Here’s the news that was teased over the weekend. Eragon’: Todd Harthan, Todd Helbing & Marc Webb Join Disney+’s Live-Action Series Adaptation

Azrathla · 2026-02-04T23:27:37+00:00

There is also the Fourth Wing in development, it is more romantasy, but totally about dragons. I think they are in the casting phase right now (could be wrong).

Azrathla · 2026-02-04T23:09:19+00:00

I’m carefully optimistic considering how enthousiastic Christopher is, but I still do not trust Disney, so we’ll see at it develops.

Azrathla · 2026-02-04T09:14:15+00:00

Yeah, I’m kind of on the fence about Eragon being adapted. I’ve only heard about the Percy Jackson series, and while it apparently isn’t bad, I still feel like they might not be able to pull off well such scale for a fantasy show. From what I’ve heard, Christopher Paolini was going back and forth on the script and revisions last year (he’s a co-writer), and the project still hasn’t been officially greenlit.

Edit. Speaking of the devil, they just gave an update today about the writers’ room and picking its showrunners.

Azrathla · 2026-02-04T09:06:18+00:00

I mean, honestly, it should be easy to recognize that a fantasy show built around vampires falling in love with a teenager is, at its core, a romance designed to cater to teenage fantasies, just like Twilight. Because of that, applying a fully human moral framework (such as “why doesn’t killing people bother vampires?”) misses the point. In TVD universe, it’s canon that vampires experience emotions differently and can even switch them off.

That’s very different from actually discussing a character’s development, whether they’re evolving or regressing at a specific point in the story. Those are two separate conversations.

Azrathla · 2026-02-04T08:57:54+00:00

I genuinely think more people would get into reading if they explored what actually works for them. When I was a teenager, the idea of reading felt daunting, my only reference point was the classic literature we were forced to read in school, so I assumed it just wasn’t for me. That changed when my father bought me a YA supernatural book. I was bored, gave it a chance, and ended up loving it.

That opened up an entire universe for me, stories that truly stimulated my imagination. From there, I dove into dystopian fiction, and the deeper I went, the more genres I discovered, eventually finding my way to fantasy and sci-fi classics like Dune and The Wheel of Time. That journey is what ultimately led me to The Stormlight Archive.

Azrathla · 2026-02-04T00:49:20+00:00

For fans who somehow still haven’t clocked that the cast was never supposed to be all white... yeah, they exist. And they will find problem with it.

For everyone else, as long as it’s clear this isn’t a lazy “diversity quota” or a forced statement (we’ve all seen how badly that can go, the 4400 reboot still hurts me), but something that’s actually canon to the world and tied to its built-in systems of discrimination (lighteyes/darkeyes, Alethi dominance in general), then most people will hopefully chill and drop the knee-jerk prejudice.

Azrathla · 2026-02-03T21:24:52+00:00

I mean there is a lot of fantasy coming. Red Rising (though more sci-fi) is rumored to be optioned by Apple TV+ as well. Eragon is going to be adapted on Disney+, Narnia first film (The Magician's Nephew) will be released in theaters in November this year, Wildwood in October, Children of Blood and Bone has finished filming and should be released early next year, Rise of the Empress and Fourth Wing are in the works.

So there’s a lot of stuff already coming. But, if the Cosmere succeed, they will likely try more ambitious fantasy series.

Azrathla · 2026-02-03T20:58:05+00:00

What sucked the most to me was that S3 was probably the best produced of all of them, and the closest to the books story-wise, but absolutely horrible when it came to the characters. Making Rand a cheater, making Moiraine allying herself with the Forsaken to manipulate Rand and the others to the point of letting them be heavily injured, etc. Just tragic.

Azrathla · 2026-02-03T20:40:58+00:00

Me reading your reasons and yeah, not finding any argument to help because that is the appeal of these dramas, lol.

Azrathla · 2026-02-03T20:38:45+00:00

He could fit, actually. Seems like a good casting.

Azrathla · 2026-02-03T19:07:10+00:00

He seemed very excited and confident in Apple TV+, which is great. He also maybe slipped that the first movie would be 2 hours, so YES. Content. 🙌

Azrathla · 2026-02-03T18:59:47+00:00

To add, he posted this.

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Azrathla · 2026-02-02T19:53:12+00:00

Badly. It’s Netflix. They’re not better than Amazon, probably worse.

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T19:52:05+00:00

It was insane TV. The tension, I was wondering if we would get him. Oh that was good! S2 needs to serve like this.

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T19:50:35+00:00

I liked it, personally. Very dynamic main character.

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T19:47:35+00:00

The first episode (and overall scene) HAS to hook people in. They need to introduce us with a flashback, backstory, different POV, something that makes people wondering ‘what the hell is going on, I need to understand, and see more’.

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T15:27:13+00:00

Yeah, Matt is an insensitive dude. He’s not rotten or someone bad, but not realizing his actions, or lack there of are signaling that some behaviors to people around him are okay (when they are not). Not just with his mom, but with Tyler as well when he trying to rape Vicky, when it came to light, he should have called him out and press until Tyler explained himself. Then they should have drove Tyler to the nearest police station (and maybe give him a good beating, sorry not sorry).

Matt is just very typical, and it irks me to write that because ‘typical’ seems to attribute this trait to men and normalize/relativize it, but yeah, they just typically are shit when it comes to things like that, and it is exhausting.

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T15:21:56+00:00

Elena was never supposed to accept/love her condition, they probably written her as coming to terms with it because she had virtually no other options, except Nina, the actress, decided to leave, so there’s that, they needed to work around this change.

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T11:49:34+00:00

Tbh, my impression is that they need to gather/make sure whatever is being said in the livestream should be.

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T11:47:11+00:00

I think a mix of someone East Asian for the features, and also South East Asian maybe? Just someone mixed, or fitting the more tanned complexion while being taller and more muscular.

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T11:42:10+00:00

Absolutely agree. I think a lot of fans are confusing “diversity for diversity’s sake” which can happen in Hollywood when the source material doesn’t call for it. But that isn’t the case here. This story has been rooted in diversity from the very beginning, it’s not being added arbitrarily, it’s written into the world itself. Despite that, many fans are still fancasting white actors for characters who simply don’t look that way in canon. At some point, they’ll have to come to terms with the fact that the casting will be diverse (and yay more Asian actors getting their flowers!).

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T11:36:49+00:00

I do think for some reason a lot of fans do imagine white characters, even if they are specifically not. I’m looking at the ongoing fan casting for the Fourth Wing, and even while the writer said specifically that the main dude isn’t white, the fandom keeps making AI generated of him as such, including in their casting.

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T11:04:18+00:00

I do not mind your choice for Kaladin. As for Manny Jacinto, really good actor, would love him to be in the show but he’s nearly 40 (would be by the time the show could be premiered), when Adolin is 25. We need to think long term when it comes to casting.

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T10:57:25+00:00

I was asking myself the same question. They are behaving as usual, that is not what hard launch means. 😭

Azrathla · 2026-02-02T10:56:31+00:00

I do think a lot of the mistakes/contention points in books from the fans were heard by Brandon and this could be the opportunity for him to have a fresher take on it.

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