Apple TV's "The Stormlight Archive" Series Will Have 10 Episodes - Brandon Sanderson to Serve as Showrunner

The writer himself will pen most of the script, but full-scale work on the series will only begin after the "Mistborn" film.

Writer Brandon Sanderson has revealed the first details of the TV series adaptation of his monumental fantasy cycle "The Stormlight Archive" for Apple TV+. The first season of the ambitious show will consist of 10 episodes. Sanderson will personally write a significant portion of the script and share showrunner duties, but full production is still a long way off.

Currently, the author is fully focused on the feature film adaptation of another of his popular cycles — "Mistborn," which, under the terms of the deal with Apple, is intended to launch a new film franchise. Sanderson is independently writing the film's script, and, according to the tracker on his official website, the work is already 85% complete.

It should be noted that another adaptation of the writer's books, unrelated to the Apple deal, is also in development. Tomorrow Studios, the production company known for the live-action series "One Piece" for Netflix, is adapting the science fiction cycle "Skyward." The project is in its early stages, and Sanderson is co-writing the pilot episode script with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen ("Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.").