Brandon Sanderson Confirms Promising Update on the Mistborn Movie

Brandon Sanderson, the prolific author behind the vast Cosmere universe of novels, recently provided an update on his various projects, including the highly anticipated Mistborn movie adaptation. In his latest video update, Sanderson revealed that the second draft of the Mistborn film script is now 50% complete, having finished the initial draft back in July. This progress comes just six months after Sanderson signed an unprecedented deal with Apple to bring his novels to life in a live-action feature film.

While the Mistborn adaptation is currently taking priority, Sanderson has also been hard at work on other projects. One such project involves the television adaptation of The Stormlight Archive, another Apple-backed endeavor. Sanderson hinted that he will not be handling the writing duties alone for this series, and is actively searching for a showrunner to bring the vision to life.

Despite this, it appears that no script work has commenced for The Stormlight Archive yet, as Apple and Sanderson seem to have put Mistborn as their top priority.

Sanderson's writing schedule remains busy, with his third Mistborn era novel, Ghostbloods, set to release at the end of 2028. The third and final installment of the trilogy is expected to follow in 2029 and 2030, respectively. Additionally, Sanderson is working on finishing the ten-book The Stormlight Archive series, with plans to release the second half (books six through 10) around 2031.

The author aims to write the first two or three books rapidly, then release them every other year. Throughout all these endeavors, Sanderson is juggling a myriad of other projects at various stages of development.