Apple just made the biggest fantasy IP deal since Game of Thrones. This week: Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere lands at Apple TV+, Markiplier's Iron Lung hits theaters, and the webtoon pipeline goes mainstream.
Apple just made the biggest fantasy IP deal since Game of Thrones.
Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe is heading to Apple TV+ in a rare creator-controlled deal, with Mistborn eyed for theatrical films and The Stormlight Archive for television. Meanwhile, Markiplier is proving YouTubers can bypass Hollywood entirely—his self-financed Iron Lung hits theaters January 30. And the webtoon-to-screen pipeline just went mainstream with Lore Olympus landing at Prime Video.
This edition features:
7 Deals: Cosmere (Apple TV+), The Frozen River (Maven), Catan (Netflix), Iron Lung, Lore Olympus, Split Fiction
4 New Books: Vigil (George Saunders), Crux (Gabriel Tallent), The Starseekers, Kokun
4 Announced Books: Honey (Imani Thompson), The Neighborhood Experiment, People Like You, The Spy Who Jumped
3 Podcasts: The Red Weather (Rider Strong autofiction), Catching The Codfather, Safe to Drink
3 Alternative IP: Split Fiction (Sydney Sweeney), Viral Hit (Netflix), The Traitors (Sam Mendes stage)
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