Brandon Sanderson Confirms a Connection Between Apple TV's Murderbot and His Stormlight Archive Series

It's been a fewer months since Brandon Sanderson officially confirmed he'd beryllium moving with Apple TV connected Cosmere adaptations. Since then, he's been consistently showcasing advancement and snippets of caller accusation connected his play podcast, Intentionally Blank. In the astir caller episode, helium brought connected his wife, Emily Sanderson, to sermon their reappraisal of play 1 of Apple TV's Murderbot series.

"I deliberation I would springiness it a nine," Sanderson said, "but I besides americium comparing it to the books. It's imaginable that this is simply a 10 because: Is determination thing I tin ideate they should person done better?"

The Murderbot series, which is based connected Martha Well's Murderbot Diaries books, archetypal premiered backmost successful May 2025 connected Apple TV and was critically received rather well. IGN's ain reappraisal gave it an 8 retired of 10, which much intimately matches the people Sanderson's woman gave the series.

What does this person to bash with the Stormlight Archive TV series, though? And wherefore is helium talking astir it truthful agelong aft the archetypal play wrapped up? Well a small spot further into the podcast, helium reveals a cardinal item astir 1 of the execs for the show.

"It's really 1 of the aforesaid TV execs arsenic connected Stormlight, truthful I'm gladsome it was bully due to the fact that I watched it and I'm similar 'Oh. good. I sold him this,' I didn't cognize which exec I was going to get, but it is 1 of the execs connected Murderbot," Sanderson said.

Details astir the Stormlight Archive bid person been reasonably fewer and acold betwixt since the archetypal announcement, but Sanderson has stated earlier that helium volition beryllium co-showrunner for the bid erstwhile it really starts. He has confirmed successful his latest play update connected YouTube that helium is mostly focused connected penning the publication for the upcoming Mistborn movie, but volition beryllium moving connected getting a aviator unneurotic for Stormlight. And according to the advancement barroom connected his website, that Mistborn screenplay is already 72% done.

Although some the Stormlight Archive bid and Mistborn movie are inactive apt acold off, this latest quality seems similar a affirmative awesome from Sanderson himself. It's besides conscionable different crushed to cheque retired Martha Well's Murderbot books if you haven't already. She conscionable released a caller caller successful the series, titled Platform Decay, that you tin work now.

Jacob Kienlen is simply a Senior Audience Development Strategist and Writer for IGN. Born and raised successful Portland, Oregon, helium has considered the Northwest his location for his full life. With a bachelor's grade successful connection and 10 years of nonrecreational penning experience, his expertise is dispersed crossed a assortment of antithetic popular civilization topics -- from TV bid to books and the latest Pokémon games.