The Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins opened up about the upcoming third season of Prime Video’s hit fantasy drama. This comes after over a month since the streamer announced that the show’s cast and crew had officially wrapped production on the next installment.
During a recent interview with Deadline, Judkins shared what fans can expect from the "bonkers" opening minutes of The Wheel of Time Season 3, teasing one of the show’s most action-packed fight sequences ever. "The first 15 minutes of Season 3 is one of the most bonkers set pieces I’ve ever seen on television," he said. "I was just watching it this week, and it is absolutely bananas what our team pulled off … just a bunch of women in their 40s and 50s shredding each other, and it is wonderful to behold."
The Wheel of Time Deserves as Much Recognition as Another Classic Fantasy Series
From it's extensive span of novels to its worldbuilding, The Wheel of Time stands toe-to-toe with Tolkien.The Wheel of Time is based on Robert Jordan’s best-selling fantasy novel series, which revolves around the story of a young man who’s destined to become The Dragon Reborn, who’s described as a powerful individual who can either save the world or destroy it. The adaptation is being led by Pike as Moiraine Damodred, Daniel Henney as al'Lan Mandragoran, Josha Stradowski as Rand, Sophie Okonedo as Siuan Sanche, Zoë Robins as Nynaeve al'Meara, Madeleine Madden as Egwene al'Vere, Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara, Dònal Finn as Mat Cauthon, Kate Fleetwood as Liandrin Guirale, Natasha O'Keeffe as Lanfear, Priyanka Bose as Alanna Mosvani, Álvaro Morte as Logain Ablar and more.
In a previous interview, Judkins confirmed that Season 3 will be adapting storylines and elements from Jordan’s fourth and fifth books, The Shadow Rising and The Fires of Heaven. Besides the upcoming Prime Video series, it has been officially announced that X-Men: First Class writer Zack Stentz is currently writing a Wheel of Time-inspired original animated movie, The White Tower, which will revolve around the Aes Sedai sisters' fortress. The project’s initial synopsis reads, "it is an action-adventure about a young girl with a special gift whose life is forever changed when evil visits her remote mountain village. Finding herself alone in a dangerous world, she must go to The White Tower to learn how to use her magical powers in order to save her family and friends."
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Ahead of Pike’s return in The Wheel of Time Season 3, the Oscar-nominated actor recently joined the star-studded cast of Lionsgate’s Now You See Me 3. The next installment to the popular action heist franchise will also introduce new cast members Ariana Greenblatt, Dominic Sessa and Justice Smith. They will be joining returning stars Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, and Morgan Freeman. Further details about the sequel’s plot and characters are still being kept under wraps. At the moment, Pike is also currently attached to star alongside Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal in Guy Ritchie’s next action thriller In the Grey.
The first two seasons of The Wheel of Time are streaming on Prime Video.
Source: Deadline
