Disney+ Rebooting ‘Eragon’ With Original Author Christopher Paolini Co-Showrunning

News July 25, 2022 3:35 pm Caleb Williams

Today, Variety announced that Disney has put into early development a reboot for the Eragon TV series on Disney+. Originally, Fox made a lower-budget fantasy film in 2006 based on the book series that was critically and commercially panned. Now Disney looks to yet again reboot a book series for their streaming service after both Percy Jackson and The Spiderwick Chronicles. Original book series author Christopher Paolini will return to help write and co-showrun the upcoing series based on The Inheritance Cycle starting with the book Eragon. In 2021, a social media movement began with the hashtag #EragonRemake after the announcement of Percy Jackson.

Eragon has no set release date

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