Last week, fans of author Brandon Sanderson, particularly those who enjoy his Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive book series, got some great news. Sanderson has partnered Apple TV to adapt his Cosmere literary universe for the streamer, with Mistborn and Stormlight Archive being specifically looked at to get the feature film and TV show treatment, respectively. While there’s a lot of these excited about with these book-to-screen adaptations, Sanderson has also now responded to the fans who are worried that these projects may lead to him pulling a George R.R. Martin.
I’m talking about how Martin, the mastermind behind A Song of Ice and Fire, still has not finished The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in his fantasy book series, 15 years after the previous book, A Dance with Dragons, was released. There have been various reasons for this, including Martin contributing to the various TV shows in the Game of Thrones franchise (although there’s been some “dysfunction” in his relationship with the House of the Dragon showrunner). So in terms of whether these Apple TV subscription-exclusive adaptations of Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive will delay Brandon Sanerson’s work on his upcoming books, here’s what he had to say on his YouTube page:
