{"id":790057,"date":"2026-05-12T02:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/790057\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T02:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:14:25","slug":"fourth-wing-gets-amazon-series-order-from-michael-b-jordan-lisa-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/790057\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Fourth Wing’ Gets Amazon Series Order From Michael B. Jordan, Lisa Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAmazon<\/a> MGM Studios\u2018 adaptation of Rebecca Yarros<\/a>\u2019 bestselling novel Fourth Wing is moving forward with a series order by Prime Video<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tSeries executive producer and newly minted Oscar winner<\/a> Michael B. Jordan<\/a> made the announcement onstage at the Amazon upfront presentation Monday. He then introduced fellow executive producer Lisa Joy<\/a> \u2014 who will direct the first episode \u2014 executive producer\/showrunner Meredith Averill and Yarros.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Fourth Wing<\/a> series comes from Jordan\u2019s Outlier Society, Jonathan Nolan and Joy\u2019s Kilter Films and Premeditated Productions. The long-gestating project kicked into gear last fall when Averill (Wednesday) joined as new showrunner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tPlanned as a five-book series, with Fourth Wing (2023), Iron Flame (2023) and Onyx Storm (2025) as the first three titles, The Empyrean romantasy follows 20-year-old Violet Sorrengail as she leaves the life of a Scribe behind at her mother\u2019s demand that she become a dragon rider. At the order of her mother, who is a general in the military of Navarre, Violet enters the brutal ranks of Basgiath War College, which trains up-and-coming riders through the Graduate or Die method.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRebecca\u2019s books have become one of the fastest-selling franchises of the 21st century, with a fandom so passionate, so devoted, they don\u2019t just read these books, they live in them, and it\u2019s because Fourth Wing is everything at once,\u201d Averill said. \u201cThe emotional stakes are sky high, the battles are epic, power dynamics are thrilling, and underneath it is so much humor and heart and a romance that will consume you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tFrom left: Rebecca Yarros, Lisa Joy, Meredith Averill, Michael B. Jordan at the Amazon upfront<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmazon<\/p>\n

\n\tAmazon MGM Studios and Outlier Society acquired the rights to the books<\/a> in a heated auction around the time of the first novel\u2019s May 2023 release. The plan is, in success, to adapt the rest of the books over multiple seasons.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis project required the right creative partner,\u201d Jordan said before bringing out Joy who said that \u201cwe\u2019re building a cinematic world\u201d with the goal \u201cto deliver the series this fandom deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe duo and Amazon MGM Studios got Yarros\u2019 stamp of approval. <\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Brett Goldstein Rom-Com \u2018Escorted\u2019 Ordered To Series, Prime Video Confirms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThese are the people who understand that a story means to its readers, and they\u2019re passionate about the book, which is why I trust them completely,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\tFourth Wing was one of three series Jordan presented at the upfront, developed under Outlier Society\u2019s overall TV deal with Amazon MGM Studios, along with The Greatest and Delphi. <\/p>\n

\n\tHe introduced a sneak peek from the upcoming Muhammmad Ali limited series The Greatest, about \u201cthe evolution of a young man into a legend, from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali.\u201d Jordan added, \u201cUntil now, no project has ever had they haven\u2019t been authorized by the Ali estate, that trust and responsibility means everything to us,\u201d before bringing out Ali\u2019s wife, Lonnie Ali, and Jaalen Best, who portrays Ali on the series.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018Jury Duty\u2019 Renewed At Amazon For Season 3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tJordan also showed a first-look at Delphi, the first TV series in the Creed film universe, which he has been part of since the 2015 first movie. It was written and directed by Ryan Coogler, the filmmaker behind Sinners, which landed Jordan an Oscar in March.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen my colleague and dear friend Ryan Coogler asked me to step into the role of Apollo\u2019a son Donnie Creed, I couldn\u2019t have imagined it would be a journey that would last over a decade,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe announced a May 18 start of production for the series in Los Angeles, \u201cwhere the story belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBringing production back home, it means a lot to me,\u201d Jordan added before he was joined by Delphi showrunner Marco Ramirez.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Prime Video Picks Up Elsie Silver\u2019s \u2018Rose Hill\u2019 Romance Saga To Series; Heidi Cole McAdams Set As Showrunner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe center of our story is a young Latin American boxer from East L.A. who defies his father to join the elite Delphi program that produced Adonis Creed,\u201d Ramirez said. \u201cIn this pressure-cooker environment led by the most demanding trainers, he has to earn his place among the sports rising stars. But it is one thing to leave behind your hometown and another thing to leave behind your family. It\u2019s a propulsive, emotional drama where every round means something, because in this world, you\u2019re only as good as your last fight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon MGM Studios\u2018 adaptation of Rebecca Yarros\u2019 bestselling novel Fourth Wing is moving forward with a series order…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":790058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[2431,171,322737,322738,52116,8266,125807,322739,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-790057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-amazon","tag-entertainment","tag-fourth-wing","tag-lisa-joy","tag-michael-b-jordan","tag-prime-video","tag-rebecca-yarros","tag-series-orders","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116559195909985196","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}