After Robert Jordan handed away in 2007, the duty of finishing The Wheel of Time novels went to author Brandon Sanderson, who rose to prominence because of his Mistborn assortment of books. Now, following the cancellation of the live-action sequence on Prime Video after its “greatest season,” the fantasy writer is talking out to provide his ideas on the matter.
Sanderson picked up The Wheel of Time novels from Jordan after his dying, finishing the ultimate three books within the epic saga, with the final one, A Reminiscence of Gentle, printed in 2013. Regardless of his connection to the story, Sanderson says he “wasn’t actually concerned” within the Prime Video sequence, and that his title was used “for legitimacy.” In a video posted to his YouTube channel, a fan requested within the feedback if he had something to say about The Wheel of Time being canceled, and the writer responded:
“I wasn’t actually concerned. Do not know something greater than what’s public. They instructed me they had been renegotiating, and thought it could work out. Then I heard nothing for two months. Then discovered this from the information like everybody else. I do suppose it is a disgrace, as whereas I had my issues with the present, it had a fanbase who deserved higher than a cancellation after the perfect season. I will not miss being largely ignored; they needed my title on it for legitimacy, however to not contain me in any significant approach.”
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Followers nonetheless have not given up hope that it may be saved.
Sanderson’s lack of involvement in The Wheel of Time sequence would not actually come as a lot of a shock, because the present was developed by Rafe Judkins, who took some inventive liberties with the supply materials. Some followers level to this as a motive for it getting the ax, when actually it was a case of economics that led to The Wheel of Time‘s demise, because the present simply grew to become too costly to provide.
Followers Have not Given Up Hope That ‘The Wheel of Time’ Can Be Saved
Whereas it seems for now that The Wheel of Time is formally lifeless because of experiences that there are not any plans to buy it round to a different streaming service, followers have not given up hope. A petition on www.savewot.com has now gathered over 152,000 signatures, and a GoFundMe marketing campaign has introduced in additional than $32,000 to cowl the prices of supplies that might be used to advertise how a lot individuals find it irresistible, and want it to be saved.
Although it seems as if their cries will fall on deaf ears, it is not remarkable for a sequence to be introduced again from the lifeless. Netflix swooped in to select up reveals like Manifest and Lucifer after they’d been canceled by their respective networks, and Amazon got here to the rescue when The Expanse was canceled at SyFy, airing two extra seasons of the beloved sequence.
Stranger issues have occurred within the leisure business, so we’ll have to attend and see how this all performs out, and if the followers could make a distinction. If sufficient individuals scream loud sufficient, possibly somebody like Apple will hear them, as a result of, actually, that is about the one place with the cash to proceed the sequence with out having to make vital adjustments to its manufacturing.
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The Wheel of Time
- Launch Date
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November 18, 2021
- Community
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Prime Video
- Showrunner
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Rafe Judkins