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Amazon Cancels Wheel of Time Prime Video Series After 3 Seasons, Leaving the Story Far From Finished - IGN


Amazon Cancels Wheel of Time Prime Video Series After 3 Seasons, Leaving the Story Far From Finished - IGN

The Wheel of Time has stopped turning on Prime Video after Amazon canceled the series following the end of Season 3.

Deadline reported that Prime Video had decided against renewing Wheel of time for Season 4 after what it described as "lengthy deliberations." Apparently executives like the show, but couldn't make it work financially.

The Wheel of Time is an adaptation of the much-loved fantasy book series of the same name by Robert Jordan, with a cast led by Rosamund Pike. After a shaky first two seasons that had fans of the books in uproar over controversial changes from the source material, Season 3 won over the majority of the fanbase and, it was felt, set up the show for even better things to come.

Fans of the show will be particularly disappointed with the cancelation with so much left of The Wheel of Time's story to tell. In many ways, the show was just getting started.

However, it seems The Wheel of Time cost too much for co-producers Sony Pictures TV and Amazon MGM Studios, the latter of which also makes the super expensive The Lord Of the Rings: The Rings Of Power.

As Deadline put it:

... the Season 3 overall performance was not strong enough compared to the show's cost for Prime Video to commit to another season and the streamer could not make it work after examining different scenarios and following discussions with lead studio Sony TV, sources said.

IGN's The Wheel of Time Season 3 review returned an 8/10. We said: "The Wheel of Time finally achieves its full potential in season 3, which is filled with rich characters finding their place in Robert Jordan's complex fantasy world."

While The Wheel of Time's TV adaptation is dead, a 'AAA Open-World RPG' is in the works. IGN interviewed iwot Studios, which holds the rights to The Wheel of Time, to find out more.

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