Apple Signs Deal for Brandon Sanderson's 'Cosmere' Universe Movies and TV Shows

Apple has signed a woody with fashionable phantasy writer Brandon Sanderson for movie and TV rights to Sanderson's "Cosmere" universe, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


Sanderson has a ample assemblage of work, but immoderate of his astir fashionable phantasy books could beryllium adapted first. Mistborn could beryllium turned into a movie series, portion The Stormlight Archive is being considered for television. Mistborn is simply a publication bid that's divided into 2 eras, with the archetypal 3 books featuring a radical of magic-using metallic manipulators oregon "Allomancers" overthrowing a dystopian empire. The 2nd acceptable of books follows the exploits of Wax and Wayne, 2 lawmen with magical abilities successful a much modern setting.

There are 2 further eras planned for the aforesaid Mistborn series, truthful Apple has entree to contented that could effect successful a twelve movies.

The Stormlight Archive presently features 5 epic phantasy books, each of which could easy beryllium utilized for aggregate seasons of a TV show. The Stormlight Archive is simply a classical bully vs. evil tale, featuring the Knights Radiant against Voidbringers who privation to conquer the world.

Sanderson has 10 full books planned for The Stormlight Archive, but the "Cosmere" beingness besides includes galore different standalone novels, each of which are linked together. Sanderson is 1 of the astir well-known existent phantasy authors, and successful summation to his ain books, helium finished Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time aft Jordan passed away.

A TV amusement based connected the Stormlight Archive is already successful the aboriginal stages of planning. Blue Marble, a movie workplace tally by Pachinko shaper Theresa Kang-Lowe, is acceptable to produce. Kang-Lowe has an exclusive contented accumulation woody with Apple.

Apple won the woody aft Sanderson met with aggregate imaginable partners. Apple agreed to springiness Sanderson unprecedented power implicit surface translations, truthful helium volition write, produce, and consult connected immoderate TV shows oregon movies that Apple makes astir the Cosmere universe. Sanderson is known for having immoderate of the astir fashionable Kickstarter campaigns to date, raising adjacent to $100 cardinal by selling his books.
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