The Prime Video adaptation of Fourth Wing has cast its leads: Esther McGregor will play Violet Sorrengail, while Emilio Sakraya will portray Xaden Riorson. The series is based on Rebecca Yarros’s fantasy novel, the first book in the Empyrean saga.In the story, Violet is forced by her mother, General Lilith Sorrengail, to abandon her plans to become a scribe and enter the brutal Basgiath War College. Hundreds of candidates compete for a place among Navarre’s dragon riders, a dangerous profession summed up by the institution’s motto: “graduate or die.”Xaden is a mysterious cadet descended from a rebel faction who can control shadows. In the books, Violet and Xaden start out as enemies and become lovers. To bond with a dragon, Violet must cross a narrow passage called the parapet and face the dangers of Threshing Day, when humans and dragons form bonds.Amazon MGM Studios acquired the rights to the book series for television development in 2023. Prime Video officially greenlit the production in May, with Meredith Averill serving as showrunner and executive producer. Lisa Joy will direct the premiere and also serve as an executive producer.The plan is to adapt the remaining novels over multiple seasons if the series is successful. The saga is planned to span five books; the first three are Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm. Yarros is working on the fourth installment, which has yet to be titled, and will then write the fifth. The author has also released Threshing Day, a companion book featuring 13 stories told from the perspective of dragon riders.The production brings together Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films, and Premeditated Productions. McGregor and Sakraya’s casting has been announced, but the source does not give a premiere date for the series.
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