Amazon MGM Studios’ ‘Fourth Wing’ Series Taps Moira Walley-Beckett As Showrunner

Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing is one step closer to its small screen adaptation with the addition of Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad, Anne with an E) as showrunner.

The book series, which consists of Fourth Wing published in May 2023 and Iron Flame published in November 2023 so far, follows twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail as she leaves the life of a Scribe behind at her mother’s 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.

Before the WGA strike began last year, Amazon MGM Studios secured the rights to the book series — The Empyrean — currently being written by Yarros to turn Fourth Wing into a television series with Michael B. Jordan’s production company Outlier Society, Deadline exclusively reported.

Jordan and Outlier Society President Elizabeth Raposo will serve as executive producers. Raposo and Walley-Beckett, Yarros and Liz Pelletier will also executive produce on behalf of Entangled Publishing. Stefano Agosto, EVP Television for Outlier Society will co-executive produce.

Yarros’ third installment in the series, Onyx Storm, will release January 21, 2025. There are two more planned books for five total in the series.

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In May, Fourth Wing celebrated a full year on the New York Times bestseller list. The sequel Iron Flame has remained on the list consecutively since its release last year.

Walley-Beckett is repped by UTA. Yarros is repped by Grandview and The Fury Agency. Outlier Society by M88 and WME. Entangled Publishing by Independent Artist Group and Alliance Rights Agency.

Variety broke the news.