Overview
- Tomorrow Studios announced on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, that it will develop Skyward, the first book in Sanderson’s Cytoverse, for television.
- Sanderson will write the pilot script and serve as an executive producer while Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen are attached as co-writers and writer-producers.
- Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements will executive produce the project through Tomorrow Studios, the ITV Studios partner best known for the live-action One Piece.
- The series is in early development at the pilot-script stage with no distributor, cast, production timeline, or release date publicly named.
- The move follows Sanderson’s January deal to bring his Cosmere work to Apple TV and signals continued studio interest in adapting established speculative-fiction franchises with close author involvement, a development fans and the industry will monitor for franchise and casting choices.