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WATCH: Trailer for MTV Series The Shannara Chronicles survives the end…

September 4th, 2015 by Marc Comments

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Check out the trailer for MTV’s new sci-fi/fantasty show The Shannara Chronicles, based on the international best-selling fantasy novels from author Terry Brooks.

Given the quality of the Scream TV series and pedigree of some of the people involved – Iron Man director Jon Favreau and Arrow star Manu Bennett to mention but a couple – we’ll be giving this a shot

Set thousands of years after the destruction of our civilization, the story follows an Elven Princess, Amberle, a half-human half-elf, Wil, and a human, Eretria, as they embark on a quest to stop a Demon army from destroying the Four Lands.

The Shannara Chronicles stars Poppy Drayton, Austin Butler, Ivana Baquero, Manu Bennett and John Rhys-Davies. The series is executive produced by Jon Favreau, Al Gough, Miles Millar, Dan Farah, Jonathan Liebesman and author Terry Brooks.

MTV and producing partner Sonar Entertainment ordered The Shannara Chronicles straight to series with Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans) signed on to direct the first two episodes.

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….