The Dragon Reborn is able to trip!
As we speak on the CCXP leisure conference in Sao Paulo, Prime Video unveiled the long-awaited trailer for The Wheel of Time‘s third season and confirmed its March 13, 2025 return. As you’ll be able to see above, the teaser provides a slew of begging-to-be-screengrabbed peeks at how the world has modified since Rand (Josha Stradowski) ascended to his prophesied function because the one one that can both save the world or finish it.
Nonetheless clearly torn between his outdated life and new powers, Rand’s guardian Moiraine (the super Rosamund Pike) and outdated good friend Egwene (Madeleine Madden) have emerged as his two strongest property, but there’s additionally the lingering draw towards his misleading ex, Lanfear (Natasha O’Keefe). We additionally get photographs of Rand’s heroic buddies Mat (Dónal Finn), Perrin (Marcus Rutherford) and Nyeneave (Zoë Robins); Moiraine’s hotter-than-hell warder, Lan (Daniel Henney); her traitorous fellow Aes Sedai Liandrin (Kate Fleetwood); and a slew of characters we’ve met beforehand and some on the horizon. Oh, and a ton of magic and motion!
TBH, Season 3 might be the one which takes Wheel to the subsequent degree. This excessive fantasy gem, sumptuously designed and gorgeously executed, improved exponentially in its lavish second season (that finale was hearth!), and the forged, already a robust ensemble from soar, was injected with some fascinating new additions who’re poised to play key roles in what’s to come back. And if you realize the books, you realize that The Shadow Rising, the fourth entry in Robert Jordan’s 15-book sequence that serves as the premise for the brand new season, is loaded with developments.
Per Prime’s launch, “The threats towards the Mild are multiplying: the White Tower stands divided, the Black Ajah run free, outdated enemies return to the Two Rivers, and the remaining Forsaken are in sizzling pursuit of the Dragon… together with Lanfear, whose relationship with Rand will mark a vital selection between Mild and Darkish for them each. Because the ties to his previous start to unravel and his corrupted energy grows stronger, Rand turns into more and more unrecognizable to his closest allies, Moiraine and Egwene. These highly effective girls, who began the sequence as instructor and pupil, should now work collectively to stop the Dragon from turning to the Darkish…regardless of the fee.”
Showrunner Rafe Judkins, Stradowski, and Madden additionally participated in a panel discussing the sequence and supplied up some behind-the-scenes tales and teases. Sadly, we don’t have any official footage from that, however we belief the sleuths on Reddit and TikTok to have some clips up by the point you end studying this sentence. Yeah, the followers are that good.
The Wheel of Time, Season 3 Premiere, Thursday, March 13, 2025, Prime Video