Fantasy Flops ft. MTV's Shannara Chronicles

Unboxing Story by Jon and Melissa

Aug 19, 201901:07:17Arts

The race to replace 'Game of Thrones' is underway, but after that ending, is sword and sorcery dead? Nearly a year after MTV cancelled Shannara Chronicles, Melissa and Jon Matos ask why it failed. Can new writers recaptu...

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