How Brandon Sanderson Tried To Build His Own MCU-Style Film Franchise With His Cosmere and Failed

In 2022, Brandon Sanderson announced he was buying the movie writes to his books to try to make a connected universe similar to the MCU, but it appears as if that project has stalled out, and in in recent interviews, he’s admitted that a Cosmere connected universe would be a detriment to movie studios.

Brandon Sanderson has quickly become one of, if not the biggest real fantasy authors in the world. His rise to stardom accelerated after a Kickstarter for four secret novels raised millions on the platform, showing that fans were interested in his work.

As he became more successful, Sanderson has changed his stance on LGBTQ propaganda, originally claiming he would never put such into his fiction because of his religion, but in subsequent years, pushing hard for “representation” in his books, which has created backlash among his conservative fanbase who enjoyed his once-clean fiction.

Perhaps part of his conversion to the woke religion was because of the Hollywood potential of his properties. The film industry is notoriously bigoted against anyone who doesn’t actively push the LGBTQ agenda, and Sanderson may have made a calculated move to try to cash in on film franchises for his books.