Disney Names Co-Showrunners for Eragon Series

Disney has advanced its live-action television adaptation of Christopher Paolini's Eragon book series by appointing co-showrunners and assembling a key creative team, marking a significant step in the project's development since its announcement two years ago.

The series, set for Disney+, will adapt Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, a young adult fantasy saga that begins with the 2002 novel Eragon. The books follow a teenage farm boy who discovers a mysterious egg that hatches into a dragon named Saphira. Bound to his dragon, Eragon trains under a mentor named Brom to become a Dragon Rider, an ancient order long thought extinct. Together, they embark on a quest to overthrow the tyrannical King Galbatorix and liberate the land of Alagaësia. The official logline describes the story as one where "destiny selects an ordinary teenager to become the first Dragon Rider in over a hundred years, he must forge an unbreakable bond with his dragon, master ancient magic, and challenge the mad king who destroyed the Riders."

Todd Harthan and Todd Helbing have been named co-showrunners, with Harthan also serving as co-creator alongside Paolini. Harthan, currently the showrunner on ABC's High...