‘The Wheel of Time’ renewed for a third season before the premiere of the second

Despite competition from HBO from “House of the Dragon”, Amazon Prime Video wants to take control of medieval fantasy and take the place of an award-winning and long-running series like “Game of Thrones”. To do this, in addition to the expected premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”, Prime Video has decided to renew “The Wheel of Time” for a third season. The platform has already shown us confidence last year, having renewed it for a season 2 without the first one having yet been released.

According to Variety, the announcement was made during the series panel at San Diego Comic-Con. As happened with the previous renewal, the streamer would have signed for a third season without having released the second one yet (which could arrive by the end of the year). The first season, premiered in November 2021, made “The Wheel of Time” the most viewed original series in Amazon’s history, surpassing “Hunters”.

“I’m very excited to do a third season of ‘The Wheel of Time'”said Rafe Judkins, producer and showrunner of the series. “‘Rise of the Shadow’ has always been my favorite book in the series [de Robert Jordan]Like this being able to adapt it to television and present new stories to the public who fell in love with novels with great honorand it’s something I’ve been working on since I first got the idea many years ago. “.

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Confidence in “The Wheel of Time” is full, and this has been demonstrated by Vernon Sanders, head of television at Amazon Studios. “We are very excited to be able to dive deeper into the world of ‘The Wheel of Time’ with Judkins and his team, who have done a great job honoring Robert Jordan’s vision and delivering an incredible visual experience to Prime Video users.. The first season resonated with Jordan’s most devoted and loyal, as well as the uninitiated, who were experiencing this world for the first time. “.

Together with Rosamund Pike, the series also stars Daniel Henney, Zoë Robins, Madeleine Madden, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford and our Álvaro Morte. It is a co-production with Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television.