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The Wheel of Time is an epic fantasy television series that premiered on November 19, 2021 on Prime Video. It is renewed through a third season.

The series is based on the book series of the same name written by Robert Jordan.

Synopsis[]

The Wheel of Time follows Moiraine Damodred, a member of the powerful, all-woman organization called the Aes Sedai, who goes on a journey across the world with five young people, one of whom she believes might be the reincarnation of a person prophesied to save or destroy humanity.

Cast[]

Main cast:

Browse additional cast and characters by season:

Episodes[]

The Wheel of Time is currently renewed through a third season.

Season Episodes Premiere episode Premiere date Finale episode Finale date
Season 1 8 Leavetaking 19 Nov 2021 The Eye of the World 24 Dec 2021
Season 2 8 A Taste of Solitude 1 Sep 2023 What Was Meant to Be 6 Oct 2023
Season 3 tba tba tba tba tba

Showrunner Rafe Judkins has plotted the entire series to be adapted into eight seasons,[1][2] or 50-60 episodes.[3] Producers Mike Weber and Marigo Kehoe are planning for ten seasons.[4]

Development[]

Earlier attempts[]

In 2000, Robert Jordan sold a TV rights option to NBC. NBC planned to adapt the books as a network TV series spanning several seasons. However, interest in the project dried up after the writers involved departed from NBC. The rights subsequently returned to Robert Jordan.[5][6]

Shortly after this, a Japanese animation studio contacted Jordan and proposed an anime series based on the first three books. However, they only wanted to adapt those books and not the complete series. Jordan was not interested in this adaptation and talks stalled before any formal deal could be discussed.[6]

In 2004, Robert Jordan sold the TV, film, video game, and comic book rights to Red Eagle Entertainment, a rights-handling company set up to develop multimedia projects based on the novels. This deal was worth approximately $640,000 and was due to last for eleven years, unless a long-running TV series or movie franchise was in production by that time.[5]

In 2008, Red Eagle re-sold the film rights to Universal Pictures for a "seven-figure sum". Universal developed a film script based on The Eye of the World. However, Universal decided not to proceed with the adaptation and the rights returned to Red Eagle.

In 2014, Sony Television developed an interest in the property as an ongoing, big-budget TV series. They discussed the project with Red Eagle and with Harriet McDougal, Robert Jordan's widow, editor and literary heir and executor.[7]

In 2015, the TV and film rights were due to revert to the Robert Jordan Estate (the Bandersnatch Group) on February 11. In order to retain rights, Red Eagle self-produced a 22-minute short film titled Winter Dragon based on the prologue to The Eye of the World, starring Billy Zane and Max Ryan, and paid to have it broadcast on the FXX Network in the United States during an infomercial timeslot on February 8, 2015. Red Eagle argued that this constituted getting a TV or film series into production and thus they should retain the rights.[8][9] Legal discussions followed to clarify the situation.[5][7]

On April 28, 2016, the Robert Jordan Estate issued a statement confirming that the legal discussions had been resolved satisfactorily and that a TV adaptation of The Wheel of Time was being developed with a "major studio".[10][11]

Move to Amazon Studios[]

On October 2, 2018, it was confirmed that Amazon had given the greenlight for the series to begin production, with Rafe Judkins serving as showrunner.[5][12] Filming for season 1 began in September 2019.

On November 13, 2019, while season 1 was still filming, Rafe Judkins revealed that work had begun on writing season 2.[13]

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References[]

  1. In the San Diego Comic Con 2021 Amazon panel, Rafe states at about 13:30: "I sat down and broke out what I thought eight seasons of the show might look like".
  2. Deadline, ‘The Wheel Of Time’ Boss Says Dónal Finn Taking Over As Mat Cauthon Will Be “Seamless”, Sees Series Going Eight Seasons by Rosy Cordero. November 10, 2021. Relevant excerpt: Rafe "believes the books will work better as a series, one he imagines could run for about eight seasons."
  3. Entertainment Weekly, The Wheel of Time showrunner answers our burning questions about the season 1 finale by Christian Holub. December 24, 2021. Relevant excerpt: "Even if we're lucky enough to go as long as we possibly can go, that's still only gonna be 50 or 60 episodes of television."
  4. Collider, 'The Wheel of Time' Producers on How Many Seasons the Show Might Run and Why Rosamund Pike Wears Pants by Liz Shannon Miller. November 10, 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Deadline: Amazon Orders Adaptation Of Fantasy Drama ‘The Wheel Of Time’ To Series by Peter White. October 2, 2018.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Thus Spake the Creator (archived).
  7. 7.0 7.1 IO9: Producers Of That Wheel Of Time TV Pilot Are Suing Robert Jordan's Widow by Charlie Jane Anders. February 16, 2015.
  8. The Verge: A Wheel of Time pilot was produced and aired when no one was looking by Chaim Gartenberg. February 9, 2015.
  9. IO9: The Real Story About That Wheel Of Time Pilot That Aired Last Night by Charlie Jane Anders. February 9, 2015.
  10. IO9: The Wheel of Time Is Going to Be a TV Series After All by Katharine Trendacosta. April 28, 2016.
  11. Dragonmount: Wheel of Time Television Show by Mashiara Sedai. April 28, 2016.
  12. IGN: The Wheel of Time Series Given the Greenlight by Amazon Studios by David Griffin. October 2, 2018.
  13. Rafe Judkins' Twitter: Starting the S2 writers’ room on Wheel of Time and the Czech builders didn’t fully grasp how many whiteboards are needed to break an entire season of television. Ha. November 13, 2019.
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