What is the Next Game of Thrones?

Amazon’s fantasy series with big budgets “The Wheel of Time”It has arrived on the

Streaming

platform.

Rosamund Pike, an Oscar-nominated actress, stars in the series. It adapts Robert Jordan’s 14-book fantasy series on the struggle between humans and a deity. “the Dark One.”

The new Amazon series is quite different from the previous. “Game of Thrones,”Because it shares the same genre, and is similar in terms production size, it has been compared.

According to GQJeff Bezos, Amazon founder, stated in the “Amazon Unbound” book that he wanted his own “Game of Thrones”When expanding Amazon Prime Video

It looks like he’s got it now: The first three episodes “The Wheel of Time”They are available now, and the series is already in production Renewed for a second Season

Here are some things viewers need to know “The Wheel of Time”Before they binge.

“The Wheel of Time”This is a magical fantasy story that only women can tell.

Like many fantasy tales, it begins with a mysterious hero hiding in a poor village.

Rosamund Pike (Moraine Dmodred), a legendary Aes sedai who can channel magic from the well known the The, is Moraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike). “One Power,”Comes to the village of the Two-Rivers to find the chosen one.

Instead, she discovers multiple candidates who could become the Dragon Reborn: Perrin Aybara (Marcus Rutherford), Rand al’Thor (Josha Strowski), and Mat Cauthon (Barney Harris), a blacksmith.

The Amazon series differs from the books in that it changed the number of options for the chosen one to five instead of three, adding Egwene Al’Vere (Madeleine Madden) and Nynaeve al’Meara (Zoë Robins), who can both channel the “One Power.”

“The Dark One,”A deity and the main antagonist of the series, can sense one of these characters to be the Dragon Reborn and sends evil forces after them.

The original Dragon was the only one to be able to secure the deity’s prison from the deity the last time he tried to escape. Moraine, along with Lan Mandragon (Daniel Henney), is her trusted sidekick and swordsman, must protect the chosen ones. This forces them to leave their villages to seek refuge until they find out who will stop them. “The Dark One”For good.

In “The Wheel of Time,”Men who use magic are shot and killed.

The only thing that sets the series apart from fantasy stories is how magic works.

The Wheel of Time controls the passing of time or, at the very least, the passing of ages. This is how the Aes Sedai get their well of power. This power is only available to women.

Although the original Dragon could only be accessed by a man, the power well has been corrupted to the male side and male users are now unable to access it.

This means women have a significant position in society, even if they are unable to channel. “One Power.”

Aes Sedai are also fearful, as many believe that they actually work. “The Dark One.”

“Game of Thrones”Actually, was inspired by “The Wheel of Time” books.

Amazon’s series comes out many years after the success. “Game of Thrones”TV adaptation “Game of Thrones”George R. R. Martin’s inspiration was Jordan’s book series. Entertainment WeeklyThat “GoT”Without them, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed. “The Wheel of Time.”

“[Jordan’s] own work really made my series possible,”Martin responded to a question on how Jordan’s death in 2007, whose real name was Jim Rigney, affected him.

“Jordan essentially broke the trilogy template that [“The Lord of the Rings” author J. R. R.] Tolkien helped set up. He showed us how to do a book that’s bigger than a trilogy,”He concluded. “I don’t think my series would’ve been possible without ‘The Wheel of Time’ being as successful as it was.”

However, “The Wheel of Time”There are many differences between “Game of Thrones.”This series is much more magic-based, and less political.

Amazon’s series has more diversity in race and gender. The TV adaptation of “Game of Thrones”was criticized for not allowing enough diversity and objectifying peoples of color.

Star Rosamund Pike dismissed any comparisons “Game of Thrones,” however.

The cast and showrunners have addressed this issue. “Game of Thrones”Comparison with Pike tellingThe Independentthat the series isn’t trying to be “the next ‘Game of Thrones”Because they are different.

“[‘The Wheel of Time’] is a lot more female-centric,”She said: “The Wheel of Time”Premiere earlier in the week “It’s a lot more diverse. It shows this vision of female power, which is just really cool and incredibly modern for the 1990s when Robert Jordan was writing.”

“It’s a world that strives for balance and female power and male power. You need both to make a stable world,”Pike was added.

The Amazon series has undergone significant improvements to its source material.

While the Amazon series has only three episodes released, many fans will have already noticed differences to the original book.

First, Moraine is the main protagonist in the series, instead of the Two-River Villagers who are young adults. They also have more people on the list of suspects for the chosen one, which gives the story more mystery that the books.

Stradowski plays Rand The MetroHowever, the cast and crew still want to do it. “the books justice.”

“We do want to do the books justice, and especially [showrunner] Rafe [Judkins] who grew up with ‘The Wheel of Time.’ He knows the heart and the soul of these characters so we talk about that,”The actor spoke in part.

The series isn’t adapting the books in any particular order. Judkins shared on Twitter that the first season adapts most the first book but also includes stories from the second and the third. The end of the original book will remain for future seasons.

—The Wheel Of Time (@TheWheelOfTime) September 2, 2021

The showrunner Forwarded DeadlineHe says he can see the show running for eight seasons, so that fans can see how many of the storylines from the book end up in the adaptation.

Judkins RadioTimes.comHe knew that fans might be interested in him. “hate”He feels the changes but not “good about the decisions.”