Wheel of Time Amazon Series Casting Announcements



The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.

Big news day for those looking forward to Amazon's Wheel of Time series - myself included.

We've got our main Two Rivers characters. I'll run through them again, and add the casting of Rosamund Pike.

Rosamund Pike as Moraine:



Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara:



Zoe Robins as Nyanaeve al'Meara:



Barney Harris as Mat Cauthon:



Madeleine Madden as Egwene al'Vere:



Josha Stradowski as Rand al'Thor:

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Seems promising!

Since that I am not overly attached to the books (I own them (in paperback), I read them, and I enjoyed them) I suppose that means that I'm looking forward to the adaptation. Whereas with Amazon's Middle-earth series, I am attached (quite strongly) to Tolkien's works, so my interest in the adaptation is fairly low as of now. I am looking forward to Netflix's Narnia, and HBO's His Dark Materials for the same reason. However of the series I've mentioned, I'm attached to His Dark Materials the most. And its trailer was fairly impressive. And it will be 3 seasons (one per book).

But back to The Wheel of Time.

It will be impossible to make everyone happy, and this casting announcement of proof of that. I believe it will be impossible to faithfully adapt 14, 600 page-plus (in mass market paperback) books to TV. Even striving for as much accuracy as Peter Jackson's extended Lord of the Rings trilogy will be a stretch. In terms of accuracy (if we're going by Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings adaptation) expect it to be the same level of accuracy as The Two Towers theatrical edition. Or, some of the Harry Potter films (I'm thinking Goblet of Fire to Deathly Hallows: Part 2). Because of the complexity of the books, challenges of turning one medium into another, the characters, plots etc that run through the series, I expect; if you add everything up, that half of the books will be faithfully adapted. The main thing, though, is that I hope it does well, and catches on. Let;s face it - however The Wheel of Time books may be, they're only really known in the fantasy genre, not 'mainstream' like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones....

I am also looking forward to seeing what type of merchandise comes out. HBO didn't really have much merchandise before Game of Thrones came along.

I've got high hopes for this one, but as ever, I'll reserve judgment until after I've seen the trailer.

I'll close by recommending specific editions of the books which offer the best value for the cost: http://insurrbution.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-editions-for-wheel-of-time.html

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