It was incredibly daunting for Judkins, an experienced TV writer whose first-ever capacity as showrunner is for The Wheel of Time. “It came together at once at the right time,” he adds.Įmmy-winner Rosamund Pike stars in The Wheel of Time as “Moiraine Damodred,” a powerful mystic and mentor to the book’s primary protagonists. Weber says Judkins’ vision could appeal to hardcore readers and newcomers alike. “It wasn’t until the intersection of Game of Thrones hitting its popularity, Handmaid’s Tale coming out, and most importantly, Rafe Judkins identifying what was great about the books and being able to condense that into a succinct presentation for streamers.” “It was very challenging trying to get it off the ground,” Weber tells Inverse. Producer Mike Weber, whose other credits include the Jumanji reboot films, says it took other books to successfully adapt to TV to prove Wheel of Time was worth the shot.
WHEEL OF TIME PILOT SERIES
It’s for that reason, several attempts at adapting the book series to film and TV have been made for over 20 years in 2015, a low-budget pilot with no publicity aired at midnight on cable channel FXX.īetween 20, the pieces finally fell in place for The Wheel of Time with Sony and Amazon. Often mentioned in the same breath as other sword and sorcery stories like Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, The Wheel of Time stands out with its focus on young people on a journey of self-discovery. The Wheel of Time, the big-budget adaptation of Robert Jordan’s acclaimed fantasy novels, begins streaming on Amazon Prime Video on November 19. In a nutshell, the story follows a group of young people who may or may not have amongst them the “Dragon Reborn,” the reincarnation of a great hero who can fight an evil force known as “The Dark One.” They are aided by Moiraine, a powerful mystic (played in the show by Emmy-winner Rosamund Pike), and her bodyguard Lan (Daniel Henney).
On November 19, Amazon will heat up the streaming wars with a big-budget live-action adaptation of The Wheel of Time, based on the epic (and epically long) fantasy book series by the late Robert Jordan. Our actors spent a lot of time with the stuff they carried, trying to give this sense of authenticity to them, being in the world with only what they’re carrying on their backs.” “I’d be like, ‘You need to spend time with this horse, or this bedroll.’ Every little thing you have matters. “These characters are on this journey into a world they don’t know or understand,” Judkins tells Inverse, revealing similarities between fantasy heroes and contestants of a game show. Remembering those hot, sweltering days voting off rivals in Guatemala, Judkins advised his Wheel of Time cast - an ensemble of mostly young people on a long, perilous journey through the unknown wilderness - to become attached to things their characters had with them. It was an experience that stayed with Judkins even during his comparatively comfy but no less daunting task as the showrunner of The Wheel of Time, Amazon’s newest big-budget bet in the streaming wars. The Wheel of Time’s showrunner knows a thing or two about survival.īefore his career as a writer for shows like Chuck, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the upcoming film adaptation of the Uncharted video games, Rafe Judkins endured 38 days as a contestant on the eleventh season of the CBS show Survivor.
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