The new season is set one year after the events of Season One and sees The Four Lands in chaos once again. The re-emergence of magic has the populace terrified, and an organisation called The Crimson is hunting down magic users using fear and intimidation to sow discord among the races.

Wil (Austin Butler), scarred by the loss of Amberle (Poppy Drayton) and his separation from Eretria (Ivana Baquero), has turned his back on his magical destiny to become a healer. But when a mysterious woman named Mareth (Malese Jow, The Flash) saves Wil from a Crimson attack, he is forced to rejoin the fight.

After reuniting with Eretria, Wil and Mareth seek out Allanon (Manu Bennett), only to learn that the Druid’s former protégé, Bandon (Marcus Vanco), is on a mission to resurrect a creature of darkest evil: The Warlock Lord. Together, our heroes must band together to take down The Crimson and prevent Bandon from unleashing an even greater threat upon the Four Lands, before it’s too late.

The season 2 premiere will introduce Mareth, who is another character from Terry Brooks’ novels, but didn’t actually have an impact on Wil’s journey. She’s described to be a “volatile and unpredictable” young woman who is also “sharp, brash, and independent to a fault.”

Previews of the first episode sees Mareth surprised as to how Wil ever saved the world. As their conversations continue, Wil reveals he was involved in a bar fight, which may reveal he struggled with the loss of Amberle. It also seems it takes Wil quite some time to find Eretria as we last saw him embarking on a journey to find her.

In this season, we will see our characters travel to new places in the Shannara world: the Kingdom of Leah, Skull Mountain, and Graymark.

Also joining the new season includes Garet (Gentry White, unREAL), Lyria (Vanessa Morgan, Finding Carter), Queen Tamlin (Caaroline Chikezie, Eragon), and General Riga (Desmond Chiam).

The Shannara Chronicles premieres at 9pm on Spike.

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After being made into a film back in 2007, the 200-page novella is back for round two on the small screen. The new series centers around a small town family that is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each other. Family, friends and adversaries become strange bedfellows, battling the mysterious mist and its threats, fighting to maintain morality and sanity as the rules of society break down.

Since the original source material focused on the town taking shelter in the mall, the series will instead expand further and feature multiple locations to allow for more point of views.

Starring Alyssa Sutherland (Vikings), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire), Darren Pettie (Mad Men) and Frances Conroy (American Horror Story). Catch The Mist on Spike!

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The first trailer for Spike’s television adaption of The Mist has been released and looks like the characters are in for a ride.

Based on the 200-page novella written by Stephen King, the series is set in a small town when a creepy fog suddenly rolls into town filled with otherworldly predators and wreaks havoc on the townies. Since the original source material focused on the town taking shelter in the mall, the series will instead expand further and feature multiple locations to allow for more point of views.

In an interview with EW, show creator Christian Torpe spoke about the differences between the book and the 2007 film.

“I wanted to be respectful to the source material, but my feeling was there was already a great adaptation out there by Frank Darabont. The novella is 200 pages and one location, and we needed to change that to make an ongoing series. But we wanted to remain faithful to the heart of the story.”

The trailer depicts religion and the talk of judgment day, mind control, sex, bloody faces and of course, the creepy mist as it rolls into town.

Starring Alyssa Sutherland (Vikings), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire), Darren Pettie (Mad Men) and Frances Conroy (American Horror Story). The Mist premieres June 22 on Spike.

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