An iconic LGBTQ fantasy series is getting the small-screen treatment. Deadline confirmed Tuesday that Ted Field's Radar Pictures (Jumanji) recently scooped up the television rights to Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar novels. The series, which has run for more than 30 years across nearly 60 novels, is famous for its revolutionary and unflinching depiction of LGBTQ+ characters in the world of literature," writes writes SyFy Wire. The first season will be adapted from the "Last Herald-Mage" trilogy, comprising of "Magic's Pawn," which was first published in 1989, "Magic's Price' and "Magic's Promise." "The company, founded by Interscope Records co-founder Ted Field, who is an exec producer on Amazon's 'The Wheel of Time' series, has acquired the small screen rights to the books, which number 58 over more than 30 years," wrote Deadline. Kit Williamson, who created Netflix's LGBTQ comedy series "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 in a statement to Deadline. "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 long-form 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." Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ???? (?: Kit Williamson / Instagram)

An iconic LGBTQ fantasy series is getting the small-screen treatment. Deadline confirmed Tuesday that Ted Field's Radar Pictures (Jumanji) recently scooped up the television rights to Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar novels. The series, which has run for more than 30 years across nearly 60 novels, is famous for its revolutionary and unflinching depiction of LGBTQ+ characters in the world of literature," writes writes SyFy Wire. The first season will be adapted from the "Last Herald-Mage" trilogy, comprising of "Magic's Pawn," which was first published in 1989, "Magic's Price' and "Magic's Promise." "The company, founded by Interscope Records co-founder Ted Field, who is an exec producer on Amazon's 'The Wheel of Time' series, has acquired the small screen rights to the books, which number 58 over more than 30 years," wrote Deadline. Kit Williamson, who created Netflix's LGBTQ comedy series "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 in a statement to Deadline. "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 long-form 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." Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ???? (?: Kit Williamson / Instagram)