The Shannara Chronicles doesn't fit the MTV format. This indicator is three times lower in comparison with the show's premiere on MTV. The second season's premiere on Spike can't boast with the impressive figures because it has garnered only 0.314 million viewers with a 0.10 key demo (P18-49). Having a solid base in the best-selling series of fantasy novels by Terry Brooks, this show has showcased quite scant television ratings. But yet in May 2017, MTV announced that the series is moving to Spike. The show originally debuted on MTV, which later picked up the fantasy series for a sophomore installment. It moved to Spike TV for Season 2, which wrapped in November.įilmed on location in New Zealand, The Shannara Chronicles stars Austin Butler (Wil), Ivana Baquero (Eretria), Manu Bennett (Allanon), Aaron Jakubenko (Ander) and Marcus Vanco (Bandon) along with new cast members Vanessa Morgan (Lyria), Malese Jow (Mareth), Gentry White (Garet), Caroline Chikezie (Queen Tamlin), and Desmond Chiam (General Riga).Undoubtedly, The Shannara Chronicles is an ambitious television project with an ambiguous fate. The Shannara Chronicles debuted on MTV in 2016 and was the network’s highest rated and most watched scripted series of the year, earning a second-season renewal. The fantasy drama hails from a team of established executive producers, showrunners Al Gough & Miles Millar ( Smallville, Into the Badlands), Dan Farah ( Ready Player One), Jon Favreau ( Iron Man, Jungle Book), and Jonathan Liebesman ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). The Shannara Chronicles‘ most recent second season has scored 100% fresh reviews and 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and the series also has been hailed for being racially and sexually diverse, with Emmy winner Lena Waithe calling it “groundbreaking.” I hear that the feature, interactive (VR and AR) and merchandising rights to The Shannara Chronicles also are being included in the conversations for the TV series currently held with networks and streaming services. and some international markets, so the SVOD giant could be a suitable home, as would be rival Amazon, which is on the hunt for epic phantasy series and whose online retail giant parent company sells books.
The Shannara Chronicles, which is based on the best-selling fantasy books by Terry Brooks, streams on Netflix in the U.S.
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