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The new Harry Potter TV series is one of the most highly anticipated new fantasy adaptations in a very long time for most fans of the genre. I can't say I share that sentiment. While I'm happy for all of the new cast and crew getting new opportunities in the space, the new Harry Potter series is quite low on my list of fantasy shows I'm excited to watch right now!

Unfortunately, there aren't that many big, new, and true fantasy shows in the works right now. It's definitely an interesting time for the genre! Fantasy shows like House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power are performing well right now. Other big shows with fantasy elements, like Stranger Things and Wednesday, are wildly popular as well. And, still, Prime Video just canceled The Wheel of Time in the middle of an epic run. Outside of that, more fantasy...

Fourth Wing is one of the most highly anticipated fantasy TV adaptations in the works right now. Fans can't wait for the upcoming Amazon TV series based on Rebecca Yarros' first book in The Empyrean series.

For the first time in a while, we have an update to share from Amazon about the hit series. While it's not a "here's when Fourth Wing is coming out," you can tell Amazon cares about how fans feel about this series.

In a Deadline interview, Amazon TV boss Vernon Sanders wouldn't share where exactly things stand with Fourth Wing, but he did make a promise to fans.

Here's what Sanders said:

"We don’t have news to report yet, so I won’t be breaking anything here, but we’re hard at work. We love our relationship with Rebecca Yarros, who has been incredible, and we’re going to get this one right.

Avid book readers who like being able to boast they read the book before the movie (or the show) should take heed of the following list, because several notable fantasy novels are receiving adaptations soon! Before Fourth Wing soars onto TV and Percy Jackson braves the Sea of Monsters, make sure you read the novels ahead of time so you understand the author's original creative vision.

With studios snatching up book rights all the time, it can be hard to keep tabs on which projects are actually happening and which get stuck in development hell. Every book on this list has an adaptation that has either finished filming or is in the works.

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros | Katie Marie Seniors 1. Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros

Published in 2023, Rebecca Yarros's adult fantasy romance novel Fourth Wing (the first in The Empyrean series) took the book world by storm.

Not long after Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing took the reading world by storm when it arrived in May 2023, the book was optioned for a television series adaptation. The news came just before the second book in The Empyrean series Iron Flame published in November 2023.

The show remains in early stages of development, but progress has been made since the announcement of the adaptation.

Read on for everything we know about the ‘Fourth Wing’ TV series:

Who is behind the adaptation of Fourth Wing into a show?

Amazon MGM Studios optioned the rights to the first book in Rebecca Yarros’ The Empyrean series, and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society production company will produce the series.

Does the Fourth Wing TV series have a showrunner yet?

Moira Walley-Beckett was originally tapped as showrunner of the series, but then Agatha All Along and WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer...

Rebecca Yarros’ bestselling fantasy-romance novel Fourth Wing is being made into a TV show at Amazon MGM Studios, and esteemed Marvel showrunner Jac Schaeffer is being tapped to become showrunner!

Fourth Wing became a breakout fantasy novel in 2023, thanks largely to exploding in popularity on TikTok. A fantasy series leaning heavily into romance, the novel follows Violet Sorrengail, a young woman forced to enter a war college, Basgiath, where she vies to become a dragon rider...but in order to do so, it takes brutal training that could easily result in death.

Rebecca Yarros is not messing around with these books, collectively known as The Empyrean series. She's already published an enormous sequel, Iron Flame, and the third novel, Onyx Storm, debuted earlier this year. The series is planned to last for five books. There's already so much story for an adaptation to cover.

As for Amazon's adaptation, it is...

Amazon's best replacement for The Wheel of Time has suffered a major setback in the development phase. Earlier this year, The Wheel of Time, based on the bestselling epic fantasy book series by Robert Jordan (finished by Brandon Sanderson), was surprisingly canceled after season 3, despite the latest outing's major storytelling improvements and high ratings from audiences and critics alike.

Sadly, The Wheel of Time never managed to overcome the growing pains of its first season, and Amazon canceled the show due to low viewership. Naturally, Amazon Prime Video is now looking to get the ball rolling on another fantasy series, one which has the potential to become a much bigger hit: Fourth Wing, based on Rebecca Yarros' mega-selling Empyrean romantasy series.

Fourth Wing follows 20-year-old prospective student Violet Sorrengail as she enters Basgiath War College, a competitive, do-or-die setting in which hopeful cadets prepare themselves to be magically bonded to...

The highly anticipated series adaptation of Rebecca Yarros' best-selling new adult fantasy romance novel Fourth Wing hasn't had a significant update in quite some time, but we finally have some exciting news to share with fans awaiting their chance to binge-watch. Filming hasn't started just yet, but we're once step closer to the show moving forward after gaining a rumored new showrunner.

Last summer, Netflix's Anne with an E creator Moira Walley-Beckett was named the showrunner if the in-the-works Fourth Wing series adaptation. But on July 1, news broke that Walley-Beckett has departed the developing series as Amazon MGM Studios pursues a new showrunner. The rumored new showrunner is someone who fans of Marvel Television shows will be very familiar with.

Amazon's Fourth Wing series scores new showrunner

According to Deadline, WandaVision and Agatha All Along creator and showrunner Jac Schaeffer has entered talks to take over as showrunner on the Fourth Wing series.

Amazon MGM Studio’s “Fourth Wing” series lost its showrunner, according to multiple media reports. Moira Walley-Beckett, known for creating Netflix’s “Anne with an E” and for being one of the writers on “Breaking Bad,” stepped away from the project after previously signing on last July. “Agatha All Along” and “WandaVision” creator Jac Schaeffer is now reportedly eyeing the project.

The project does not currently have a series order from Amazon or a cast attached.

Schaeffer’s rumored involvement comes as she’s reportedly signed a deal with the studio. She’s also not the only one who has been added to the project. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Amazon MGM Studios-based Kilter Films, which has been behind series like “Fallout” and “The Peripheral,” has joined the project alongside Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society. Outlier has been part of the “Fourth Wing” adaptation since Amazon MGM...

Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing is becoming one of the most buzzed-about romantasy series of the decade — and now the Amazon adaptation is officially in excellent hands. According to a Deadline report, Jac Schaeffer, the Emmy-nominated creator of WandaVision and Agatha All Along, is now set to serve as showrunner, executive producer, and writer on Fourth Wing.

Schaeffer joins the project as part of her new overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios. She replaces Moira Walley-Beckett, who initially boarded the show last summer. In another major move, Fallout producers Kilter Films (led by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy) have now joined Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society as production partners. So they all seriously mean business.

Adapted from Yarros’ globally beloved Empyrean book series, Fourth Wing tells the story of 20-year-old Violet Sorrengail, who is forced to abandon her quiet life as a Scribe and enter the deadly Basgiath War College...

Moira Walley-Beckett is out as showrunner of Amazon’s planned Fourth Wing adaptation, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

WandaVision and Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer has signed a deal with Amazon MGM Studios, and is being eyed to replace Walley-Beckett as Fourth Wing showrunner. The Fourth Wing TV project hails from Amazon MGM Studios and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society.

Schaeffer also wrote the Black Widow movie.

Walley-Beckett was a Breaking Bad writer and producer — she wrote “Ozymandias,” as well as a bunch of other episodes — and she created the series Anne With an E. She also wrote the Flesh and Bone miniseries and penned three episodes of NBC’s highly anticipated flameout Pan Am. Walley-Beckett signed on to showrun Amazon’s Fourth Wing last summer; Fourth Wing has not yet been ordered to series and does not yet have a cast attached.

There are three novels currently...

A major update has been revealed about the upcoming Fourth Wing series that's in development at Amazon MGM Studios. The news comes years after the project was first announced, having since gotten stuck in development hell. Now, it would seem that the project is back on track with an exciting change.

Per Deadline, WandaVision and Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer has signed an overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios. As a part of this deal, she is now in talks to board the Fourth Wing adaptation as its new writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Moira Walley-Beckett was hired last July to write the adaptation, but recently left the project.

This news may be exciting for fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe who were looking forward to seeing this new adaptation of Fourth Wing. While not every Marvel Studios series has been a hit on Disney+, WandaVision and Agatha All Along were well-received.

“Anne With an E” creator and “Breaking Bad” writer Moira Walley-Beckett has exited Amazon’s TV series adaptation of “Fourth Wing” after signing on as showrunner last July, Variety has learned.

First put into development in October 2023, the “Fourth Wing” TV series hails from Amazon MGM Studios and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society. The “Fourth Wing” TV series has not yet been ordered to series and does not have a cast attached to the project.

According to sources close to the project, “Agatha All Along” and “WandaVision” creator Jac Schaeffer is among multiple names being considered to take over as the “Fourth Wing” showrunner after signing a development deal with Amazon MGM Studios.

Based on the best-selling romantasy book series from author Rebecca Yarros, dubbed “The Empyrean” novels, “Fourth Wing” is set inside the brutal world of Basgiath War College, where there is only one rule: graduate or Die.

Exclusive Updated: Amazon MGM Studios’ adaptation of Rebecca Yarros’ bestselling novel Fourth Wing may be getting a big-name new showrunner. Agatha All Along and WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer has signed a deal with the studio and is also in discussions to board the high-profile romantic fantasy series project as writer, executive producer and showrunner, sources tell Deadline.

She would succeed Moira Walley-Beckett who recently left after being tapped to pen the adaptation last July. According to sources, Schaeffer is among the top names in consideration for the job, with no showrunner decision made yet.

There also has been an addition to the Fourth Wing producing team as Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Amazon MGM Studios-based Kilter Films has joined Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society, which had been on board since Amazon MGM Studios secured the rights to The Empyrean book series in 2023, along with Premediated Productions.

If you’ve been anywhere near BookTok in the past year, you already know the grip Fourth Wing has on readers. Rebecca Yarros’ dragon-riding, enemies-to-lovers fantasy stormed bestseller lists and social media feeds with a vengeance, and now it’s getting the screen treatment, thanks to Prime Video.

Whether you’re Team Xaden or still processing what happened at the end of Iron Flame, the hype around the upcoming adaptation is very real. We’re talking about one of the most addictive fantasy sagas of recent memory, loaded with danger, dark academia vibes, slow-burn romance, and, oh right, dragons that literally choose their riders. It’s giving Hunger Games meets Game of Thrones, with a Gen Z edge and a heroine who’s fragile, fierce, and wholly unforgettable.

What’s even better? Rebecca Yarros is heavily involved in the show. She’s seen scripts. She’s excited. She’s not...

“When people ask where I’m from, I say, ‘Think of the furthest place north you’ve ever been. Now keep going. Keep going. Yep. That’s us.”

This is Siaja, heroine of North of North, a Canadian comedy that debuted on the CBC earlier this year and is now streaming on Netflix. “Us” in this case is Ice Cove, a fictional Arctic village in Nunavut, the northernmost territory in Canada. Though the series was filmed in Nunavut’s capital, Iqaluit, the map we see when Siaja is introducing us...

Breaking Bad writer Vince Gilligan thinks it's time for more good guys as "bad guys, the real life kind, are running amok." Rooting for, or simply sympathizing with, the bad guy has become increasingly popular, with characters like Deadpool, Tony Soprano, Rick Sanchez, and BoJack Horseman becoming household favorites despite their destructive tendencies and overall "bad guy" behavior. But no show does the antihero quite like AMC's Breaking Bad, which features Bryan Cranston as a high school teacher turned meth cooker struggling to accept his cancer diagnosis and overwhelming regrets about his past. Whether you love him or hate him, Walter White is the ultimate modern antihero.

Now, Breaking Bad writer Vince Gilligan has revealed his feelings about his most iconic, and most problematic, character. In his acceptance speech for the Writers Guild Award’s top writing honor, the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement, Gilligan decided to "go political,...

Vince Gilligan will forever be known for creating Walter White, Bryan Cranston's Breaking Bad character who devolved from a harmless chemistry teacher into a dangerous drug kingpin over the course of five seasons. Given today's climate, however, the TV writer now feels he'd rather be known for creating someone a bit more "inspiring."

At the Writers Guild Awards on Saturday night, Gilligan was presented with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement, per THR. During his speech, he observed how he'd earned the honor by writing "one of the all-time great bad guys" by creating Walter White, also known as Heisenberg. Gilligan clarified how he feels differently these days because of the real-life bad guys "running amuck," though he stops short of naming names. Gilligan, who also co-created the prequel series Better Call Saul with Peter Gould, even called for other writers to pull back on making...

Two Breaking Bad stars have reunited 15 years after the episode that culminated with a bloody confrontation between their characters. Though a decade and a half has since passed, it would seem that now much has changed in the years since.

Dean Norris, who played DEA Agent Hank Schrader in the hit AMC drama, may have felt some déjà vu with the recent reunion. On Instagram, Norris shared a video on Feb. 2 of himself at the Swing Inn Cafe & BBQ, the restaurant he owns in Temecula, California. In the video, Norris acts concerned as he shares that one of the Salamanca brothers, played by Luis and Daniel Moncada in the series, was on his way to the establishment. Follow-up posts reveal that Luis Moncada, whose character was killed off by Norris' Hank, had arrived at the restaurant to seek "revenge." Dressing up for the occasion, Moncada even arrived in his Breaking Bad...

You may have been living under a rock (or at least not on TikTok) these past few years if you’ve not heard the words Fourth Wing spoken by many a fan of the romance fantasy genre (romantasy), which briefly took Booktok, a subsect of TikTok, by storm. The story follows Violet Sorrengail, a young girl recruited into an academy that perilously trains dragon riders, who falls in love with dark, brooding, and powerful dragon rider Xaden Riorson.

The story is beloved by many and has long been known to be in the process of becoming an Amazon TV series. Now, after the release of her latest novel, Onyx Storm, author Rebecca Yarros has given an update on the TV series with rumors circulating the web about who exactly will be cast in the lead lover roles.

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Rebecca Yarros’ third entry in The Empyrean series, Onyx Storm, is finally here after dominating the charts as a preorder for months. But, while you can pick up the standard edition at any major retailer, the one to get is still the Deluxe Limited Edition of Onyx Storm, which is only available at Barnes & Noble (sold out at other major retailers)

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Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition...

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Created by Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad's cast, led by Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, delivered incredible performances during the series' five-season run, with some truly heartbreaking moments that depend entire on their brilliance in the moment. As the seasons went on, and the stakes continued to be raised each and every time, the drama was dialed up and everything quickly became even more devastating. By the fifth and final season, everything was coming to a head, leading to...

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Shows with no redeemable characters have their own charm. They tend to tackle dark and forbidden topics like revenge, cannibalism and war. Many shows have irredeemable characters like Jax. They may have done one really bad thing, or they have done several over the course of the entire series. From House of the Dragon to Yellowjackets to Breaking Bad, these pitch-black and morally grey characters have caused fans to think about the damning choices they made.

Walter White Is Far Gone in Breaking Bad

As Breaking Bad's protagonist, Walter White is a sympathetic character, similar to Jax Teller in Sons of Anarchy. However, throughout the course of the crime series,...

Fans of the crime and gangster genres usually have a couple of movies and shows that first come to mind. They are usually the same hits, such as Goodfellas, The Godfather, The Sopranos and Breaking Bad. All of those gangster classics have something in common with one another: they are all led by powerful men. Henry Hill, Michael Corleone, Tony Soprano and Walter White are iconic figures in the gangster genre.

However, there are equally iconic women characters in the genre that are worth mentioning. While some are driven to crime by the actions of their husbands, like Skyler White, others have greater ambitions or are willing to do whatever it takes to survive, like Teresa Mendoza and Polly Gray. All of these powerful female crime figures have the same thing in common: they run powerful criminal empires in one way or another.

Skyler White Made Walter's Ambitions Possible Show:...

Ozymandias is widely considered to be the greatest episode from Breaking Bads five-season run but theres a little-known behind-the-scenes tidbit that makes it even better. Season 5, episode 14, Ozymandias, is the jaw-dropping climax that Breaking Bad was building to from the very beginning. It opens with a shootout in the desert that results in Jesses enslavement and Hanks anxiety-inducing death, and it only gets more intense from there. This is the episode that brings Walter Whites criminal empire crumbling down as his family turns on him and he has to vanish with a new identity.

To this day, Ozymandias is the only television episode with a perfect 10/10 rating on IMDb, and it topped Rolling Stones 2024 list of the greatest TV episodes ever produced. The episode also swept the Emmys: Bryan Cranston scored his fourth win for Outstanding Lead Actor, Anna Gunn scored her second consecutive win for Outstanding Supporting Actress, and...

Amazon's Fourth Wing adaptation will enter a fantasy TV realm where Game of Thrones is still the gold standard, but it has one advantage over HBO's hit series. The Fourth Wing TV show was confirmed just a few months after Rebecca Yarros' book of the same name, the first in the Empyrean Series, was published in May 2023, although there hasn't been too much movement on the series since then. It does have a showrunner - Moira Walley-Beckett (producer and writer on Breaking Bad) - but the actual production stage seems a long way off.

That's not necessarily a bad thing, as it will give Yarros time to finish the books, and because it's not a show that can be rushed given the extensive CGI involved, not least when it comes to the dragons. The dragons of Fourth Wing are one of the show's biggest challenges, but are also what makes it so exciting,...

While movies go on to attain the status of cult classics and masterpieces, more renownedly known around the world, there have been equally brilliant episodes on the small screen that deserve the same status. As far as the series Breaking Bad is considered, it is a literal masterpiece from start to finish. Yet, there have been certain episodes that just stand out.

Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad | Credit: Netflix

Out of its 62 episodes, the fourteenth episode of its fifth season, Ozymandias, is particularly remembered well by fans and critics alike for its brilliant execution. So while Rian Johnson directed the episode, it was really Bryan Cranston’s jaw-dropping performance that made it stand out.

Even Rian Johnson was Shocked by Bryan Cranston’s Performance in One of the Best Episodes of Breaking Bad Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Baby Holly in Ozymandias | Credit: Breaking Bad/Netflix

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Some TV finales are epic in a good way. They deliver a jaw-dropping twist that leaves fans shocked but satisfied. Others, on the other hand, may go too far, either undoing the story arc or completely ruining the entire show. Dramatic TV finales don't always turn out so well.

Like Game of Thrones, some series over-deliver the shock effect and either anger or traumatize fans for life. Other series, like Lost, seem to have gotten lost on the way to a resolution. Sometimes, a show's finale lands on a cliffhanger that will never be resolved.

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Fourth Wing Amazon series in expert hands, with renowned showrunner Moira Walley-Beckett leading the TV adaptation. Fourth Wing boasts 2 million book sales worldwide, with a huge fan base eagerly awaiting the upcoming TV series release. Show's massive budget, experienced production team, and popular source material set it up to be a major success in late 2025.

Now that the Fourth Wing Amazon series is in exceptional development hands, I feel much more confident about how it will come to be. Based on the incredibly successful Empyrean fantasy book series written by Rebecca Yarros, which also includes 2023's Iron Flame and the upcoming Onyx Storm, Fourth Wing is one of the most hotly anticipated new series in development at Amazon, right up there with HBO's upcoming Harry Potter adaptation. Fourth Wing has sold over 2 million copies worldwide and has been on the New York Times Best Sellers List for nine months straight.

Fans of dragons (and love triangles), your new TV obsession just got closer to reality. On July 21, Amazon announced that “Anne with an E” creator Moira Walley-Beckett would serve as the showrunner of its upcoming “Fourth Wing” TV adaptation.

The TV adaptation of the book world‘s biggest hit of the last few years is sure to be expensive — with a magical universe full of plenty of dragons to create. But this isn’t exactly a “Game of Thrones” ripoff, though everyone involved would of course love those fans to check it out.

“Fourth Wing” is the first book in Rebecca Yarros’ “Empyrean” series, of which two of a planned five installments have been released so far. The first dropped in May 2023, and the second, “Iron Flame,” in November 2023. The adaptation rights to “Fourth Wing” were snapped up by Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society, which is behind the planned Prime Video series.

Quick Links The Fourth Wing TV Show Latest News The Fourth Wing TV Show Is Confirmed The Fourth Wing TV Show Story Details Fourth Wing: Further News & Info Fourth Wing, a YA fantasy sensation, is getting a TV series adaptation by Amazon Prime Video. The show has hired showrunner Moira Walley-Beckett, known for her work on Breaking Bad. Amazon secured rights for the Empyrean series and Yarros is attached as a non-writing executive producer.

The 2023 YA fantasy sensation Fourth Wing is already getting an adaptation, and there are a ton of exciting details about the upcoming TV series from Amazon Prime Video. Based on the book by Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing kicks off the planned Empyrean series and follows Violet Sorrengail, the daughter of a powerful general who demands that she become a dragon rider. While forming a bond with her trainer, Violet discovers her secret connection to the...

Prime Video's television adaptation of the popular fantasy book Fourth Wing just got some heat behind it as Moira Walley-Beckett, best known as the creator of Anne with an E and a writer on Breaking Bad, has been tapped as the showrunner. Fourth Wing is the first in The Empyrean series by author Rebecca Yarros and is set in a fictional land that follows 20-year-old Violet Sorrengail as she attends Basgiath War College, a school where the motto is graduate or die. Violet is enrolled by her mother to become a dragon rider in a story that could be pitched as Top Gun meets How to Train Your Dragon, with a lot of romance.

According to Variety, Moira Walley-Beckett has joined Prime Video's Fourth Wing television adaptation as series showrunner. The series, produced by Amazon MGM and Michael B. Jordans Outlier Society, entered development in October 2023. Walley-Beckett will also serve...

Prime Video’s Fourth Wing series has taken a Tairn-sized step towards the other end of the parapet.

The upcoming adaptation has set Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad, Anne with an E) as showrunner, according to Variety.

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Based on Rebecca Yarros’s best-selling Empyrean book series, the story centers on Violet Sorrengail, a 20-year-old cadet doing her...

Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing is one step closer to its small screen adaptation with the addition of Moira Walley-Beckett 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...

Emmy-winning Breaking Bad writer Moira Walley-Beckett is set to be showrunner on Amazon's Fourth Wing TV show. The series is based on the Empyrean novel series by Rebecca Yarros, following Violet Sorrengail as she learns to become a dragon rider. With five books planned in the series, Fourth Wing could be the beginning of a much larger series developed by the studio.

The Fourth Wing TV show has tapped an Emmy-winning Breaking Bad writer as showrunner, a good sign for the ongoing development of the upcoming fantasy adventure. The show will be based on Rebecca Yarros' Empyrean series, with the title of the TV series deriving from the first book in the series. Fourth Wing follows Violet Sorrengail, a twenty-year-old woman whose mother forces her to attempt to become a Navarre, or dragon rider, within her fantasy world. The series grew in popularity on TikTok, and has since become a critical hit.

Finally, theres an update on the series adaptation of Rebecca Yarros romantasy novel, Fourth Wing, as Variety reveals that Moira Walley-Beckett has been added to the creative team as its showrunner. Perhaps best known as the creator of Netflix and CBCs Anne With an E, Walley-Becketts list of credits is an incredibly impressive one that puts her as an excellent choice to take on the daunting task of winning over so many book lovers. Also in her repertoire, Walley-Beckett worked with Starz as the creator and showrunner of the networks limited series Flesh and Bone, and also stepped into the writers room and as a co-executive producer for six years on AMCs Breaking Bad, the latter of which made her a three-time Emmy Award winner.

Amazon has tapped “Anne With an E” creator and “Breaking Bad” writer Moira Walley-Beckett as the showrunner of its “Fourth Wing” TV adaptation, which is produced by Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society.

Based on the best-selling romantasy book series from author Rebecca Yarros, dubbed “The Empyrean” novels, “Fourth Wing” is set inside the brutal world of Basgiath War College, where there is only one rule: graduate or Die. Our protagonist, 20-year-old Violet Sorrengail, was always expected to live a quiet life — but she’s sent on an entirely different path when her mother, a general in the military, orders her to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become dragon riders, the elite of Navarre.

First put into development in October 2023, the “Fourth Wing” TV series hails from Amazon MGM Studios and Jordan’s Outlier Society. Executive producers include Jordan and Outlier president Elizabeth Raposo, along with Walley-Beckett, author...

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Your Honor fell short of expectations due to lackluster storytelling. Bryan Cranston faced unfair comparisons to Breaking Bad in Your Honor. Your Honor season 2 improved but couldn't secure a third season.

Your Honor was Bryan Cranston's highly anticipated television follow-up to Breaking Bad, but the series did not even come close to matching the latter's quality. After Breaking Bad wrapped, Cranston could seemingly do no wrong, having dedicated 62 episodes and five seasons to one of the greatest television series ever made and making Walter White one of television's most iconic and profound anti-heroes. Cranston starred in a few movies after Breaking Bad ended, such as 2014's Godzilla, 2015's Trumbo, and 2016's Kung Fu Panda 3 and Why Him?, and had a recurring role in Sneaky Pete.

Your Honor was expected to mark Cranston's celebrated return to starring in a television series that had many people calling it Breaking Bad's replacement in a way.

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Created by Mark Protosevich and executive produced by Audrey Chon/Simon Kinberg, the neo-noir show ended up being one of a couple recent Breaking Bad reunions for Gunn. Co-heads of Apple TV+ programming, Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, served as presidents at Sony Pictures Television when Vince Gilligan walked through their doors with his Breaking Bad pilot script, and on top of having a hand in Gunn joining Sugar, the two executives have been busy recruiting their former Breaking Bad collaborators to their acclaimed streamer, including Gilligan and his still-untitled upcoming series; Jonathan Banks and director-ep Michelle MacLaren for Constellation...

Many fans and critics alike consider Breaking Bad to be one of the most consistently high-quality television shows in recent history, without a bad season to its name or many episodes where the show is considered to slump. Instead, most episodes are considered to be well-written, beautifully acted, and compellingly directed.

Some episodes have to be worse than others, however, and even with Breaking Bad's typical high quality, there are a few episodes that dip below the admittedly lofty margin set by the rest of the show. Whether they stall the plot, feature disliked characters, or simply aren't as enjoyable to watch, some episodes have poorer receptions from the fandom.

Updated by Ajay Aravind on April 10, 2024: Breaking Bad is a hugely popular television show, but even it has bad episodes. New fans and longtime fans alike will be curious to know which episodes are the lowest rated according to viewer opinions,...

Better Call Saul's lack of Emmy wins is disappointing, especially when compared to Breaking Bad's impressive record. Despite being hailed as a TV masterpiece, Better Call Saul failed to achieve the same level of success at the Emmys. Better Call Saul's 53 nominations without a single win seem even more egregious when compared to Breaking Bad's 12 wins out of 30 nominations.

The most disappointing record from Better Call Saul’s run – its total lack of Emmy wins – looks even worse when it’s compared to Breaking Bad’s impressive accomplishments. When a Breaking Bad spin-off about Walter White’s lawyer was first announced, it seemed like a shameless money grab that simply didn’t need to exist. But Better Call Saul ended up being hailed as a TV masterpiece. It’s at least as great as the flagship show and may be even greater as its character development...

"Ozymandias" is considered to be the best episode of Breaking Bad and holds the highest episode ranking on IMDb. A significant moment in the episode is when baby Holly, who typically has no active role, says her first line, "Mama," which adds to the tragedy of Walter White's character arc. The improvised line by the baby actress adds a realistic and heartbreaking element to the scene, emphasizing Walt's final decision to leave his family.

In one of Breaking Bad's greatest episodes, a minor character spoke an unexpected and improvised line that added huge value to the episode's dramatic tone. Breaking Bad marked a milestone in television history by completely changing the way audiences consume TV shows. The series quickly became one of the best TV shows of all time and managed to maintain an increasing quality throughout its five seasons, delivering incredible episodes that will always be remembered. Among these installments,...

A little over 10 years ago, "Breaking Bad" officially aired its final episode and wrapped up one of the all-time greatest shows of the 21st century, one that would define much of the "Peak TV" era while continuing a tradition of viewers' fascination with morally-ambiguous antiheroes on television. All throughout the show's five brilliant seasons, Bryan Cranston's steely performance as Walter White continually dared viewers to tiptoe further and further past the limits of what they'd ordinarily be comfortable accepting from a protagonist. By the time the final season rolled around, however, Cranston himself could no longer remain sympathetic to his character's cause. One moment in particular represented that point of no return.

/Film's Devin Meenan put together a wonderfully extensive oral history of how this unforgettable final stretch of episodes came together, in which he carefully documented everything from the writers' struggles to move beyond the shadow cast by...

September 29, 2013. On that Sunday, when the clocks hit 9:00pm Et, over 10 million viewers planted themselves before their television sets, ready to watch a new "Breaking Bad" episode for the last time. One of them was this future writer.

That 10 million strong audience sat awed as story threads — some 62 episodes in the making — were finally tied up in "Felina." Walter White (Bryan Cranston) snatched a pyrrhic victory from the jaws of defeat and made a marginal penance by accepting responsibility for his sins. Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) drove off to an uncertain freedom, ringing out with a primal howl after a series' worth of suffering.

The reviews were stellar, a flood of Emmys followed, and with "Felina" as the cherry on top to an already beloved season 5, the reputation of "Breaking Bad" as one of television's titans was secured. 10 years on from "Felina," Heisenberg is definitely a name that people remember.

George R.R. Martin, the acclaimed author of the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the hit HBO show Game of Thrones, is not only a master storyteller, but also an avid fan of television. He has often praised the medium for its ability to create immersive and complex narratives, and has shared his opinions on various shows and episodes on his blog and in interviews. In this article, we will look at some of the TV episodes that Martin has named as his favorites over the years, and what makes them stand out for him.

The Sopranos Trailer “The Suitcase” from Mad Men: This episode from the fourth season of the critically acclaimed drama about the advertising industry in the 1960s focuses on the relationship between Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), as they work late into the night...

The late, great Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée was honored in Banff with a moving tribute during Tuesday’s Rockie Awards.

The Montreal filmmaker — who is best known for directing “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Wild” along with TV series “Big Little Lies” and “Sharp Objects” — died suddenly on Dec. 25, sending shockwaves across the Canadian film industry and Hollywood. Vallée made his name in Canada with films such as “C.R.A.Z.Y.” and “Café de Flore” before transitioning into Hollywood fare.

Vallée received a post-humous Canadian Award of Distinction, with a beautifully edited reel of the director’s movies and candid moments leaving few dry eyes in the audience. The video was set to songs that were used in Vallée’s films, which relied heavily on music. (The director got his start making music videos.)

Vallée was honored by his close friend and collaborator Marc Côté, who was meant to...

The Banff World Media Festival will honor late filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée posthumously with its Canadian Award of Distinction next month, the event announced on Thursday. Vallée will be joined in being honored at Banff’s Rockie Award Gala by “American Auto” star Ana Gasteyer, who will receive the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award, and the “Yellowjackets” team of Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson and Jonathan Lisco, who have been named Showrunners of the Year (presented by Variety).

The Rockie Award Gala takes place on Tuesday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. Mt at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada, in the middle of the Banff World Media Festival. Canadian R&b star Jully Black will host the awards program.

Other honorees will include Vivica A. Fox, who has been named this year’s winner of the Inclusion Award. Rose Matafeo will recieve the Creative Voice Award. And Eagle Vision...

Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone’s indie studio Sister has entered a first-look deal with the new production company Wychwood Media, from Harry Potter filmmaker David Yates and his producing partner, Lewis Taylor. Under the pact, the pair will develop and produce both scripted and unscripted film, television and documentary content for Sister’s offices in both the U.S. and UK. Yates will also have the option to direct projects coming together through the deal.

The new pact strengthens Sister and Wychwood Media’s existing relationship, which includes a commitment to a feature film adaptation of New York Times bestselling author Rory Power’s contemporary horror-thriller, Burn Our Bodies Down, penned by Moira Walley-Beckett.

“David Yates is one of the most versatile filmmakers working today. His films are visually stunning and deeply human,” said Sister’s Co-Founder and CEO, Stacey Snider. “David and Lewis are passionately committed...

Sister, the independent studio founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has entered into a first look deal with Wychwood Media, a new production company from Lewis Taylor and “Harry Potter” and “Fantastic Beasts” director David Yates.

Under the pact, Yates and Taylor will develop and produce both scripted and unscripted film, television, and documentary content for Sister for both its U.S. and UK offices. Yates will also have the option to direct projects under the deal.

Sister and Wychwood Media have an existing relationship for a commitment of a feature film adaptation of Rory Power’s book “Burn Our Bodies Down,” which has writer Moira Walley-Beckett attached to pen the script.

Yates is most recently the director of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” which opened last month and has made 332 million worldwide. And he’s directed every “Wizarding World” movie dating back to 2007’s “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix...