Skyward TV Series: One Piece Studio Taps Agents of SHIELD Duo to Write Pilot

Tomorrow Studios has acquired TV rights to Skyward, a Brandon Sanderson science-fiction novel, in a deal announced May 20, 2026. Sanderson will co-write the pilot with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, and will executive produce alongside Tomorrow Studios CEO Marty Adelstein and president Becky Clements. No network has been announced, and Skyward is at the pilot-script stage, described as Step Four of development. This follows Sanderson's recent adaptations, including Apple TV deals for Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive, both of which reflect a broader push to translate his Cosmere universe for screen audiences. Skyward is the first of four Cytoverse novels, followed by Starsight, Cytonic, and Defiant, and centers on Spensa Nightshade, a teen pilot in Detritus. In Detritus, fighters defend humanity from an alien coalition, and the story features orbital fortifications, debris fields, and advanced flight physics. The Cytoverse remains separate from Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive, with Skyward pursuing its own narrative arc. The project is early in development, but could move toward a series order as the pilot is refined.