Will there ever be a season 4

[Bernhard Stockman]

Will there  ever be a season 4. Is there any chance that some company will continue Wheel of Time?

[Kaleb]

Rosamund Pike, star and Executive Producer of the show, recently stated that "I think we have to accept that it’s over.”

https://www.thewrap.com/rosamund-pike-wheel-of-time-season-4-hope/

 

I loved the version of the story that Rafe's team was producing, but there's basically no chance it will be picked up and continued. None of the studios and companies involved with the rights have given much in the way of explanation, but Amazon definitively cancelled it.

[Sabio]

It would be too hard to simply pick up where the last show left off.  You would need all the same actors etc.  I think someone would have to start over from the beginning.  

[Jaccsen]

On 11/16/2025 at 7:26 AM, Bernhard Stockman said:

Will there  ever be a season 4. Is there any chance that some company will continue Wheel of Time?

They burned too many bridges with fans of the books and the audience they wanted never showed up.

 

WoT may be too toxic to touch for a decade or longer. I think we'll get AI renditions before we ever see the remains of Hollywood try it again.

[Maximillion]

On 5/19/2026 at 3:14 PM, Jaccsen said:

They burned too many bridges with fans of the books and the audience they wanted never showed up.

 

WoT may be too toxic to touch for a decade or longer. I think we'll get AI renditions before we ever see the remains of Hollywood try it again.

 

Agree.

Judkins messed it up so badly, it won't be touched again in live action.

 

Animated series in planning - apparently.

Hopefully that happens and we get good people leading the effort.

 

As for AI , it's accelerating exponentially in terms of capability. Won't be that long before you won't be able to tell the difference from an animation made by AI and post processed / edited vs the top animated films today.

 

Edited June 19 by Maximillion

[Sabio]

If someone new picked it up it could work, my guess is it's just too expensive.  Someone would need to buy the rights etc.   I just don't see it worth the costs.

[Vambram]

After the failed attempt by Amazon and Rafe Judkins, I think that they only way we will ever see The Wheel of Time come to television will be through an animated series. I'm still hopeful that this will happen. 

[Ithillian Turambar]

6 hours ago, Vambram said:

After the failed attempt by Amazon and Rafe Judkins, I think that they only way we will ever see The Wheel of Time come to television will be through an animated series. I'm still hopeful that this will happen. 

Omg. It's Vambram. Welcome back?

[Vambram]

16 hours ago, Ithillian Turambar said:

Omg. It's Vambram. Welcome back?

Thank you!! It's good to be back. 

[Ithillian Turambar]

12 hours ago, Vambram said:

Thank you!! It's good to be back. 

You gonna get your sword back from hanging over the mantle?

 

Lol

[Maximillion]

AI is accelerating even faster than expected.

Will be only 3-5 years where it can make an entire movie very cheaply, either realistic or animated.

The industry is trying to fight against it, but they won't hold it back.

Scary times really.  Our own reality is far more of a fantasy these days than even WOT.

 

[Mailman]

3 hours ago, Maximillion said:

AI is accelerating even faster than expected.

Will be only 3-5 years where it can make an entire movie very cheaply, either realistic or animated.

The industry is trying to fight against it, but they won't hold it back.

Scary times really.  Our own reality is far more of a fantasy these days than even WOT.

 

Maybe, it's output has been fairly poor to this point and i am not sure how long it can continue to expand without any hint of it turning a profit.

 

[Maximillion]

5 hours ago, Mailman said:

Maybe, it's output has been fairly poor to this point and i am not sure how long it can continue to expand without any hint of it turning a profit.

 

 

Given the speed of improvement the outputs are already unbelievable - the trajectory isn't linear.

As soon as the context element / memory is perfected AI will be able to maintain character looks and scenery in 3D across storylines (can do this now but only with human help in prompting).

AI film studios are already popping up.

Projects like WOT seem perfect.

 

Edited Wednesday at 07:33 AM by Maximillion

[Mailman]

2 hours ago, Maximillion said:

 

Given the speed of improvement the outputs are already unbelievable - the trajectory isn't linear.

As soon as the context element / memory is perfected AI will be able to maintain character looks and scenery in 3D across storylines (can do this now but only with human help in prompting).

AI film studios are already popping up.

Projects like WOT seem perfect.

 

Yes but to achieve this (barring a massive tech jump) requires relentless growth which is costing far far in excess of the profits being returned and this does not even factor in the insane environmental damage that is ongoing, and if you think datacentres in space is the answer then I have a bridge to sell you.. At some point this will break.

 

Never mind the ethical questions of scraping the entire internet, stealing everything to train your AI and then turning around and selling it back to the people you have stolen it from. What happens when you put everyone that has trained your AI out of business and then it has nothing new to work from. I wish all those putting poison pills in their work all the best.

Edited Wednesday at 10:03 AM by Mailman

[Mailman]