Producer Michael B. Jordan has offered a heartfelt replace about Amazon MGM Studios’ Fourth Wing TV adaptation. Primarily based on the Empyrean ebook collection by Rebecca Yarros, the Fourth Wing TV collection will observe 20-year-old Violet Sorrengail as she leaves the security of the library to turn out to be a revered dragon-rider, falling in love with the mysterious and rebellious Xaden Riorson within the course of.
The “romantasy” collection is among the best-selling grownup fantasy ebook collection of all time: the third Empyrean novel, Onyx Storm, printed in January 2025, bought 2.7 million copies in its first week of launch (by way of The New York Instances). Jordan’s manufacturing firm, Outlier Society, will produce the TV adaptation for Amazon, although growth hasn’t at all times been easy crusing.
The Fourth Wing TV present was first introduced in October 2023, simply earlier than the second Empyrean ebook arrived in bookstores. Since then, the collection misplaced showrunner Moira Walley-Beckett (Anne With an E) earlier than discovering a brand new chief in Locke & Key’s Meredith Averill. There’s been no casting information but, both. Even so, recent off his first Oscar nomination for Sinners, Jordan informed Deadline that the variation will probably be “thrilling.”
“We’re ensuring that that is going to be a[n] thrilling present that delivers on all the issues the followers need and a few of the issues that they gained’t expect both,” Jordan defined. “However belief me, I understand how beloved this franchise IP is and we’re diligently… We’re within the lab, we’re cooking up. We received it. It’s coming. It’s early phases, however I really feel how a lot folks care about this one. It’s not misplaced on us.”
Yarros, who will function an government producer on the collection, revealed in January 2025 that she’d learn two variations of the script. “I couldn’t be any happier,” the creator mentioned throughout a midnight launch social gathering for Onyx Storm (by way of GMA). These scripts had been written by former showrunner Walley-Beckett, nevertheless. It is unclear how far alongside the writing is now below Averill’s management, who took over in September 2025.
As followers eagerly await extra information in regards to the Fourth Wing TV present, they will even be ready for information in regards to the fourth Empyrean ebook. 5 books are deliberate for the collection in whole. After Onyx Storm‘s launch, Yarros took an prolonged break for her well being. Extra lately, in December 2025, the creator revealed that she was engaged on a “contracted up to date” earlier than she may re-enter Violet’s war-torn world (by way of Instagram).
Few fantasy books over the previous couple of years have been capable of encourage the identical stage of devotion as Yarros’ Fourth Wing. Although the watch for each the following ebook and the TV present could really feel lengthy, a minimum of it is clear that each Yarros and Jordan are devoted to getting Violet and Xaden’s tales proper, whether or not on the web page or on the display screen.
The Fourth Wing TV present has not but formally been ordered to collection.
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Pink Tower Books
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2023-04-05
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9781649374042
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Rebecca Yarros
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Fantasy, Romance