Based on Robert Jordan's best-selling 14-book fantasy series, Prime Video's The Wheel of Time has enough material to keep the adaptation going for years to come. As expected, the streamer wasted no time in announcing that it would be renewing the series for a third season in July 2022 — more than a year before Season 2 dropped.
Season 2 of The Wheel of Time spans the second and third books in the series , The Great Hunt and The Dragon Reborn , tracking the Friends of Two Rivers as they battle new threats (and some very old ones) . Executive producer and showrunner Rafe Judkins shared his "excitement" about producing season three, confirming that the next season will cover Jordan's fourth novel, 1992's The Shadow Rises .
“ Shadow Rises has always been my favorite book series, so it’s an honor and a privilege to be able to bring it to television and introduce new audiences to the stories that made me fall in love with the books in the first place. .Judkins has been working toward this goal since I first pitched the show years ago," Judkins said during the show's Comic-Con presentation.
What is "Shadows Rising" about?
In the 960-page Rise of Shadows , Rand al'tor (played by Jossa Stradowsky) now wields the sword of Carandel, both as the Champion of Light and the One Reborn. dragon. He is also seeking answers to another prophecy about Aiel warriors.
Accompanied by Moiraine Damodred (played by Rosamund Pike), Rand arrived in the Aiel Wastes and obtained the Wise Man's permission to enter the holy city of Rudian. After passing through the doorframe ter'angreal , Moiraine gained prescience while the Aiel waited to see if Rand returned with a weapon bearing the dragon symbol, which would confirm his identity as the Dawnbringer, chieftain of the warrior race. .
Judkins has made significant changes to the source material so far, and it's unlikely that he will follow the book's plot exactly. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), he further teased that season three will be "more complex, richer and deeper" than season two.
"I've always said that you grow up with books. The tone, storytelling and emotion of the first book progress and mature until you reach the incredible depth of the last book," he said at 9 wrote on the 27th. "I hope the show does the same."
Although the cast list for season 3 will be announced soon, Wheel of Time also stars Daniel Henney (al'Lan Mandragoran), Zoe Robbins (Nynaeve al'Meara), Madeleine Madden (Egwene al'Vere), Marcus Rutherford (Perrin Aybara), Donal Finn (Matt Cawthorn) and Ceara Coveney (Ilan Trakander) .
Wheel of Time Season 3 Premiere
Amazon Studios has yet to reveal a premiere date for "Wheel of Time " season 3, but filming has reportedly begun in April. (Stradowski noted in an August interview with Looper that he "just came back from the set.")
However, there may be a wait before the premiere. Production on the second season wraps up in May 2022, with the series premiering in September 2023. The timeline suggests that Season 3 may not return until 2025.
The team promises it will be worth the wait. "It's been amazing to see how the show has found its form," Stradowski said, adding that the next chapter of "The Wheel of Time " will develop like a book series. "In Season 1, we established [the people and the world] and now we can immerse ourselves in it more stylishly."
