‘The Shannara Chronicles’ Trailer Debuts Elves, Demons, and Lots of Action

MTV unveiled the trailer for the upcoming fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards held on August 30th. The new series based on Terry Brooks’ books stars Austin Butler, Ivana Baquero, Manu Bennett, John Rhys-Davies, and Poppy Drayton, and has Brooks, Jon Favreau, Al Gough, Miles Millar, Dan Farah, and Jonathan Liebesman on board as executive producers.

The series will debut in January 2016.

The Plot: The Shannara Chronicles is a new TV series based on the best-selling fantasy novels by Terry Brooks. Set thousands of years after the destruction of our civilization, the story follows an Elven Princess, Amberle, a half-human half-elf, Wil, and a human, Eretria, as they embark on a quest to stop a Demon army from destroying the Four Lands.