Overview
- Tomorrow Studios announced the Skyward TV development on Wednesday, naming Brandon Sanderson, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen as the pilot writers and executive producers.
- Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements of Tomorrow Studios will executive-produce the project through the studio’s ITV partnership.
- The adaptation is at an early pilot-shopping stage with no broadcaster or streamer attached, so the series still needs a distribution partner before full production can begin.
- Skyward is the first book in Sanderson’s Cytoverse and follows teen pilot Spensa Nightshade defending humanity from alien invaders, a premise that typically requires significant visual effects and budget.
- The move sits alongside Sanderson’s separate Apple TV Cosmere deal and leverages Tomorrow Studios’ recent experience on Netflix’s live-action One Piece, making author-led involvement a key selling point for buyers.