News Brandon Sanderson Apple TV Acquires Adaptation Rights to Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive Sanderson will reportedly retain creative control over the adaptations By Matthew Byrd | Published on January 28, 2026 Photo: Brandon Sanderson/artist Sam Weber Comment 0 Share New Share Photo: Brandon Sanderson/artist Sam Weber Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly relayed a report that Apple TV acquired the rights to Brandon Sanderson’s entire Cosmere universe. We have since learned from Sanderson’s agent that Apple TV has only acquired adaptation rights for The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn books. This article has been updated to reflect that information. We apologize for the error and any confusion it may have caused. Apple TV has acquired the rights to Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive books in a massive deal that will see these two major entries in Sanderson’s Cosmere universe adapted into both TV series and movies. While there is currently no information available regarding the financial figures involved with the deal, unidentified sources informed The Hollywood Reporter that it is both lucrative and will reportedly allow Sanderson to retain an incredible amount of creative control over the associated adaptations. At present, it’s believed that Sanderson will be able to not just write and produce those adaptations but retain consultation rights and overall creative approval. If true, that would make this one of the more author-friendly adaptation deals of this size in recent memory. At present, it’s believed that The Stormlight Archive will be turned into a TV series which will be produced by Blue Marble. Meanwhile, the Mistborn novels will reportedly be adapted into feature films, though there are no additional details available about those movies at this time. Given the aforementioned specifics of this deal, you can expect Sanderson to be heavily involved in these early projects, though the exact extent of his creative involvement in these projects has not been confirmed. What makes these entries in the Cosmere universe worthy of such a major deal? Well, along with the fact that these books are absurdly popular best-sellers that have broken crowdfunding records, they’ve long been targeted as the potential “next big thing” in a post-Game of Thrones (well, mostly) media landscape where studios are still searching for fantasy franchises. The Cosmere universe may be united by the murder of a cosmic being whose death causes a mystical ripple effect, but the individual works that belong to that universe are quite varied and seemingly an ideal fit for film and TV adaptations. Actually, Reactor contributor Cole Rush previously argued that the Mistborn books would make an especially compelling series of films while the epic The Stormlight Archive series has enough characters, plotlines, and associated works to be the next great epic fantasy TV series. It seems that Apple agrees. We’ll keep you updated regarding any immediate developments regarding this deal, though the potential scope of this arrangement means we’ll likely be hearing about these adaptations for quite some time. [end-mark] The post Apple TV Acquires Adaptation Rights to Brandon Sanderson’s <i>Mistborn</i> and <i>The Stormlight Archive</i> appeared first on Reactor.