‘Fourth Wing’ Series a Go at Prime Video
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Prime Video has greenlit "Fourth Wing," a fantasy series based on Rebecca Yarros' bestselling Empyrean romantasy novels, with production by Amazon MGM Studios and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society.
- The first book, "Fourth Wing," released in 2023, quickly became a bestseller, gaining significant popularity on social media platforms like TikTok's BookTok, with the subsequent books also achieving instant bestseller status.
- The story follows Violet Sorrengail, who is forced by her military general mother to join the brutal Basgiath War College to compete as a dragon rider candidate.
- Amazon MGM acquired the rights in 2023 and initially hired Moira Walley-Beckett as showrunner, who later left; Meredith Averill took over the role in September 2025.
- Executive producers include Averill, Michael B. Jordan, Rebecca Yarros, and key figures from Kilter Films and Premeditated, with Outlier Society's Stefano Agosto serving as co-executive producer.