Terry Brooks ‘Shannara’ Coming To Television

Variety is reporting that Sonar Entertainment will be partnering with Farah Films to produce a television show based on Terry Brooks Shannara saga, the series of novels has been running for the past 25 years and even includes one graphic novel, The Dark Wraith Of Shannara, published back in 2008.

The first season of the Shannara TV show will be based on the second-released book, The Elfstones of Shannara. The series takes place hundreds of years in the future set after the destruction of our civilization in the “great wars”, with the world reverting to a medieval state and magic re-emerging, while mystical creatures such as elves and trolls populate the Earth.

Most of the main characters in Brooks novels are members of the Shannara clan, a noble lineage with mixed heritage of man and Elf that allows them to wield magic. The story Many of the protagonists in the series are descended from the Eleven noble family of Shannara.

Brooks stated:

“Partnering with Sonar Entertainment and Farah Films on adapting the ‘Shannara’ saga for television is an exciting prospect. Everything about both companies suggests the result will be one that both old and new fans of the books will readily embrace. I am committed to doing everything I can to help make this happen.”