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It Was Probably Always Going to End This Way for Amazon’s Wheel of Time Show
- Amazon decided to cancel The Wheel of Time streaming series and will not produce a Season 4 after three seasons from 2021 to 2024.
- The cancellation stemmed from high production costs and declining viewership, with no renewal announced before Season 3's March 2024 premiere.
- The series adapted Robert Jordan's books, following Rand al-Thor, the Dragon Reborn destined to face the Dark One, and starred Rosamund Pike and Josha Stradowski.
- Fans expressed dismay online, saying 'This isn't fair,' noting the show found its footing in Season 3 but suffered from creative misdirection and an initial teen-angsty tone.
- The cancellation suggests Prime Video may focus resources on other projects like Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, leaving the show's future uncertain despite fan hopes for an animated revival.
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It was probably always going to end this way for Amazon’s Wheel of Time show
Late on Friday, Amazon announced that it was canceling its TV adaptation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, after several uncomfortable weeks of silence that followed the show’s third season finale. Fans of the series can take some cold comfort in the fact that it apparently wasn’t an easy decision to make. But as we speculated in our write-up of what ended up being the show’s series finale, an expensive show with a huge cast, tons of comp…
“For f**k sakes”: Fans react to Prime Video cancelling The Wheel of Time
Fans are in uproar following the cancellation of Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time. On 23 May, Deadline announced that the popular streamer had opted not to renew the fantasy drama for a fourth season. While Prime Video enjoyed the creative direction of The Wheel of Time, its pricey budget and the “current economic environment” were the main reasons behind its cancellation. Sources also told the news outlet that season three’s overall performances…
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