Radar Pictures will be adapting Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar literary universe for TV after acquiring the small screen rights. Deadline reported that Kit Williamson (EastSiders) is adapting with author Brittany Cavallaro, "who wrote the Charlotte Holmes series of books. The pair bonded over the books in school and will now write and produce the TV adaptation."
"I have hoped for decades that The Last Herald-Mage would be adapted for television," Lackey said. "Now that Radar has optioned the trilogy, I am nearly breathless with excitement. I could not have chosen a better organization to take my work in hand, and Kit and Bri, the producers, absolutely know both their stuff and the material. I love the fact that this is going to be a longform series: episodic TV gives the story all the room it needs. I hope our fans will be as thrilled to see their favorite characters come to life as I am."
Williamson commented: "Vanyel in The Last Herald Mage series was one of the first gay characters I encountered, and as a recently out 16-year-old I can't stress enough the impact that these books had on me. The Valdemar series was far ahead of its time in the portrayal of LGBTQ characters, and Lackey's writing afforded them a level of depth and complexity that is still very rare, especially in genre storytelling.”
Cavallaro added: "It's an absolute dream to be adapting the Valdemar books alongside Radar Pictures and Kit Williamson. Twenty years ago, Kit and I became friends at boarding school, and bonded over our love for Mercedes Lackey's work, and we're so excited to begin the process of bringing it to the screen."