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Disney+ launched with two major franchises, Star Wars and the MCU, firmly in its corner. Ever since then, the House of Mouse's streaming service has worked to keep adding more and more major genre names to its catalog, with series based on Willow and Percy Jackson and the Olympians already on the way. Now, we can perhaps add Eragon to that list.
Variety reports that the streamer is in "early development" on a new series based on Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance Cycle" of epic fantasy novels, which began with Eragon in 2002. Paolini himself is reportedly on board as a co-writer on the project, but at this stage it's too early to tell if the series, titled Eragon, will move forward.
Eragon tells the story of the title character, a farm boy who befriends a newly hatched dragon named Sephira. As his bond with Sephira deepens, Eragon discovers that he's actually a Dragon Rider, part of an order of warriors previously thought to be wiped out by the evil King Galbatorix. Together with Sephira, he begins training to be a warrior himself, and sets out to defeat the king and restore peace to his homeland. Paolini, still a teenager when Eragon was first published, self-published the first novel initially, but the story eventually caught the eye of Alfred A. Knopf publishers, and the entire series eventually became a mega-bestseller in the post-Harry Potter boom of fantasy novels for young adults. Three move novels in the series, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance, followed over the next decade, and to date the series has sold more than 40 million books around the world.
Eragon proved so popular after its wide publication that it was soon adapted into a feature film, 2006's Eragon, starring Ed Speleers in the title role and featuring Rachel Weisz, John Malkovich, and Jeremy Irons as major supporting players. Originally conceived as a franchise-starter, the film was poorly received and sequels were shelved.
Now, it seems Disney has seen the potential behind Paolini's tale for launching a new fantasy saga on streaming screens, at a time when HBO is busy with Game of Thrones, Netflix continues to drop episodes of The Witcher and Shadow and Bone, and Amazon's juggling both The Wheel of Time and the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It'll be very interesting to see if Eragon can make the journey to the screen once again, and what an adaptation might look like 20 years after its publication.
Fresh off the announcement that Disney will be adapting The Graveyard Book, it seems that the studio will be adapting another beloved piece of children's literature. Eragon, a novel by Christopher Paolini, is currently being developed for streaming, according to Variety.
Eragon, originally published in 2002, marked the beginning of a four-book series, collectively called "The Inheritance Cycle". The television series will be based on these books. Paolini is attached as co-writer and co-showrunner, in a move similar to what Disney+ is doing with Rick Riordan and the Percy Jackson series. The studio is on the search for another writer and showrunner to work alongside Paolini as this will be his first foray into writing for television. The series will be executive produced by Bert Salke under the Co-Lab 21 banner and in partnership with 20th Television. At this time, additional details are scarce. It is unknown if the series will follow in Percy Jackson's footsteps, adapting one book per season or if the story will be taken in a new direction. This move by Disney+ will follow in the trend of popular children's books being adapted for streaming, something that has grown more common following Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events, based on the book series by Lemony Snicket. Disney+ has already begun churning out YA book-to-screen properties including The Mysterious Benedict Society and the forthcoming shows based on The Spiderwick Chronicles and Percy Jackson and the Olympians, which is expected to debut on the streamer in 2024.
Eragon has been adapted for the screen once before. In 2006, a film adaptation from 20th Century Fox was released starring Ed Speelers as the titular character of Eragon, with an ensemble including Rachel Weisz, Jeremy Irons, Garrett Hedlund, and John Malkovich. Though highly anticipated by fans of the books, the film opened to largely negative reviews and potential sequel talks were dissolved. In 2021, the hype for a new adaptation began to build, with the hashtag #EragonRemake trending on Twitter. Paolini himself even joined in on the movement, encouraging fans to Tweet their wishes for "a proper Eragon adaptation."
In 2018, Paolini published a spin-off book of stories from the Eragon universe titled The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm. In 2020, he released his first science fiction book, called To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. Paolini was only eighteen when Eragon was first published and later was awarded the "youngest author of a bestselling series" by Guinness World Records.
The story of the first book follows Eragon as he finds a mysterious dragon egg in the mountains and must flee his village to save the dragon from the evil king. A trailer for the 2006 film can be seen below.
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