“Wheel of Time” Could Run For 6-7 Seasons

With Robert Jordan’s “The Wheel of Time” novels running fourteen books long, Amazon Prime Video’s TV series adaptation has no shortage of material to adapt – so much so it’s unlikely to complete said adaptation if it were to do it straight.

The show is set to premiere its third season on March 13th, which will adapt the fourth novel “The Shadow Rising” after the first two seasons were adapted from the first three books.

But streaming is streaming, and to be realistic there’s little chance the show can run for another 9-10 seasons to finish – meaning creative reworking and compression is required. Going by the chronology of events seen in the third season trailers, the show seems to be departing from its source material to get things moving along faster.

In a recent interview with SFX Magazine, showrunner Rafe Judkins was asked how many seasons might be sufficient to tell a story. He says:

“I can see versions of the show that are six or seven seasons, but part of what makes the series great is the length. It’s one of the reasons people read it and it stands alone in that sense. But I’m always realistic. I’m sure everyone will be happy if they’re like, ‘Oh, can you just do a satisfying ending in season 4 because we don’t make shows that long anymore.'”

Judkins says he wants to finish the story the way Jordan does, but is well aware he may not get the chance:

“The truth is, the property doesn’t lend itself well to that. My job is to do everything I can to get it to the end and give you Jordan’s ending because it’s so powerful. It really does stick the landing. If we don’t, my job is to make sure we’re telling a great story up to that point.”

Series star Rosamund Pike recently spoke with News.com.au and revealed that the production shot two weeks in the Northern Cape of South Africa for the third season with consistent 45C/113F degree weather every day with “people dropping left and right from heat stroke”.

Most of the series is shot in the Czech Republic with filming also taking place in Slovenia, Croatia and Spain. “The Wheel of Time” third season premieres on Prime Video on March 13th.

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