The showrunner of Prime Video’s epic fantasy The Wheel of Time, Rafe Judkins gives in a sneak peek new twists and turns in the series, not found in the book
Prime Video within a week of the release of its grand epic series The Wheel of Time has created a stir amongst audiences, critics and fantasy fiction fans. Audiences are liking the little tweaks made to this book to screen adaptation as it brings the grandiosity and illustrious fictitious world to life, and is being called a ‘promising adaptation’.
On receiving such grandiosity for the show, showrunner Rafe Judkins talks about what makes the series a little different from the book: “In the world of The Wheel of Time, one of the most important aspects of it is that men and women use different forms of the One Power — essentially two halves of the One Source — and that in the books, the male half of the source has been corrupted. So, for thousands of years now only women have been able to successfully use this form of magic that they call channeling.” Judkins credits the books with exploring both gender and balance in a very complex and nuanced way, and these timely themes are embedded just as deeply in the adaptation. “I think The Wheel of Time — ultimately when it comes to gender — is a story of balance and how do we find a balance between the two genders and how do we find a balance between male and female, masculine and feminine, and people finding that balance within themselves as well.” Judkins hopes that “the fans of the books and people who come to the show that haven’t read the books before — on the second and third watching — they will notice little things in the lighting, the production design, the costumes, the lines that the characters say, the music that you hear, all of that should hopefully reveal more the more you listen to it and watch it.”
The first three episodes of The Wheel of Time released on Prime Video on November 19, 2021, following a weekly release of new episodes every Friday thereafter. The fantasy series will be available in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu only on Prime Video.
