Eragon Is Moving Forward at Disney+ With Showrunners Todd Harthan and Todd Helbing

The Geek Freaks Headlines host breaks down the latest update on the Eragon TV adaptation: Disney+ has officially tapped two showrunners, Todd Harthan and Todd Helbing. You’ll get quick background on both, why their track records matter, and what the next phase of development likely looks like as the series moves toward casting and production.

• 00:00 The Eragon series update: two showrunners have been chosen

• 00:06 Who Todd Harthan is, plus his past work on High Potential and The Resident

• 00:16 Who Todd Helbing is, including Superman & Lois and The Flash

• 00:31 Why this hire matters, and what it suggests about Disney’s seriousness with the adaptation

• 00:46 What to watch for next: casting, development progress, and early expectations

• 00:51 Closing thoughts

• Eragon is still early in development, but naming showrunners is a meaningful step forward.

• Todd Harthan brings network TV experience and a steady hand from series like The Resident.

• Todd Helbing has genre TV experience, especially with long-running effects-heavy shows like The Flash.

• The pairing hints at a practical, sustainability-focused approach: making the budget work, keeping the story moving, and planning for multiple seasons.

• The next big milestone is casting, which will give fans the clearest signal yet on tone and direction.

• The host frames this as part of a bigger need for Disney+ to widen its lineup beyond Marvel Studios and Star Wars releases.

• There’s a clear hope that the series can deliver an adaptation people embrace after the mixed reputation of Eragon.

• “What’s it all about? Longevity.”

• “Using the special effects budget wisely…”

• “Now we actually have showrunners.”

• “Next is going to be casting and all that.”

• “Try to do better than the 2006 movie…”

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