Mistborn Creator Wants CD Projekt Red To Make An Adaptation

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By Denny Connolly | Oct 5, 2018

Although The Witcher and Game of Thrones may get all the glory right now, those are only a few of the contemporary fantasy novels that readers have fallen in love with this generation. Recent legal disputes between The Witcher’s original creator and CD Projekt Red have led another high profile fantasy author to joke that he would consider giving development rights for his most popular novels to CD Projekt Red for free.

Although Mistborn may not be a household name in the same way Game of Thrones is, the fantasy series is wildly popular and seems like it is just one big budget adaptation away from being the next big thing. According to the creator, Brandon Sanderson, he thinks an adaptation by a developer as talented as CD Projekt Red could make an incredibly cultural impact for the series.

Here is what Sanderson had to say about CD Projekt Red and possible Mistborn adaptations…

“You guys might find this amusing. I read this threat last night at about 3:00, and came REALLY close to posting, “Dear CD Projekt. You can have the Mistborn rights, if you want them…” But this was looking like it would explode as a thread, and I REALLY didn’t want to wake up to several hundred replies in my inbox. I have work to do today…

In all seriousness, I’d love to do something with CDPR. They’ve made by far the best book-to-video game adaptations ever. It’s the sort of thing the rest of us salivate over–if for the simple reason that the entire genre (books, film, and games) benefit from something high-quality on the market like the Witcher games.

I would seriously consider giving CD Project Red the rights to my books for free, because the overall cultural impact that a great story adaptation can have is enormous. Though…I suspect they’re done dealing with self-important fantasy authors, and are likely more interested in creating their own new IPs.”

For those who haven’t read either Mistborn series, the books are about a world in which certain people are able to consume different metals to temporarily gain a variety of powers and abilities. The series is full of interesting mythology, secrets, and powerful beings and seems like a perfect setting for a future RPG (or HBO series for that matter).

CD Projekt Red hasn’t actually expressed any interest in a Mistbornadaptation as far as we know, but the Sanderson community of fans is certainly having a great time imagining what the game could be like if it existed. We’ll continue to monitor the chatter to see if anyone from CD Projekt Red throws in an opinion. Check back for updates!

Currently there are no Mistborn game adaptations in the works.

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GuliwerReborn

Galactic

Interesting in light of latest Sapkowski claims over CDP

barasawa

Interstellar

I could go for that, but which of the 3 eras would they be likely to use for the game if it were to happen?

During the time of the Final Empire, where the world it ruled by a godlike emperor dictator and where civilization is sort of like a feudal setting with competing "Houses" of "Nobles" and the slave filled plantations.

Perhaps the second trilogy where things have progressed to more of an advanced civilization, equivalent to the North America during the 19th century (1800-1899, but more towards the early part) with the pretense of civilization in the central regions but more of a wild west kind of lifestyle in the outer regions. The "Houses" are still in control of much civilization, and they are mostly of "noble" descent, but other than social status, being noble doesn't give special privileges anymore unless you have the money and connections to back it up. Yes, they do have revolvers in this era.

The final era or trilogy is in a scifi setting, possibly with space travel, but as he hasn't written it yet, we only have what Sanderson has previously said to go on, and for this era, I'm unaware of anything of substance.

As a note, the second Era isn't what he originally planned. He'd talked about doing it and had mentioned Victorian as a possibility. When the first Wax & Wayne book came out (The Alloy of Law), he specifically said that it is not the setting of his second trilogy, and this was printed in the book. Several years later he completely changed his mind, and that book was now officially the first in the trilogy of the second mistborn saga. No idea why, he didn't explain it anywhere that I've seen. It's a good enough of a choice, but it's too bad he backed out of whatever he originally planned.
Still no mention of the 3rd mistborn trilogy that was supposed to be a scifi type of setting yet. Maybe someday.