The Wheel of Time is Amazon’s most highly anticipated show, even more than The Lord of the Rings

Amazon is going hard on the sci-fi and fantasy front, mounting a tremendously expensive show based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, adapting Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens, and bringing back SyFy’s beloved The Expanse. But according to a recent poll, the Amazon show people are most anticipating is its adaptation of Robert Jordan’s seminal fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Bleeding Cool’s sentiments are the same as mine: I did NOT see that coming.

The Wheel of Time is 14 books thick, the last three of which were written by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan died. It is a titan of a fantasy book series and has many loyal fans, so perhaps it’s only natural that they’re this psyched. The first book, The Eye of the World, was published way back in 1990, so they’ve been waiting for a long time.

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There’s a lot of Wheel of Time to go over, but Bleeding Cool lays out the synopsis for Amazon’s show like this:

"The fantasy epic is set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists, but only women can use it. The story follows Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women. Moiraine believes that one of them might be the reincarnation of an incredibly powerful individual, whom prophecies say will either save humanity or destroy it. The series draws on numerous elements of European and Asian culture and philosophy, most notably the cyclical nature of time found in Buddhism and Hinduism."

Westworld and Altered Carbon director Uta Briesewitz will direct the first two episodes of Amazon’s show. The showrunner is Rafe Judkins.

So when will production for The Wheel of Time begin? Production Weekly has it Amazon will start filming in Prague this September. Ready for a new fantasy epic?

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