Apple TV Cosmere Adaptation News!

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent news of Apple TV acquiring the rights to adapt Mistborn and Stormlight.

We had some big news this week, where Apple TV got rights to Mistborn and Stormlight adaptations, and so we wanted to get in and discuss it! This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and Verónica (Cheyenne Sedai)! Original post: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/brandon-sandersons-mistborn-stormlight-archive-movie-tv-1236487271/ Brandon's Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/1qps9wy/update_from_brandon/ According to Reactor, it's just Mistborn and Stormlight, which we did not know while recording: https://reactormag.com/apple-tv-brandon-sanderson-cosmere-universe-deal-details/ Thumbnail art is the papercraft cover for Mistborn, by Rosie Fowinkle: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:TFE_Dragonsteel_Starter_pack_cover.jpg 0:00:00 Introductions and Show & Tell 0:05:43 The News 0:10:25 How are we feeling? 0:30:16 What do we think of Apple TV as the choice? 0:44:51 Brandon's high level level of involvement 0:57:36 Worried about mainline book progress? 1:09:37 Wanting adaptations, what does success mean? 1:18:57 Measures of success (bad timestamp) 1:25:17 Wrapping up If you like our content, support us on Patreon…

People in this episode

Guests: Eric, Ian, Evgeni, Verónica

Topics covered

• Apple TV adaptations
• Brandon Sanderson
• Cosmere
• Mistborn
• Stormlight
• podcast discussion

Keywords

• Apple TV
• Mistborn
• Stormlight
• Brandon Sanderson
• Cosmere
• adaptations
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple TV, Reactor, Hollywood Reporter, 17th Shard, Coppermind

Books & works: Mistborn, Stormlight

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