Arrow star Manu Bennett has joined MTV's Shannara as a
series regular. The actor will play Allanon the mentor for the series hero, Wil
Ohmsford played by Austin Butler. Allanon "is a druid who is the last of his
kind in the world of Shannara. He is described as a wise, perceptive and
serious man who knows something incredibly important has begun when the wise
tree Ellcrys starts to die. He enlists Wil (Austin Butler) to fulfill
his destiny and save the four lands."
Also starring is Downton Abbey's
Poppy Drayton who will play Amberle the Elf Princess.
Based on the novels by Terry Brooks, the series
is set after the decline of civilization in the "great wars", in a
World where magic has replaced science.
The show will begin by adapting Brook's second novel,
The Elfstones of Shannara, and will have TMNT (2014) director Jonathan
Liebesman direct the first couple of episodes.
Source - THR
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