Overview

• Variety and other outlets report that Meredith Averill, whose credits include Locke & Key and Wednesday, has been appointed showrunner.
• Averill succeeds Moira Walley-Beckett, who exited the role in July after initially boarding the project in 2024.
• The series is being developed at Amazon MGM Studios for Prime Video and has not been ordered to series, with no casting announced.
• Production partners include Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films, and Premeditated Productions, with author Rebecca Yarros among the executive producers.
• Amazon currently holds TV rights to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, as Yarros’s Empyrean novels continue to post major sales milestones, including long bestseller runs and multimillion-copy totals in the U.S.