Brandon Sandersons Skyward TV Series in Development With Tomorrow Studios

A television adaptation of Brandon Sanderson’s science fiction novel Skyward is officially in development. The project is being produced by Tomorrow Studios, the independent production company behind Netflix’s live-action One Piece series.

Author Brandon Sanderson will co-write the pilot script alongside television writer-producers Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, a husband-and-wife team known for their work on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Sanderson, Whedon, and Tancharoen will also serve as executive producers alongside Tomorrow Studios CEO Marty Adelstein and President Becky Clements.

Skyward is the first book in Sanderson’s Cytoverse franchise, a young adult series separate from his larger Cosmere universe. The story is set on a desolate planet where the remnants of humanity are under constant attack from mysterious alien forces known as the Krell. It follows Spensa Nightshade, a determined teenager who dreams of becoming a pilot in the planet’s elite fighter corps to defend her species and redeem the legacy of her father, a pilot who was branded a coward.

In a statement, Sanderson said he has been working on the Skyward series for nearly a decade and that partnering...