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[Sabio]

If ever there was a slim hope of WOT coming back, this pretty much kills it.  Looks like Amazon has moved on.

 

Michael B Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' fantasy rival takes a major step forward

 

Seems like Amazon MGM studio is backing this now.  But Michael B Jordan is backing it, so ummm at least they're sticking with a Jordan.   Also wonder what this means for Rings of Power.

[DojoToad]

Too soon for a WoT reboot anyway.  Let's play around with other stuff for a while.  If other fantasy is successful, it could pave the way for a Randland comeback. 🤷‍♂️

[Sabio]

Now HBO is going to make a Baldur Gate series, maybe we will see if video games make better series, then a book does.  But if these bomb people are saying it could scare off any major studio from pursuing fantasy series in the future.

[Goathill]

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showed how to make these adaptations successfully.

 

You stick to the story as it was written, easy. 

[Sabio]

You forget series like GOT, Seven kingdoms were planned to be TV series. WOT wasn't.   It's easier to stick to the story/stay true to the books when the author already planned for them to go to TV.  I'm sure RJ would've done somethings differently if he planned to make them a TV series also.

[Skipp]

4 hours ago, Sabio said:

You forget series like GOT, Seven kingdoms were planned to be TV series. WOT wasn't.   It's easier to stick to the story/stay true to the books when the author already planned for them to go to TV.  I'm sure RJ would've done somethings differently if he planned to make them a TV series also.

I have heard it said that GRRM wrote his books more like a screenplay or at least as if he planned to adapt it to such.  The creators of the Expanse did something similar which makes sense since they worked under GRRM before publishing the series.  But even with that taken into account a BUNCH of stuff in the Expanse was changed for TV.

 

Wot and The Expanse are my top 2 book series and the their respective shows are in my top 5.

[Goathill]

On 3/14/2026 at 10:41 AM, Skipp said:

On 3/14/2026 at 6:12 AM, Sabio said:

You forget series like GOT, Seven kingdoms were planned to be TV series. WOT wasn't.   It's easier to stick to the story/stay true to the books when the author already planned for them to go to TV.  I'm sure RJ would've done somethings differently if he planned to make them a TV series also.

I have heard it said that GRRM wrote his books more like a screenplay or at least as if he planned to adapt it to such.  The creators of the Expanse did something similar which makes sense since they worked under GRRM before publishing the series.  But even with that taken into account a BUNCH of stuff in the Expanse was changed for TV.

 

Wot and The Expanse are my top 2 book series and the their respective shows are in my top 5.

Whether or not RJ wrote it like a screenplay or not does not change the fact Rafe sidelined Rand, totally changed the magic system, destroyed the Dragon plotline, and maligning characters for no reason.

 

Change the names of the character and places and the TV series would never be mistook by book readers as the same story.

 

[Sunrise Lord]

Personally, I don’t like the tv adaptation. Would’ve been better as an animated series imo.  However, I don’t think WoT should have been brought to the screen period. 

[Blueberry]

Sad to hear its definitely over. I really enjoyed the 3rd season, it captured the energy of the book I had in mind while reading it; the weaves were very similar to what I imagined, they even made them distinct to each person in S3. That being said, I had to look at it as another spinning of the wheel to get past some alterations. Much like in Hunger Games they changed or cut characters completely. 

 

At least there is some new fun fantasy coming our way. 😕

 

The comics have been really nice to see, I agree that an animated show is a good idea. Maybe in 5-10 years it will be picked up in some form, studios cycle through stories fast these days.