Fans are clamouring for more of the Grishaverse.
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone season 2 is finally here, and fans are ready to dive into the Grishaverse once more!
The Sun Summoner herself, Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Lei), General Kirigan, aka the Darkling (Ben Barnes), and Malyen ‘Mal’ Oretsev (Archie Renaux) are back in business with a few new faces joining them for the ride.
That’s not to mention our favourite Crows, Kaz Brekker (Freddy Carter), Jesper Fahey (Kit Young), and Inej Ghafa (Amita Suman), who also have a couple of new recruits in the shape of Nina Zenik (Danielle Galligan), Matthias Helvar (Callahan Skogman) and demo expert Wylan (Jack Wolfe).
The series, based on the wildly popular books by Leigh Bardugo, is set to pick up after Alina vowed to make it her life’s mission to destroy The Fold – and after it was revealed that Kirigan is very much still alive.
Showrunner Eric Heisserer and writer Daegan Fryklind recently revealed how Alina is set to have a “perfect” arc in season 2.
They told Collider of the three amplifiers: “The stag is strength, the sea whip is anger and rage, and this is part of Alina dealing with her past trauma. And the firebird is love. Those three things together really create a perfect arc for her.”
But, have we got more to look forward to? Here’s everything we know about Shadow and Bone season 3.
Will there be a Shadow and Bone season 3?
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Shadow and Bone season 3 has not yet been confirmed by Netflix.
However, showrunner Heisserer previously spoke about his hopes for three seasons of the show, telling Collider in 2021: “It was a three-year plan that I laid out, or three-season plan.”
Shadow and Bone season 3 release date speculation
There’s no confirmation just yet about when a potential season 3 of Shadow and Bone could happen.
Season 1 was released in April 2021, with season 2 coming in March 2023. If Netflix continues on with that schedule, we could see season 3 in spring 2025 (if it’s greenlit).
Who could star in a potential Shadow and Bone season 3?
This all depends on who out of our heroes makes it out of season 2. If we’re being optimistic, the below cast members could potentially return:
- Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov
- Archie Renaux as Malyen Oretsev
- Freddy Carter as Kaz Brekker
- Amita Suman as Inej Ghafa
- Kit Young as Jesper Fahey
- Danielle Galligan as Nina Zenik
- Daisy Head as Genya Safin
- Calahan Skogman as Matthias Helvar
- Lewis Tan as Tolya Yul-Bataar
- Anna Leong Brophy as Tamar Kir-Bataar
- Jack Wolfe as Wylan Hendriks
- Patrick Gibson as Nikolai Lantsov
- Ben Barnes as General Kirigan
What could be the plot for Shadow and Bone season 3?
Shadow and Bone season 2 closely follows the plot of Bardugo’s second novel in the Shadow and Bone trilogy, Siege and Storm, and incorporates elements of the third, Ruin and Rising. It also features plotlines from Bardugo’s Six of Crows duology.
It follows that a third season will continue to adapt the books, focusing more on Ruin and Rising and Crooked Kingdom, the crows last entry to the Grishaverse. For now.
Bardugo is yet to write a third book in the Six of Crows series, but she hinted it could be a future project.
She recently told Collider: “A third Six of Crows is a big ‘someday’. I have an idea for the plot of it, and I’ve had it for a long time.
“But for me, the Grishaverse has gotten a little crowded at this point and a little noisy. And there are other projects that I want to work on. And for me, I don’t want to write that book with those characters until I really want to do it.”
Shadow and Bone season 2 is arriving on Netflix on Thursday 16th March. Season 1 is streaming now. Sign up for Netflix from £4.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.
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