Prime Video Orders "Fourth Wing" to Series

(In the photo from left to right: Meredith Averill, Michael B. Jordan, Rebecca Yarros, and Lisa Joy)

Global phenomenon based on Rebecca Yarros' bestselling novel takes flight with Meredith Averill and Executive Producers Kilter Films, Outlier Society, and Premeditated Productions

Lisa Joy to Direct Pilott

NEW YORK, NY - May 11, 2026 - Today, during Amazon's upfront presentation in New York City, Prime Video announced it has ordered Fourth Wing to series. Meredith Averill (The Haunting of Hill House, Locke & Key) is adapting for television, and will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Lisa Joy, co-founder of Kilter Films and executive producer of the series, is set to direct the pilot. From Amazon MGM Studios, the highly anticipated romantasy drama will be available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Violet Sorrengail is forced by her mother to enter the brutal world of Basgiath War College. Based on the fantasy adventure from NYT bestselling author Rebecca Yarros, Violet joins hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

Rebecca Yarros will also executive produce. Michael B. Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo executive produce via Outlier Society. Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, and Athena Wickham executive produce via Kilter Films. Liz Pelletier and Sherryl Clark executive produce via Premeditated Productions.

"I'm thrilled to be working with this dedicated, experienced team and grateful for their passion for both the books and the readership behind them," said Yarros.

"Violet's journey in Fourth Wing has sparked a global phenomenon, captivating millions of readers and building an intensely passionate fanbase around its world, characters, and emotional stakes," said Peter Friedlander, Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios. "Rebecca Yarros' brilliant series is one of the most anticipated adaptations in the world, and with Meredith and our valued partners at Kilter, Outlier, and Premeditated, we're bringing it to life in a way that honors what fans love about the story.

Rebecca is represented by Louise Fury from The Fury Agency, Matthew N. Sugarman from Weintraub Tobin, and Shivani Doraiswami at Untitled Entertainment.

About Kilter Films

Kilter Films is an award-winning Los Angeles-based production company founded and run by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan with their producing partner Athena Wickham. Nolan is a critically acclaimed, Academy Award(R)- and Emmy(R) Award-nominated writer, director, and producer, known for his work on The Dark Knight, Interstellar, and Memento. Joy is an Emmy(R) Award-nominated writer, director, and producer.

Kilter Films partnered with Bethesda Game Studios to develop the Emmy(R)-nominated television series Fallout for Amazon, based on the worldwide best-selling video game franchise, starring Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, and Kyle MacLachlan, with Nolan directing the first three episodes. Fallout was critically acclaimed, a massive global hit breaking numerous streaming records, and garnered 17 Emmy(R) nominations its first season. The series returned for its highly anticipated second season on December 17, 2025, with Joy directing episode six. In March 2026, the series surpassed 100 million viewers worldwide across its first two seasons, making it one of Prime Video's most watched series, ever. Season three begins filming this summer.

Additionally, Kilter Films is partnering with Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society to produce the television series adaptation of Rebecca Yarros' #1 New York Times bestselling adult fantasy novel Fourth Wing for Amazon. Kilter Films is also developing a live-action television series adaptation of Wolfenstein, one of the most iconic and influential video game franchises of all time, with the games developer, MachineGames, for Amazon.

Kilter Films also produced HBO's hit series Westworld, which amassed 54 Emmy(R) nominations over its four seasons, along with DGA, WGA, PGA, and SAG nominations, and remains the highest-rated first season show in HBO's history. Previously, Kilter Films produced the series adaptation of William Gibson's 2014 sci-fi thriller novel, The Peripheral, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Gary Carr, and Jack Reynor for Amazon, and the Emmy(R)-nominated crime series Person of Interest, created by Nolan, which ran for five seasons and over 100 episodes on CBS.

In film, Joy made her feature film directorial debut with Reminiscence for Warner Bros. Starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, and Thandiwe Newton, Joy wrote the script, which landed on The Black List, and produced with Nolan and Wickham. Kilter Films also produces interactive and transmedia marketing for which they have won three Emmy(R) Awards for "Outstanding Emerging Media."

About Outlier Society

Outlier Society was founded in 2016 by actor, producer, and director Michael B. Jordan. The company has a first-look film and television deal with Amazon. Outlier Society is currently in production on the feature film THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR for MGM, in which Jordan both stars in and directs. Outlier's event series THE GREATEST, the first authorized scripted series about the extraordinary life of Muhammad Ali, is in post production for Prime Video. Also for Prime Video, Outlier Society is developing the first live-action series set in the CREED franchise, titled DELPHI, with Marco Ramirez set as showrunner.

In 2023, they produced CREED III for MGM/Amazon, which was released to stellar reviews and grossed $275M at the worldwide box office, the highest-grossing entry in the franchise to date. Jordan made his directorial debut and reprised his role as Adonis Creed in this latest installment of the beloved franchise. Their diverse and exciting feature slate at Amazon MGM Studios includes the thriller THE DWELLING by Aaron Guzikowski, the sci-fi action adventure T-MINUS in partnership with the Philip K. Dick estate, IRON CURTAIN with Christopher McQuarrie, and an adaptation of Akwaeke Emezi's novel YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY, being written by Tarell McCraney and Mfoniso Udofia. Outside of Amazon, they are developing an adaptation of TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX at Paramount Pictures with Chad Stahelski (JOHN WICK) directing, THE BROKEN EARTH trilogy adaptation at Tri-Star, and an I AM LEGEND follow-up at WBD.

About Premeditated Productions

Premeditated Productions was launched in 2024 by Entangled Publishing CEO Liz Pelletier and producer Sherryl Clark (The Gorge, Cloverfield) to develop projects for film and television. FOURTH WING and its corresponding Empyrean series is among the best-selling book series of the 21st century.

Premeditated is in the midst of a first-look film and television deal with Amazon MGM Studios, recently inking a five year extension that takes their deal through the summer of 2032. Since forging the deal, Premeditated has set up over a dozen projects at Amazon MGM, including feature adaptations of New York Times bestsellers Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry, The Gods of The Game series by Ana Huang, Dragon Cursed by Elise Kova, and A Stage Set for Villains by Shannon J. Spann, as well as television adaptations of New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout's paranormal fantasy series Lux, New York Times bestselling author Liz Tomforde's Windy City romance series, and the upcoming Storm Breaker by Nisha J. Tuli. Premeditated is also producing a feature adaptation of Jennifer Probst's New York Times bestseller The Marriage Bargain for 20th Century Studios and a television adaptation of New York Times bestseller Hannah Nicole Maehrer's Assistant to the Villain at Legendary Entertainment.

About Rebecca Yarros

Rebecca Yarros is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over twenty novels including Fourth Wing and In the Likely Event. She's the recipient of the British Book Award for Book of the Year and the Alex Award from the American Library Association. She loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for over twenty years. As the mother of six, when she's not writing, you can find her at the hockey rink or sneaking in some guitar time. She and her family live in Colorado with their stubborn English bulldogs, two feisty chinchillas, and two cats who rule them all.

Having fostered then adopted their youngest, Rebecca is passionate about helping children in the foster system through her nonprofit, One October, which she co-founded with her husband in 2019. To learn more about their mission to better the lives of kids in foster care, visit www.oneoctober.org (http://www.oneoctober.org/).

To catch up on Rebecca's latest releases and upcoming novels visit www.RebeccaYarros.com.

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