‘Wings of Fire’ Animated Adaptation Soars Anew with Amazon

Nearly two years after it was bumped off the Netflix slate amid a raft of layoffs in 2022, the animated series adaptation of Tui T. Sutherland’s bestselling fantasy epic Wings of Fire has reportedly found a new home, in development with Amazon MGM Studios. The books center on five young dragons raised in secrecy as the prophesied end of a terrible war, who leave their safe haven to save one of their own and, along the way, their world.

The adaptation was announced by Netflix in 2021 as a 10-episode project from Warner Bros. Television, with Oscar nominee Ava DuVernay (13th, When They See Us) attached as executive producer. The Amazon MGM take will have an all-new creative team under executive producer Marc Resteghini (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Jack Ryan), former head of series for then-Amazon Studios, through Jack Tar Productions and its overall deal with Amazon MGM.

Launched in 2012 by Scholastic, the Wings of Fire franchise comprises 15 novels as well as supplementary books and a graphic novel version. The books have sold more than 27 million copies worldwide, landing at No. 1 on best-seller lists for USA Today and New York Times. 

[Source: Variety]