{"id":1935419,"date":"2026-05-14T18:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1935419"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:39:09","slug":"brandon-sanderson-confirms-a-connection-between-apple-tvs-murderbot-and-his-stormlight-archive-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1935419","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Sanderson Confirms a Connection Between Apple TV’s Murderbot and His Stormlight Archive Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s been a few months since Brandon Sanderson officially confirmed<\/a> he’d be working with Apple TV on Cosmere adaptations. Since then, he’s been consistently showcasing progress and snippets of new information on his weekly podcast, Intentionally Blank. In the most recent episode<\/a>, he brought on his wife, Emily Sanderson, to discuss their review of season 1 of Apple TV’s Murderbot series.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“I think I would give it a nine,” Sanderson said, “but I also am comparing it to the books. It’s possible that this is a 10 because: Is there anything I can imagine they should have done better?”<\/p>\n

The Murderbot series, which is based on Martha Well’s Murderbot Diaries books, first premiered back in May 2025 on Apple TV and was critically received quite well. IGN’s own review gave it an 8 out of 10<\/a>, which more closely matches the score Sanderson’s wife gave the series.<\/p>\n

What does this have to do with the Stormlight Archive TV series, though? And why is he talking about it so long after the first season wrapped up? Well a little bit further into the podcast, he reveals a key detail about one of the execs for the show. <\/p>\n

“It’s actually one of the same TV execs as on Stormlight, so I’m glad it was good because I watched it and I’m like ‘Oh. good. I sold him this,’ I didn’t know which exec I was going to get, but it is one of the execs on Murderbot,” Sanderson said.<\/p>\n