Not long after Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing took the reading world by storm when it arrived in May 2023, the book was optioned for a television series adaptation. The news came just before the second book in The Empyrean series Iron Flame published in November 2023.
The show remains in early stages of development, but progress has been made since the announcement of the adaptation.
Read on for everything we know about the ‘Fourth Wing’ TV series:
Who is behind the adaptation of Fourth Wing into a show?
Amazon MGM Studios optioned the rights to the first book in Rebecca Yarros’ The Empyrean series, and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society production company will produce the series.
Does the Fourth Wing TV series have a showrunner yet?
Yes, Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad, Anne with an E) has been tapped as showrunner of the series.
What is Fourth Wing about?
Fourth Wing follows twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail as she leaves the life of a Scribe behind at her mother’s demand that she become a dragon rider. At the order of her mother, who is a General in the military of Navarre, Violet enters the brutal ranks of Basgiath War College, which trains up-and-coming riders through the Graduate or Die method.
In the books, Violet first looks to her old friend Dain Aetos when she gets into Basgiath, but the mysterious Xaden Riorson also has a smoldering gaze locked on her constantly. Violet also has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), which author Rebecca Yarros has. The condition affects the body’s connective tissue.
Is Fourth Wing a series?
Yes, Iron Flame continues the saga, and it arrived the same year as Fourth Wing. The book series has a five-book arc planned, and the third installment, Onyx Storm arrives in January 2025.
Will there be separate seasons after Fourth Wing?
Deadline was told that developing a separate installment based on each book in the series is possible, should the first season be successful.
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