Playground's Colin Callender, who will executive produce alongside Scott Huff and David A. "Not only am I over the moon that the Tortall books will be adapted by Playground, but I know my fans will be ecstatic," Pierce said in a statement accompanying the announcement. That's quite a commitment considering the 22 books and numerous short stories that encompass the series that began with Pierce's very first book, 1983's Alanna: The First Adventure. ![]() ![]() And judging by the number of novels and short stories in this decades-spanning saga, the Tortall Universe TV series will be a long one.ĭeadline reports that Lionsgate and Playground Entertainment, the company behind the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage play, are developing Tamora Pierce's Tortall Universe saga into a TV series. But the rich, immensely diverse world of Tamora Pierce's Tortall Universe is getting the long-deserved TV series adaptation from Lionsgate. Pierce is one of the most prolific YA fantasy of all time, but her books have remained largely ignored by Hollywood, despite fantasy adaptations being all the rage lately in the wake of Game of Thrones and Harry Potter. ![]() ![]() It took long enough, but Hollywood is finally wising up to the untapped potential of Tamora Pierce's works.
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