This adaptation has been developed by Rafe Judkins, the screenwriter and showrunner best known for working on such shows as Chuck, Hemlock Grove, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, and oddly enough, a contestant on Survivor season 11. Rosamund Pike is joined by Josha Stradowski as “The Chosen One” Rand al’Thor, Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara, Zoë Robins as Nynaeve al’Meara, Barney Harris as Mat Cauthon (who is set to be replaced by Dónal Finn for season 2), Madeleine Madden as Egwene al’Vere, Daniel Henney as al’Lan Mandragoran, Michael McElhatton as Tam al’Thor, and Álvaro Morte as Logain Ablar.
RELATED: Amazon’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series Confirms A Release Date Moiraine takes a group of five young individuals on a journey across the lands, believing one of them might be the Dragon Reborn – a powerful individual prophesied to either save humanity or destroy it. In fact, as of 2021, the books have sold over 90 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling epic fantasy series since JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.Ĭomplete with richly detailed world-building, it’s set in an unnamed world that’s simultaneously the distant past and the distant future Earth due to some cyclical time fuckery (hence the name). In terms of the Amazon series, global audiences will follow Moiraine (portrayed by Rosamund Pike) – a member of the Aes Sedai, which is a powerful, all-female organisation of magic users.
Amazon Prime Video’s Wheel of Time, on the other hand, is more than happy to distinguish itself from the crowd – which ironically positions it as a likely successor.īased on the high fantasy novels authored by Robert Jordan with Brandon Sanderson as co-author of the final three instalments after the former’s untimely passing, while you might not have been familiar with Wheel of Time prior to opening this article, there’s more than a few interested parties. Probably because coasting on the goodwill of someone/something else’s achievements doesn’t tend to be a rewarding endeavour.
Over two years since HBO’s seminal Game of Thrones concluded in disappointing fashion, just about every subsequent fantasy series – and even certain sci-fi dramas – have marketed themselves as “the next Game of Thrones.” And unsurprisingly, the vast majority have failed to accomplish the same level of cultural impact.
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