Myst's universe to unfold across TV series, movies, and, apparently, "unscripted content"

Hulu previously gave a Myst TV series from Legendary a “script-to-series commitment”—one we posited might look a lot like Lost—but that project appears to have stalled. Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has now acquired the rights, and it sounds as if they’ll try and unpack the breadth of the Myst saga, which, through books and games, unfolds across 10,000 years of history. Adapting it will be a puzzle unto itself.

The story, if you’re unfamiliar, centers around Atrus, the grandson of a woman who discovered the mystical D’ni civilization, who themselves create books that link to other worlds. Village Roadshow is developing the franchise with Myst co-creator Rand Miller, who, in 2016, spoke to The A.V. Club about the state of the series.

“[W]e’re farther along now than we’ve been in a long time,” he said at the time. “Hopefully, at some point in the future, things start to snowball as things are connected and attached and stories develop a little more. It’s an exciting thing. It’s hard to get your hopes up, because I don’t know the intricacies of Hollywood, but it’s fun to look forward to.”