Shadow and Bone was canceled in 2023, and sure, I’m nonetheless mad about it. That is all as a result of one in every of my favourite books of all time is Six of Crows, and it was arrange so effectively within the Season 2 finale of the Netflix sequence. Nonetheless, sadly, that may by no means get to occur, which Ben Barnes simply painfully jogged my memory as he mirrored on the tragedy of the cancellation and gushed about what might have been.
In an alternate universe, Shadow and Bone wouldn’t have been one of many saddest cancellations of 2023, and we’d have gotten to see the tales within the Grishaverse proceed. Extra particularly, we’d have seen the long-awaited Ice Courtroom heist that occurs in Six of Crows, as Barnes, who performed the Darkling, reiterated whereas chatting with Mama’s Geeky:
It was a great present, and I really like these tales. And I feel sadly the very best tales that Leigh Bardugo wrote, the Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom tales – I really like these books – and I’m unhappy for the blokes who had been enjoying the crow characters, as a result of they’d have actually gotten to increase on that world and people characters.
For many who don’t know, it was broadly reported earlier than Shadow and Bone was canceled {that a} writers’ room was engaged on a Six of Crows adaptation. It was occurring, we might have gotten it, after which we didn’t…
The present received canceled with a lot story left to inform, making it one in every of many Netflix originals to finish with no correct ending. Whereas the Darkling met his “deserved demise,” as Barnes put it, the Crows’ story was solely simply starting.
For many who don’t know, the guide Six of Crows begins with Kaz, Inej, Nina, Jesper and Wylan taking up the Ice Courtroom heist job after which breaking Matthias out of jail. Season 2 ended with that job getting proposed, and Matthias was nonetheless locked up. I might style the heist; we had been so shut. So, having it taken away from us was additional painful.
Barnes made that clear too, as he stated:
I grew to become very, very protecting of that solid, and [I was] actually type of rooting for all of them in their very own lives but additionally as characters. And I wished to see them thrive. And I’d have preferred to observe the Six of Crows story. I really like a heist.
I additionally love a heist! And I really like this heist! So, by no means seeing it put to display sucks. We’ll by no means get to see Kaz and Inej’s relationship develop. We’ll by no means get to see Nina and Matthias really fall in love. We’ll by no means watch Jesper and Wylan in all their sassy greatness. We’ll additionally by no means get one of the vital epic heists I’ve ever learn.
Plus, Shadow and Bone continues to be one of many greatest fantasy exhibits on streaming. It ended far too quickly, and listening to the Darkling actor sympathize with all of us proves simply how painful this cancellation was and nonetheless is.
Now, I’m with you all; this nonetheless hurts so much. Nonetheless, fortunately, there’s loads of Grishaverse content material to eat. You possibly can return and watch the primary two seasons of Shadow and Bone with a Netflix subscription. Extra importantly, you’ll be able to learn the Six of Crows duology and delight in its greatness as we proceed to hope for and dream a couple of book-to-screen adaptation of it.