
The Shannara Chronicles S1 E2 is called Chosen (2) and was aired in January 2016. The Shannara Chronicles (S1 E1) has a rating of 6.8/10 and has received 30 votes. Thousands of years after the fall of Humankind, the Four Lands is in grave danger. It was written by Miles Millar and directed by Alfred Gough. While the series has remained adequately faithful to the books, several key adaptational changes were made, including the creation of a handful of new characters and a post-apocalyptic feel that is more reminiscent of the later novels than the first ones.The Shannara Chronicles S1 E1 is called Chosen (1) and was aired in January 2016. Brooks was very involved in the writing process, though he hopes to decrease his involvement for future seasons. Terry Brooks has endorsed the show and stated in interviews that he is happy with the way Elfstones was adapted. Elfstones was selected over the first novel, The Sword of Shannara, because it had a more widely-appealing plot and because it featured well-developed female characters which Sword had notably lacked. The Shannara Chronicles adapted The Elfstones of Shannara for its first season. A television version of the trailer was shown during the 2015 MTV Music Awards. During the Shannara Chronicles panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2015, a teaser trailer was revealed, giving audiences a first look at the sets and characters. In December 2013 it was announced that a series based on The Elfstones of Shannara was being produced for MTV. Sonar Entertainment acquired TV rights to the Shannara universe in 2012. Season 2 premiered in the US on Spike TV on October 11, 2017. In May 2017, it was announced that show would be moving from MTV to Spike TV as part of an overall restructuring plan at Viacom that aims to scale back the amount of scripted content on MTV while rebranding and mainstreaming Spike TV under the new name Paramount Network, beginning in January 2018. The first season consisted of ten episodes, and renewal of the series for a second season was announced on April 20, 2016. The series premiered on MTV in the United States on January 5, 2016. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar developed the series, based on the Shannara novels. Filming for the first season wrapped in New Zealand in June 2015, and the first trailer debuted on July 10, 2015.

The Shannara Chronicles is filmed at the Auckland Film Studios and on location elsewhere in New Zealand.
