Apple TV Is Getting into the Realm of ‘Cosmere’ With Loads of Assist From Brandon Sanderson

As George R.R. Martin‘s Westeros continues to develop on HBO with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Center-earth continues to fascinate audiences on each Prime Video and at the movie theater, one other main fantasy guide setting might quickly be coming to screens. Brandon Sanderson‘s Cosmere books, which embrace his Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive sequence, have simply been picked up by Apple TV.

Sanderson, fantasy followers will recall, helped end Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time books after the creator’s demise; Prime Video’s sequence adaptation was cancelled final 12 months. Apple TV seems to have numerous confidence within the Cosmere universe’s lasting attraction, in response to the Hollywood Reporter, which broke the information, calling it an “unprecedented deal.”

It additionally got here “after a aggressive scenario which noticed Sanderson meet with many of the studio heads on the town,” THR studies.

It’s so uncommon as a result of “it offers the creator rarefied management over the display screen translations, in response to sources. Sanderson would be the architect of the universe, will write, produce and seek the advice of, and have approvals,” in response to THR.

The commerce factors to Sanderson’s energy as a best-selling creator (over 50 million books thus far) and his sturdy fan base as a motive for this stage of management. He’s a frequent fixture at conventions and even hosts his personal annual occasion, Dragonsteel Nexus. He has such a following that his 2022 Kickstarter, forward of the publication of 4 new books, raised over $40 million, setting a brand new file for the crowdfunding platform on the time.

THR studies that Apple TV is at present hoping to make options based mostly on the Mistborn books, whereas The Stormlight Archive would develop into a TV sequence on the streamer.

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