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My guess would be Rlain as the flash backs are going to be focused on Venli/Eshonai - just seems natural/logical. I think it would be an awesome focus and give the full view from the listener side of the conflict. Especially since I remember reading previously that book would be based more on Braize than Roshar itself. I just hope that we get some more insight to Ashyn and the pre-WOKs history to both races.

Honestly - I'm overly excited (as the MB series is my favorite of the cosmere books), but because of this I am extremely nervous about seeing a screenplay. Me and my wife have talked about which books would do well in movie form - TV series - etc. I love fantasy and I hate seeing my favorite fantasy books go into a media production and then be terrible. For Mistborn - to truly capture the nature of a mistborn, I just don't think you can do it well enough in live action. I think a lot of the Cosmere would do extremely well in an animated medium. I could see Elantris, Warbreaker, and even some of SL live action - but Mistborn I just don't know that it could be captured well enough in a live action setting. Also, doing it through an animation mini-series would give more screen time to aptly capture the detail of the magic systems and proper character development. One thing to remember is that the movie/TV presentation is not only for the fans, but is a marketing tool to reach out to others that either are into fantasy, but not got into the Cosmere, or those that are not into fantasy, and this could be their introduction to the genre. Also - another pro to using an animated mini-series through a netflix/amazon/etc. is that that seems to be the most widely accepted distribution system over conventional movie theaters. The other part about taking fantasy to the live action is getting the right director that doesn't destroy the undertones of the book. I know this can never be perfectly captured, but lets just say there are those that are much more successful than others. So I would say that hopefully the director would be priority in keeping to the undertones of the books. Anyways - I could go on and on, but I don't need to draft a white paper on the debate of taking a book to the big screen (or small screen). I truly hope the best for Brandon and all of the Sanderson fandom! Just know that you are giving all of us unprecedented cases of anxiety as we wait to see the development of the Cosmere, and especially taking it to the big/small screen!! best!