Long-time Slashdot reader flogger shares Amazon Prime’s first trailer for its upcoming Wheel of Time series. GameSpot reports:
The first three episodes will arrive on Friday, November 19, with new episodes arriving every Friday afterward, leading to the Season 1 finale on December 24.
The Wheel of Time is based on the best-selling fantasy novels by Robert Jordan, which sold more than 90 million books… The original book series was made up of 15 novels published between 1990 and 2013. Jordan died in 2007 while working on the 12th book, and left behind notes intended to help someone else finish the series. Brandon Sanderson took up the role, and now serves as a consulting producer on the Amazon series…
The series is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television. The first three episodes of season one will premiere together on Friday, November 19, with new episodes available each Friday following. The season finale will air on December 24.
Here’s how Variety summarizes the story. The power Aes Sedai organization and “a group of other adventurers head off on a journey across the world. However, one of the members of the group is the Dragon Reborn, who will save humanity or destroy it.
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