Left Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 So it just got announced that Sony is producing the Wheel of Time tv series!!!! Link Here Unfortunately it looks like Red Eagle managed to keep its name on the thing, but hopefully they won't be involved in the development at all. So far, it looks like good news. Harriet's gonna be involved, they have experienced people working on it, there's definitely potential. Here's hoping it works out 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormingTexan Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Hope this happens! I think GoT proved how well fantasy adaptations work over a TV series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modal Seoul Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's time to toss the dice! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteLeeopard Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 If properly done this could be amazing. And here they likely have 20 seasons easy if they want to make it long Wonder if that would be two whole seaons of the Last Battle. Talk about the longest cinematographic battle! Then again I'd be happy to shorten the whole Ebou Dar arc to 3 episodes... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashan’Elin Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Yes! I'm really hopeful for this. And, really, the bar is set pretty low for WoT TV adaptions. (Lookin' at you, 5-minute terrible clip!) Anything they do has to be better than that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jofwu Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 My expectations are low. A LOT of things have to go the right way for this to be done well. GoT did great, yeah. But I don't think Wheel of Time will translate to modern television as easily as got ASoIaF did. And I don't think the source material appeals as broadly. GoT is practically House of Cards with swords and dragons. It's got sexualized nudity in every episode. Every other character is as morally gray as Walter White. It's got shock factor moments cranked to 11. People eat this stuff up. Wheel of Time is much more traditional. There are gray characters, but the overall story is about black and white good versus evil. There's actually quite a bit of nudity, but 90% of it is women baring their breasts at girls-only meetings. The action and story relies heavily on magic, which won't be cheap or easy to portray. Not to mention all of the fantastical creatures. The story itself gets critiqued even among fans. Yes, I'm being hard. Maybe exaggerating. But my point is that WoT isn't GoT. Just because GoT proved there's a market for fantasy, it doesn't mean you can just throw money at WoT and expect it to do well. And so far I've only questioned what the show will be able to do if everything else goes well. That is ASSUMING they get the necessary budget, that the writers do a good job adapting the books, that the executives don't break things that they don't understand, etc. We'll see what happens. I'd rather have low expectations and be pleasantly surprised if it turns out to be something I'm excited to share with others. And if the low expectations turn out to be accurate, I can still enjoy it for what it is until it gets cancelled. Hopefully my skepticism is misguided. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 21 minutes ago, jofwu said: Hopefully my skepticism is misguided. I generally agree with your sentiment here. With that said, I did find a small kernel of hope in the fact that Harriet will be directly involved. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedal Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Maybe I'll finally finish the story... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modal Seoul Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 5 hours ago, Jedal said: Maybe I'll finally finish the story... Wait, what??!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erunion Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 I really want to be excited for this, but adapting WOT to a good TV show is gonna be hard. Blood and ashes, the effects budget alone! Not to mention the absolutely vital necessity of good casting. This thing will need to have fantastic characterizations to carry over to a broader audience, because the series is extremely heavy/reliant. People will have to love the core group. I want them to. I still love the characters. But it'll take great acting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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