Tor Books
The long-gestating “Wheel of Time” TV series
adaptation is moving forward with Sony Pictures Television.
The series will be based on the
high fantasy novels written by Robert Jordan, the pen name of James O. Rigney
Jr. There are 14 novels in total, beginning with “The Eye of the World” in 1990
and concluding with “A Memory of Light,” which was finished by Brandon
Sanderson after Jordan’s death in 2007. They follow the quest to find the
Dragon Reborn, who it is said will help unite forces to combat The Dark One.
Sony will produce along with Red
Eagle Entertainment and Radar Pictures. Rafe Judkins is attached to write and
executive produce. Judkins previously worked on shows such as ABC’s
“Agents of SHIELD,” the Netflix series “Hemlock Grove,” and the NBC series
“Chuck.” Red Eagle partners Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon will
executive produce along with Radar’s Ted Field and Mike Weber. Darren Lemke
will also executive produce, with Jordan’s widow Harriet McDougal serving
as consulting producer.
This is the first news on the
series since April of last year, when McDougal shared an update on the planned
adaptation online. “Wanted to share with you exciting news about ‘The
Wheel of Time,’” she wrote on Google+. “Legal issues have been resolved. ‘The Wheel of Time’
will become a cutting edge TV series! I couldn’t be more pleased. Look for the
official announcement coming soon from a major studio.”
An adaptation of “The Wheel of
Time” novels has been in development in one form or another going back as far
as 2000, but the projects mostly never made it past that stage. However, a
pilot episode called “Winter Dragon” aired on FXX back in February 2015
starring Max Ryan and Billy Zane. It aired at 1:30 a.m. with no prior
publicity. After the episode aired, McDougal released a statement saying she had no knowledge of it being
produced.
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/wheel-of-time-tv-series-sony-1202390897/
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