Wheel of Time Fans Push Revival

- The series was officially canceled in May 2025 after three seasons. Reports suggested the show's high production cost was difficult to justify based on its viewership numbers when compared to other Prime Video tentpoles like *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power*. - Showrunner Rafe Judkins defended making changes from the novels, stating his focus was on conveying the "emotional truth of the characters" for television. An example he gave was expanding the on-screen relationships between Rand, Lanfear, and Egwene in Season 3, which were not prominent in the corresponding book, *The Shadow Rising*. - The series premiere was one of Prime Video's most-watched, topping 1.1 billion minutes viewed for its first three episodes, according to Nielsen. Viewership for the third season's debut week hit 534 million minutes, an increase over the Season 2 premiere. - Despite the series' cancellation, it spurred a significant increase in book sales for Robert Jordan's novels. The book series has sold over 100 million copies worldwide, with 5 million of those sales occurring since the end of 2020, coinciding with the show's production and release. - Early criticisms from book readers focused on specific plot changes, such as giving the character Perrin a wife who he then accidentally kills in the first episode, a departure from the source material meant to create a tragic backstory. - The show was a massive international production headquartered at the purpose-built, 344,000-square-foot Jordan Studios in Prague. Filming for the third season also took place in South Africa and Morocco. - One of the core narrative changes in the first season that drew fan criticism was turning the identity of the Dragon Reborn into a central mystery, whereas the book's narrative does not treat it as a "whodunnit".