Brandon Sanderson said this week that his next major screen project after finishing the Mistborn screenplay for Apple TV+ will be getting a pilot for Stormlight and then trying to work through a full season.

In a video update posted to his YouTube channel, Sanderson said he expects to have writing partners on the Stormlight Archive adaptation, but added that he wants to write a big, decent chunk of the first season himself because he would like to.

The comments give the clearest timeline yet for a project that would bring his largest fantasy world to television. The Stormlight Archive launched in 2010 with The Way of Kings, completed its first five-book arc in December 2024 with Wind and Truth, and has since grown into a 10-book epic fantasy series with more than 16 million copies sold worldwide. Every book in the series has debuted at No. 1 on bestseller list, and the franchise received a Hugo Award nomination for Best Series in 2025.

Sanderson's update matters because the television effort now appears to be moving in stages rather than as a single all-or-nothing leap. A pilot would be the first test of whether the sprawling story can be translated for the screen, and a full season would require the kind of sustained collaboration Sanderson said he expects from writing partners. Apple TV+ is already tied to the Mistborn screenplay, putting both of his best-known screen projects on parallel tracks.

The Stormlight Archive remains Sanderson's magnum opus, set on Roshar and centered on Kaladin, Shallan and Dalinar. Its scale has long made it one of the most closely watched fantasy properties for adaptation, but Sanderson's latest remarks suggest the path forward will be methodical: finish Mistborn, secure a pilot for Stormlight, then push toward a season. That is not a teaser for someday. It is the order of operations.

For readers and viewers waiting for a real adaptation plan, the answer is now plain. Stormlight is next, and Sanderson intends to stay close to the writing of it.