Thu, 15 April 2021 at 2:27 pm

Netflix Shares Crash Course on 'Shadow & Bone' With New BTS Video, Plus New Stills

Netflix is helping fans get acquainted with the world of Shadow and Bone with this new behind-the-scenes video!

The streamer dropped the new clip on Thursday (April 15), which features some of the cast and creators sharing how they brought the series to life.

Shadow and Bone is just over a week away from finally premiering on Netflix, and this is just another teaser to help tide us over until then. Get all of the latest on the show here!

The new series is based off of Leigh Bardugo‘s worldwide bestselling Grishaverse novels, and finds us in a war-torn world where lowly soldier and orphan Alina Starkov has just unleashed an extraordinary power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the monstrous threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha.

But as she struggles to hone her power, she finds that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive.

Here’s who stars in the series: Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov), Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman (Inej), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey), Ben Barnes (General Kirigan), Sujaya Dasgupta (Zoya Nazyalensky), Danielle Galligan (Nina Zenik), Daisy Head (Genya Safin), Simon Sears (Ivan), Calahan Skogman (Matthias Helvar), Zoë Wanamaker (Baghra), Kevin Eldon (The Apparat), Julian Kostov (Fedyor), Luke Pasqualino (David), Jasmine Blackborow (Marie) and Gabrielle Brooks (Nadia).