Poppy Drayton Lands Lead Role In MTV's SHANNARA Series
It's been a while since we found out that a TV show based on Terry Brooks' series of fantasy novels was in the works with Iron Man director Jon Favreau on board as producer and now we have a cast.
It's been quite some time since we heard anything about this, but now Deadline report that the lead role has been cast. Poppy Drayton (Downton Abbey, When Calls The Heart) will play Amberle, an Elf princess. The site describe the character as "agile, fit and capable, she has become the first female to be accepted as one of the Chosen, the special group of Elves responsible for the protection and care of the ancient Ellcrys tree. But unlike the rest of the Chosen, Amberle’s dangerous and heroic journey is just beginning." The story is set after the destruction of our civilization in the "great wars", with the world reverting to a medieval state and magic re-emerging. Many of the protagonists in the story are descended from the Eleven noble family of Shannara. Apparently the Tv show will begin by adapting the second novel in the series, The Elfstones of Shannara. The first two episodes will be directed by TMNT's Jonathan Liebesman