In addition to the ongoing Amazon series, The Wheel of Time will also feature a prequel movie starring The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Kari Skogland, with plans for an epic three-parter. Steps.
Deadline shared the exclusive news, confirming that BAFTA winner and Emmy nominee Kari Skogland will direct the live-action version of the acclaimed fantasy universe Age of Legends. Scripts from “Thor,” “X-Men: First Class” and “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” Zach Stantz. For now, the new series, based on Robert Jordan’s novel, will exist separately from the show co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios.
That’s not to say continuity is going to be a big issue, as the story is set thousands of years before the timeline of the main books, depicting the emergence of the Dark One and the tragic story of the Forsaken – “who became the Dark One’s victim”. lure. ” This sounds a lot like the Second Age of The Lord of the Rings.
Skogland, who is also currently involved in the Cleopatra biopic starring Gal Gadot, shared her excitement and plans for the film: “My vision is to pay homage to the world-building of Jordan’s masterpiece, “While peeling back the layers of legend and myth to reveal the flesh and blood of characters underneath – flawed heroes and villains – ordinary people forced to make extraordinary choices as their worlds crumble.”
Regardless, it will be interesting to see how the world is explored on the big screen (hopefully) with a big budget. It’s been a while since a truly epic fantasy has been brought to cinemas, so we’re curious to see where this is all going. The film is executive produced by Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon of iwot Productions and Ted Field of Radar Pictures, who also executive produced the aforementioned TV adaptation of The Wheel of Time.
