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Amazon’s Fourth Wing Adaptation Parts Ways With Showrunner as Jac Schaeffer Enters Talks

The adaptation remains in development without a series order or cast, with Kilter Films joining Outlier Society as Jac Schaeffer negotiates an overall deal to replace Moira Walley-Beckett.

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Overview

  • Moira Walley-Beckett exited her role as showrunner on July 1 after signing on to the Fourth Wing series last summer.
  • Jac Schaeffer is in talks under a new overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios to take over showrunner duties as writer and executive producer.
  • Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films has formally joined Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society as a production partner on the project.
  • The Fourth Wing TV adaptation remains in development without a formal series order or any cast attached.
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