Eragon Show Based On Inheritance Cycle Novels In Development At Disney+
As the platform gets ready to bring back another young adult franchise, Disney+ has entered development on an Eragon series adaptation. Penned by Christopher Paolini, the 2002 novel was the first in a young adult fantasy drama series of novels entitled The Inheritance Cycle. The books centered on a young farm boy named Eragon who discovers a mysterious stone revealed to be a dragon egg and embarks on a journey to protect the dragon, which he names Saphira, from the evil King Galbatorix.
Eragon quickly became a hit upon its publication, landing as the third-best-selling children's hardback book of 2003 and the second-best-selling paperback of 2005 and spawning a franchise of four books, which as a whole has received mixed reviews but has sold over 33.5 million copies worldwide. The novel's success also inspired 20th Century Fox to acquire its rights and develop it into a feature-length film, which hit theaters in 2006 to widespread critical disdain and was only a modest box office success, grossing over $250 million against its $100 million production budget. Due to the poor reviews, plans for Eragon sequels were scrapped by Fox, though now it looks as though the franchise is getting another shot at the screen.
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Variety has brought word that an Eragon show has entered development at Disney+. The series will be based on The Inheritance Cycle novels from Christopher Paolini, who sources report is also attached to co-write and co-showrun the adaptation. Sources further report that the studio is looking for someone to work with Paolini, as he lacks television writing experience.
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