Amazon’s series adaptation of Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing has found its showrunner, Variety reports.
Moira Walley-Beckett, creator of the show Anne With an E and a former writer for Pan Am and Breaking Bad, will run the series for Amazon MGM Studios.
Yarros’ romantasy novel, published in 2023 by Red Tower, follows Violet Sorrengail, a 20-year-old woman whose military general mother forces her to attend a school for dragon riders. The book, the first in Yarros’ Empyrean series, became a No. 1 New York Times bestseller after catching the attention of readers on TikTok. A critic for Kirkus wrote of the novel, “Read this for the action-packed plot, not character development or worldbuilding.”
Yarros followed up Fourth Wing last year with Iron Flame; the next book in the series, Onyx Storm, is scheduled for publication in January.
The Amazon series adaptation is being produced by Outlier Society, actor Michael B. Jordan’s production company. Walley-Beckett, Jordan, and Yarros are among the series’ executive producers.
Walley-Beckett announced her involvement in the series on Instagram, writing, “I am SO EXCITED to be adapting brilliant @rebeccayarros FOURTH WING into series! Thank you to Amazon MGM Studios and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society for trusting me to bring this incredible book series to life!”
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
