The tension in the room is palpable, but it has strong fantasy vibes and sets up the cool personalities of Moiraine and her Warder.Īmazon dropped a new trailer (opens in new tab) that shows a lot more details of the show, including the Shadowspawn, Borderlands, Aiel, and some flashbacks to the New Spring prequel novella. More importantly, we now have a release date: November 19.ĭuring New York Comic Con, Amazon Prime released a clip (opens in new tab) from the show, portraying the arrival of Moiraine and Lan to the Winespring Inn. There's also a teaser poster with the release month.Ī teaser trailer dropped on September 2, showing off several key details and figures for the show.

While translating a book series to TV has its challenges, Judkins assures us that the core spirit of The Wheel of Time remains intact. In a panel during 2021, Rafe Judkins talked about the philosophy behind The Wheel of Time show and how important it is to him to keep everything authentic. Uta Briesewitz will direct the first two, Wayne Yip the third and fourth episodes, Salli Richardson-Whitfield the fifth and sixth, and Ciaran Donnelly the final two episodes.īased on what we know so far, Judkins (opens in new tab) himself has written the pilot episode, but each episode thereafter has its own writer.

The first season will consist of eight episodes with four different directors. Season 1 is in the final stages with a scheduled release year of 2021. Once the world started to open back up again, the crew resumed production. Season 1's filming and production began in the Czech Republic, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought things to a halt. Amazon commissioned The Wheel of Time TV series back in 2018, headed by showrunner Rafe Judkins (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Chuck).

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