Amazon Renews THE WHEEL OF TIME Fantasy Series for Season 3
Amazon has announced that they have renewed Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time for a third season. The news comes ahead of the Season 2 premiere. The news dropped during the show’s Comic-Con presentation.
The series follows Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.
I thought the first eight-episode season was really good, so I’m happy to hear that the story will continue with a third season. The series comes from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Chuck writer Rafe Judkins, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer.
The series is based on Robert Jordan’s books, and Judkins said in a statement: “I’m so thrilled that we’ll be making a third season of The Wheel of Time. The Shadow Rising has always been my favorite book in the series, so being able to bring it to television and introduce new audiences to the stories that made me fall in love with these books in the first place is such an honor, and something I’ve been working toward since I first pitched the show years and years ago.”
Vernon Sanders, head of global television at Amazon Studios added: “We are so excited to dive deeper into the world of The Wheel of Time with Rafe Judkins and his team, who have done such a marvelous job of honoring Robert Jordan’s vision and delivering an incredible viewing experience to Prime Video customers. Season 1 resonated with the most loyal of Jordan devotees, as well as the uninitiated, who were experiencing this incredible world for the first time, proving this is a show that truly stands out in the genre space. We couldn’t be happier to give fans more reasons to be excited about the show and bring more The Wheel of Time to our customers worldwide.”
The Wheel of Time also stars Daniel Henney as Lan Mandragoran, Zoë Robins as Nynaeve al’Meara, Madeleine Madden as Egwene al’Vere, Josha Stradowski as Rand al’Thor, and Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara.
Did you enjoy the first season of the series and are you excited to hear that we are getting a Season 3?