Is an ACOTAR TV show happening? Sarah J Maas addresses possible series

Anthony Robledo and Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY Thu, March 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM UTC

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Fans of the "A Court of Thorns and Roses" series will have to keep waiting in the wings for a television adaptation.

On the Wednesday, March 4, episode of the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, host Alex Cooper asked author Sarah J. Maas whether she was interested in a television adaptation of the ACOTAR book series, to which she expressed concerns about having to compromise on her creative vision.

While she confirmed she now owns the rights to all her work, she said she won't adapt her work for the screen until she has a guarantee that there won't be any restrictions.

"I'm a type A control freak a little bit, but I want to know everything about how it gets made, not because of that control, but just because I love movies. I love TV. I want to be a part of that, and I want to see everything adapted the way I envision it and the way I know fans want it," Maas said.

Sarah J Maas in a "Call Her Daddy" episode that released on March 4, 2026.

Maas also said she would struggle to cast Rhysand from the ACOTAR series, as she hasn't yet found an actor who could do the character justice.

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The comments come as Maas announced on the episode that two books from the ACOTAR series are coming out within the upcoming year.

The first of the two will release on Oct. 27, 2026, and the next on Jan. 12, 2027, Maas confirmed, telling Cooper that a "really, really, really big" story was finally ready to come out of her.

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"It's meant to be read ideally as one massive, massive story as opposed to like in a trilogy," she told Cooper. "It's not a trilogy. Arcs aren't wrapped up. It's like in the way you take my book, it's like if you expand it all of part one, all of part two, all parts, it would be huge like that. And so I just decided, I've never told a story that way. This is how it wants to come out."

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