Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere Universe Reportedly Coming to Apple TV With the Author Retaining Control

Apple TV has closed a woody for the rights to Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere books, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The archetypal adaptations being considered are the Mistborn bid for movie and The Stormlight Archive for TV.

According to that report, Sanderson volition "write, nutrient and consult; and volition person approvals" implicit the adaptations. A caller illustration of wherever this deficiency of power tin origin hostility is with George R.R. Martin and the House of the Dragon showrunner. Martin said successful a caller interrogation with THR that helium "would springiness notes, and thing would happen."

Brandon Sanderson himself has a monolithic audience, with implicit 50 cardinal books sold since helium archetypal started writing. The Cosmere bid makes up a ample chunk of his published works, with 24 books attached to the shared universe. There are a full of 7 books crossed antithetic eras for Mistborn, and 5 full successful The Stormlight Archive series.

According to THR, The Stormlight Archive already has a accumulation institution attached to the adaptation: Blue Marble. The media institution is tally by Theresa Kang, who has besides produced the fashionable Apple TV bid book-to-screen adaptation Pachinko.

What Is The Cosmere?

For those not already intimately acquainted with The Cosmere, Brandon Sanderson has a little explainer you tin cheque retired connected his website. To rapidly summarize, The Cosmere is the postulation successful which a ample information of his stories instrumentality place. The books that acceptable into this shared beingness often instrumentality spot connected antithetic worlds with completey antithetic societies. The Mistborn series, for example, takes spot connected a satellite called Scadriel portion the Stormlight Archive bid takes spot connected Roshar.

Sanderson's Cosmere beingness is known for having a wide assortment of introduction points that audiences tin leap close into. So adjacent though Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive instrumentality spot successful the aforesaid universe, they stay abstracted from each different with autarkic crippled lines. Some characters bash look crossed aggregate stories, but mostly you tin work them independently without missing immoderate cardinal details.

Although The Cosmere has ne'er been adapted for the screen, it has seen assorted tabletop adaptations implicit the past fewer years. Just past twelvemonth The Cosmere TTRPG was released with adventures pulled straight from The Stormlight Archive. Prior to that, Brandon Sanderson collaborated connected a Mistborn committee crippled that saw immoderate success. Sanderson is inactive expanding his sprawling phantasy beingness arsenic of 2026 with plans for Mistborn Era 3 and further Elantris novels.

Sanderson volition beryllium hoping The Cosmere adaptations fare amended than Amazon's The Wheel of Time Prime Video series, which was canceled aft 3 seasons. Last twelvemonth Sanderson, who finished writer Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time publication series, had immoderate prime words for the radical making the decisions connected the TV show.

Jacob Kienlen is simply a Senior Audience Development Strategist and Writer for IGN. Born and raised successful Portland, Oregon, helium has considered the Northwest his location for his full life. With a bachelor's grade successful connection and implicit 8 years of nonrecreational penning experience, his expertise is dispersed crossed a assortment of antithetic popular civilization topics -- from TV bid to indie games and books.