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.Įragon 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. Knopf publishers, and the entire series eventually became a mega-bestseller in the post- Harry Potter boom of fantasy novels for young adults. 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. Together with Sephira, he begins training to be a warrior himself, and sets out to defeat the king and restore peace to his homeland. 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. 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.Įragon tells the story of the title character, a farm boy who befriends a newly hatched dragon named Sephira. 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. Now, we can perhaps add Eragon to that list. 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. Disney+ launched with two major franchises, Star Wars and the MCU, firmly in its corner.

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