Overview
- Apple TV+ has acquired screen rights to Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere and is developing multiple projects, starting with a Mistborn feature followed by a Stormlight Archive series.
- Sanderson says he is writing the Mistborn screenplay full time now and plans to deliver a draft to Apple this summer for a theatrical release effort.
- He will serve as co-showrunner on the Stormlight Archive series, with a second showrunner still to be selected, and he describes his involvement as deeply hands-on.
- The deal names Sanderson the Cosmere’s on-screen architect with approval rights across adaptations, a level of control he sought after past frustrations and a 2025 Mistborn attempt that collapsed over creative differences.
- Recent analysis highlights the Cosmere’s era-based structure as a built-in way to avoid catching up to unfinished books, and Sanderson says his ongoing novel schedule remains on track.