The Wheel of Time has taken its final spin.
DECIDER has verified that the series is no longer being aired on Prime Video. Deadline, the source of the news, mentioned financial reasons as the cause for the series’ termination, but also acknowledged that the executives at the streaming platform appreciated the series from a creative standpoint. The report mentioned that Prime Video and Sony Pictures Television, co-producers of the series, will continue to back The Wheel of Time Season for its Emmys campaign.
The cast of the Prime Video series based on Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time book series includes Rosamund Pike (who also served as an executive producer), Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, Natasha O’Keeffe, Zoë Robins, Sophie Okonedo, Marcus Rutherford, Dónal Finn, Ceara Coveney, Kate Fleetwood, Ayoola Smart, Kae Alexander, Priyanka Bose, Hammed Animashaun, among others.
The third and final season was released in March, with DECIDER’s Meghan O’Keefe describing it as the most visually striking season of the show in her The Wheel of Time Season 3 review. She praised Season 3 for its impressive ensemble of actors and storytelling prowess, calling it a captivating experience—though she noted a decline towards the end of the season.
“Everything is great in The Wheel of Time Season 3 up until the end,” she wrote. “After the highs of the rest of the season, The Wheel of Time Season 3 Episode 8 feels like a slumping afterthought. The conclusions to most of the major storylines feels rushed. The show’s vast scope quickly contracts. Massive changes are made from the books to streamline potential future seasons and they leave tragically bitter aftertastes.”
In an interview with DECIDER ahead of The Wheel of Time‘s Season 3 release, Pike shared that she is “very proud” of how women can see themselves in the Aes Sedai.
“Robert Jordan wrote this fantasy series that people, namely women, who had never previously been able to read themselves into fantasy so easily, suddenly had role models everywhere in this series,” she continued.
Pike acknowledged that “Jordan wrote a very, very modern tale, which we know.”
“But I think the way the show’s been cast and what we’ve looked for in the diversity and even, you know, on all fronts — whether it’s in terms of ability or neurodiversity or race — we’ve really wanted to be inclusive in the Aes Sedai because power is everywhere. I think that’s the message we want to set forth. That power is — beauty, yes — but also power is another thing that isn’t governed by one particular look.”
The Wheel of Time Seasons 1-3 are streaming on Prime Video.
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