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Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham, the sci-fi writing duo known as James S.A. Corey, already know what it\u2019s like to see one of their works adapted for the screen. The Expanse<\/em>, which started out at Syfy and then jumped to Prime Video, ran for six seasons and explored a somewhat compressed (especially at the end there) take on the nine-part Corey book series. So they are well aware of the challenges that await when The Captive\u2019s War<\/em>, based on their new trilogy, begins its own journey to becoming an Amazon series.<\/p>\n Really big<\/em> challenges, in fact, as the authors\u2014who are producing the show\u2014admitted in a new interview with Polygon. \u201cWe made it so freaking hard to adapt into a TV show,\u201d Abraham said. \u201cThe Captive\u2019s War<\/em> has a lot of things that would need a lot of work before they turn it into a screenplay: a lot of interiority in the characters, a lot of amazing, spectacular aliens. All of that stuff is challenging. And yeah, we just leaned right into it.\u201d<\/p>\n Franck added that despite the success of The Expanse<\/em>, the duo didn\u2019t have a TV show on the brain when they started writing their latest series, which opened with 2024\u2019s The Mercy of Gods<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were either done or mostly done with the first book before we had the discussions about adaptation,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo we weren\u2019t writing a book and a screenplay of that book in parallel. So far, we\u2019ve never done that.\u201d<\/p>\n If you\u2019re hoping The Captive\u2019s War<\/em> might make its way to screens soon, that doesn\u2019t seem like it\u2019ll be the case. The authors told Polygon they\u2019re still in the very<\/em> earliest stages of that process.<\/p>\n Franck likened adaptations to \u201ca million tiny little blocks stacked on top of each other,\u201d and \u201cat this point, I think we\u2019ve stacked the third block.\u201d<\/p>\n Since The Mercy of the Gods<\/em> arrived in 2024, The Captive\u2019s War<\/em> series has also seen the publication of the standalone novella Livesuit<\/em> (also in 2024) and The Faith of Beasts<\/em> in April 2026. The third novel does not yet have an announced title or release date.<\/p>\n Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n