The Wheel of Time (TV Series)

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Television series
Original title The Wheel of Time
Country of production United States
Production
company		 Sony Pictures Television ,
Amazon Studios
genre Fantasy

The Wheel of Time is a fantasy series based on the book series The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan . The series appears on Prime Video .

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History of origin

In 2000, the television station NBC secured the adaptation rights to Jordan's work Das Rad der Zeit , but left them unused. Four years later, Jordan sold the adaptation rights to Red Eagle Entertainment. In 2015 they produced a 22-minute pilot episode for the cable broadcaster FXX, so Red Eagle could keep the adaptation rights. Harriet McDougal, Jordan's widow, who was already discussing a new adaptation deal with Sony, disliked the approach. Since she made this public, she was subsequently sued by Red Eagle Entertainment for her comments. However, the lawsuit was dropped in 2016.

In cooperation between Red Eagle Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television and Radar Pictures, a new adaptation of The Wheel of Time was finally announced on April 20, 2017 . It was Rafe Judkins as showrunner and McDougal as consulting producer being considered. Rick Selvage, Larry Mondragon, Ted Field, Mike Weber and Darren Lemke have been appointed executive producers.

On October 2, 2018, Amazon announced that it had ordered the wheel of time as a series and was also involved in the series as a production company. The series is produced for its own streaming service Prime Video .

In June 2019, it was finally announced that Uta Briesewitz would direct the first two episodes. In July of the same year it was also announced that Rosamund Pike would play the protagonist Moiraine. In August 2019, the cast was announced for five more leading roles. Filming began on September 16, 2019.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amazon Orders Adaptation Of Fantasy Drama 'The Wheel Of Time' To Series , accessed July 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ A Wheel of Time pilot was produced and aired when no one was looking , accessed July 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ FXX Pilot Airing at 1:30 am Leads to Eye-Opening Slander Lawsuit , accessed July 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ The Wheel of Time Is Going to Be a TV Series After All , accessed July 28, 2019.
  5. ↑ 'Wheel of Time' TV Series Lands at Sony , accessed July 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ Amazon Orders Female-Driven Fantasy Series 'The Wheel of Time' , accessed July 28, 2019.
  7. ↑ 'The Wheel Of Time': Uta Briesewitz To Direct First Two Episodes Of Amazon Fantasy Drama Series , accessed July 28, 2019.
  8. ↑ Rosamund Pike To Star In 'The Wheel Of Time' TV Adaptation At Amazon , accessed July 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ Wheel Of Time Adds Five New Cast Members To Join Rosamund Pike , accessed August 17, 2019.
  10. ^ The Wheel of Time Starts Principal Photography , accessed October 2, 2019.