Prime Video is fast becoming the streaming home for fantasy fans. The platform already boasts genre big hitters like their Tolkien prequel saga (which is returning soon for " The Rings of Power" season 2 ) and an adaptation of Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" , along with series like "Carnival Row" and "The Legend of Vox Machina" . And soon, that fantasy library's getting another fantasy romance adaptation that's sure to be a big hit: "Fourth Wing".
Yes, if you didn't know, Amazon is working on a series adaptation of Rebecca Yarros' best-selling "romantasy" book series, with Michael B. Jordan's production house, Outlier Society. "The Empyrean" series began with the release of "Fourth Wing" back in May 2023.
The series takes readers inside Basgiath War College, a training institution where students leave in only one of two ways: graduation, or death. The story revolves around Violet Sorrengail, who is ordered by her mother (also the nation's commanding general) to train to become an elite dragon rider of Navarre. Thanks to a recent update from Variety , we know that the "Fourth Wing" TV show has just found its showrunner: "Anne With An E" and "Flesh and Bone" creator and Emmy-winning "Breaking Bad" writer, Moira Walley-Beckett.
Walley-Beckett shared the news on Instagram , where the writer made it clear just how hyped she is to bring it to life. "I am SO EXCITED to be adaptating brilliant @rebeccayarros FOURTH WING into series", she wrote. "Thank you to Amazon MGM Studios a.
