Shannara

Another Game of Thrones-inspired adaptation bites the dust. MTV put its best effort forward to adapt the YA-friendly Shannara novels as an ongoing series, but even moving the show to Spike wasn’t enough to stave-off a two-season cancellation.

MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles has officially been Spike-d. The high-concept fantasy drama has booked an October premiere for Season 2 in its new Spike home, simultaneously releasing an eye-popping first trailer.

There’s no two ways around the fact that MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles was an expensive series, and not precisely the breakout hit to justify it. MTV and Viacom are doing some restructuring of their own, and it now seems that Shannara will move to Spike for its second season this fall.

It’s been some time since the first season of MTV’s long-brewing Shannara Chronicles series wrapped up its first fantastical season, and given the hefty production involved, renewal took time. Still, the highly-acclaimed fantasy series has officially confirmed its Season 2 order, delving further into the Terry Brooks world.

MTV will take a big swing next week with its epic adaptation of Terry Brooks’ The Shannara Chronicles, the network’s first stab at high fantasy and sci-fi. We’ve seen a few trailers to boot, but before the January 5 premiere, watch an extended sneak peek from the landmark new series.

MTV has found success with smaller teen-centric thrillers like Scream and Teen Wolf, but can the millennial network go full-on epic for its The Shannara Chronicles adaptation? The first trailer for the Jon Favreau-produced fantasy world has arrived, channeling everything from Lord of the Rings to Thor and I Am Legend.

It's been over a year since we've heard from development on a potential 'Shannara' TV series, but at long last, the fantasy drama oft-discussed in the vein of 'Game of Thrones' has a home. Jon Favreau will develop a 'Shannara' TV series for MTV with 'Smallville' duo Al Gough and Miles Millar, but what chance does it have of moving to series?

Though the fantasy genre has permeated TV in one form or another for years, ranging from 'Highlander' to 'Hercules: The Legendary Journeys,' nothing yet had achieved such skyrocketing levels of popularity before HBO's 'Game of Thrones' adaptation.  Now that the floodgate has been opened and fantasy poised to be the next buzz-worthy genre, could Terry Brook's 'Shannara' novels be the next fantasy e