Amazon Bets on Fourth Wing as a Dragon-Rider TV Series

Amazon Prime Video has ordered a TV adaptation of Fourth Wing, based on Rebecca Yarros’ The Empyrean romantasy series. Set at Basgiath War College, the story follows Violet Sorrengail as she competes to become a dragon rider. The series is produced by Outlier Society with Yarros, Lisa Joy, Meredith Averill, Jonathan Nolan, and others serving as executive producers; Averill is showrunner and will direct the first episode. Development on the project began in 2023, stalled, and later moved forward, with the pickup announced at Amazon’s upfront.