A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first novel in a five-book series of the same name, is about a young huntress named Feyre who kills a faerie. Thereafter, she must live in the realm of the fae as punishment. She hates it at first but comes to appreciate her new living conditions, especially after she falls for a high fae lord named Tamlin. According to The A.V. Club, the books by Sarah J. Maas have sold some 20 million copies, so it wasn't shocking to hear a few years back that Disney was working on turning them into a TV series to run on Hulu.
The show was being worked on by Maas herself and Ronald D. Moore, who was instrumental to bringing both the 2000s-era reboot of Battlestar Galactica and Outlander to the screen. It seemed like a dream team, but according to Deadline, Moore eventually left the series. Rather than find another writer to take his place, Disney has decided to pull the plug. The Court of Thorns and Roses show will not be moving forward.
A Court of Thorns and Roses would have been Hulu's first fantasy series. A lot of other streaming services have some kind of big fantasy series, whether it's House of the Dragon on Max, The Wheel of Time on Prime Video, The Witcher on Netflix or Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+. I would have liked to see Hulu would have done with a show like this.
It's not clear if the idea for the Court of Thorns and Roses series could be shopped around elsewhere; I get the idea that Moore was an important part of the team, and with him I'm not sure there's a project. Then again, Maas' books are very popular, and she's written far more than just A Court of Thorns and Roses. It feels like someone could make a killing by adapting her books, not to mention make a lot of fans very happy. But it won't be Hulu and it won't be now.
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