Brandon Sanderson’s Literary Fantasy Universe ‘Cosmere’ Picked Up by Apple TV – It’s an unprecedented deal for the author, whose ‘Mistborn’ series and ‘The Stormlight Archive’ are being eyed for film and television adaptation, respectively.
by DemiFiendRSA
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Guess I should start reading it then!
[Update from Brandon post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/1qps9wy/update_from_brandon/):
>Hey, all! News has broken. Rather than post on all the threads, I figured I would do a new post here with some info and thoughts.
>In May I flew to Hollywood to start looking for a new partner on the Cosmere. This is something I’ve done before, but this time it was different. I’d been off the market for many years, working with Epic and my friends there.
>That means this was my first time being in Hollywood with my Cosmere rights since…oh, 2016?
>This time, I got to meet the real decision makers. Not just producers or low level executives. And this led to some really tough choices. I got the red carpet treatment, and liked everyone I met.
>The decision to pick Apple was due to two factors. First, the level of approvals and control. Apple wants to be a true partner with me, and they feel like they really get what I want to do. Second, their track record. Apple does fewer things, but with higher quality, than some other studios. I find virtually every thing of theirs I watch is excellent and creator driven.
>I will be writing the Mistborn screenplay myself over the next 5 months, as my full time work. Goal is for a theatrical Mistborn, then Stormlight show after. Focus on doing it carefully and right.
>I promise not to get too distracted to do books. However, if I want this done right, I need to give some real attention and heart to it now.
>Brandon
[Screen Rights and Apple TV + Weekly Update video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBQmStfWDVE)
Mistborn would definitely be amazing, but I fear that the amount of plot-relevant singing in Stormlight will be very hard to get right.
I feel like this is the 3rd time I’ve seen this news this week?
Has anyone heard anything about whether these will be live-action, or animated?
Just a reminder: He’s a Mormon, which is a white supremacist religion full of sex offenders (see Floodlit.org). If you want to read his books *but not* give money to defend sex offenders, buy secondhand or get them from a library.
Apple TV has a few bangers. I think Severance is the only one that became mainstream. But there are other shows like Shrinking and The Studio and my beloved, Pachinko! I trust them on this.
yeah it’s one of those things that works better in a book than on screen fr