We have a date! And we have so much more. In fact, we now possess so much information about Shadow and Bone Season 2 that we’re feeling a bit overwhelmed. It’s not like we’ve been waiting for close to 84 years or anything (fans know no patience, this is the universal truth of fandom). But, the wait is over. Or the wait to know how long we have to wait is over. That feels like a win.
First, the big news. Shadow and Bone Season 2 will premiere on March 16th, 2023.
There’s more though, and that’s where it gets interesting! Because we’ve also got new pictures of the Season and …and …the Crows! Together! Plus Kanej. Wylan! Wylan and Jesper! And dare we say the Darkling is looking …well, about as good as Ben Barnes always looks? (Which is to say very, very good). Plus, allow me a minute or twenty to scream about NIKOLAI. I already love him and I’ve only seen a few shots of him.
Here are the first look pictures:
Additionally, co-showrunners Eric Heisserer and Daegan Fryklind promised an expansion of the world in Season 2, with Heisserer saying that “the most wonderful thing about Season Two is that we get to advance the story of these characters that we’d left in precarious positions at the end of Season One. There’s a lot of potential for them this season. They have to face the consequences for their actions, and then they get to meet new people along the way.” People we love! People we love. “The Grishaverse also expands in this season,” he continued, “both in mythology and in characters. In doing so, we expand the world, we go to new locations, we visit Novyi Zem and Shu Han, and those are all integral to the narrative.”
Fryklind, meanwhile, added that they’ve “also really dug into more of the mythology this season in terms of the amplifiers, but also the creator of the amplifiers, Morozova, who he was, what his backstory is, and how he ties into this world. We go out and we go deeper.”
And, of course, author and executive producer Leigh Bardugo also had something to say about the second season of the hit show, and what it means to adapt the story — as well as the expectations fans have after Season 1.
“I think the readers now trust our writers the way that I do. This season I was able to step back and put the show more firmly in their hands. I think when we approached Season One, a lot of people were like, “It’s impossible. It can’t be done. Why would you bring SHADOW AND BONE and SIX OF CROWS together?” And I think now, we have that trust. And I think it’s going to be very, very exciting for them to see the way that trust pays off in Season Two. Every part of the Grishaverse is coming into play. We are going to get to see some incredible new characters. We’re going to see characters interacting with each other, questing with each other, fighting and laughing with each other, who we never got to see together in the books. And I think that’s a unique thing about this show. Readers are not only going to be surprised by the way that these storylines crash into each other, they’re never going to know where the next move is coming from—and that actually was a pleasure for me because I got to be surprised by my own stories.”
Personally, as someone who has read these books multiple times, I cannot wait to both get to see the things I love come into play, and be surprised too.
Are you excited for Season 2 of Shadow and Bone? What are you looking forward to the most? Share with us in the comments below!
Shadow and Bone Season 2 premieres exclusively on Netflix on March 16th, 2023.