Trollhunters

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About

Trollhunters, also known as DreamWorks Trollhunters, is an American fantasy TV series created by acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Since its release in late 2016 on streaming service Netflix, the series has garnered acclaim and a growing fanbase.

Premise

Set in the fictional town of Arcadia, the series follows fifteen-year-old James "Jim" Lake Jr., a teenager who, along with his friend Toby Domzalski, discover a magical amulet that grants him the role of the Trollhunter, a warrior chosen by the secret civilization of the trolls who live underneath the town of Arcadia. Together, with his friends Toby and Claire Nuñez, along with his troll mentors Blinky and AAARRRGGHH!!!, he must combat the Gumm-Gumms, evil trolls from the Badlands, among other dark forces.

History

Guillermo del Toro initially envisioned Trollhunters as a live action series, though this would not come to fruition due to budgetary constraints. As such, he released Trollhunters as a book co-written with Daniel Kraus in 2015. DreamWorks would later plan to turn the book into a feature-length film, though this would be overturned in favour of an animated TV series. The series would be produced by Dreamworks Animation TV and Double Dare You.

On October 8th, 2016, the first two episodes were shown at New York Comic Con, and later be released by Netflix on December 23rd.