The Wheel of Time star Rosamund Pike revealed why she actually thinks the Prime Video collection was canceled and if a fourth season is even attainable. After HBO discovered big success with Sport of Thrones for eight seasons, different networks and streaming companies looked for their very own model of the epic fantasy story.
Earlier than The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy, Prime Video debuted The Wheel of Time, which was canceled earlier this 12 months after solely three seasons.
Whereas selling her new film, Now You See Me: Now You Do not, which shall be launched in theaters on November 14, Pike opened up about Prime Video’s disappointing choice to cancel The Wheel of Time and defined to Collider why the collection was minimize quick after three seasons.
The actor mentioned that audiences weren’t tremendous receptive to The Wheel of Time season 1, which has a 62% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Pike agreed with their preliminary reactions to the present, which was tormented by behind-the-scenes points in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nonetheless, season 2 confirmed main enhancements, in line with Pike, which is mirrored within the 81% Rotten Tomatoes rating from viewers. Then the third season got here round, and “we had our wings absolutely unfold.” Pike referred to as the expertise that 12 months “cohesive” with nice appearing and scripts.
Viewers and critics had been receptive to The Wheel of Time season 3, which earned an 85% Rotten Tomatoes rating from audiences and a powerful 97% from critics.
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The Wheel of Time Rotten Tomatoes Scores |
Critics |
Viewers |
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Season 1 |
81% |
62% |
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Season 2 |
86% |
81% |
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Season 3 |
97% |
85% |
The Wheel of Time‘s upward trajectory season after season additionally led to its demise, claimed Pike, who questioned if the present would nonetheless be round if that top high quality had been there from the very starting. She added that they had been “victims to the horrible churn issue of individuals wanting to indicate that ‘We have a brand new present.’ It is all about what’s new.“
The followers mentioned season 1 wasn’t ok, which I feel I agree with, for a number of causes. We had been beset by COVID in the midst of our capturing. We had some heads of division change. Then, by season 2, we knew what we had been doing, and we supplied up a significantly better season. By season 3, I feel we had our wings absolutely unfold, and we had been displaying the place we had been able to going, and there was a very well-acted, well-written, cohesive, deep present that was attracting powerhouse actors to return and play supporting characters. I feel we confirmed what we had been able to doing with that materials. After all, you surprise, had we began off at that place, would we not have been canceled? Perhaps. I feel we’re presumably victims to the horrible churn issue of individuals wanting to indicate that ‘We have a brand new present.’ It is all about what’s new.
Regardless of its cancellation, The Wheel of Time has had a “profound and significant” impression on folks’s lives. Pike famous that she’s heard from viewers who obtained married or got here out due to the present, and he or she actually needs the executives at Prime Video may’ve been there to listen to these tales after which been moved sufficient to resume the collection for season 4.
I’ve touched the waters of what it is meant to folks, however this was an opportunity for folks to actually categorical, to return with folks they’ve met via The Wheel of Time, individuals who’ve gotten married due to The Wheel of Time, individuals who’ve had the braveness to return out due to The Wheel of Time. There are individuals who wished to finish their lives till they found The Wheel of Time. It is profound and significant, and I simply thought, ‘My God, if I may get the heads of Amazon right here at stage door with me, listening to those tales.’
Regardless that Prime Video does not plan to revive The Wheel of Time, Pike has a dream {that a} completely different studio will step in and save the collection. After that artistic momentum they’d from season 3, the actor is aware of that the forged and crew have the “potential to make an important last sequence of seasons.”
The Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson would give producers an important blueprint for the way to transfer the TV present ahead, however sadly, Pike has needed to settle for the truth that “it is over.” Regardless of not returning to the Wheel of Time set, she and the remainder of the forged and crew stay “unusually shut” to at the present time. That is a present that does not all the time current itself in each film or present.
In my goals, one other studio could be clever and decide it up. Now we have such a tremendous staff now. Now we have the power to make an important last sequence of seasons for this present.
We’re unusually shut. That does not matter, but it surely says one thing. I used to be with [showrunner] Rafe Judkins in London the opposite evening, having dinner. We genuinely are mates now. Zoë Robins, who performs Nynaeve, was texting me this morning, having been to see Inter Alia, my play, within the cinema in New Zealand. I went to the theater with Maja Simonsen, who performs one of many Aiel, final weekend in London. We all know what to do with these books now, so who is aware of? However I feel we’ve to simply accept that it is over.
The TV present could have lasted for less than three seasons on Prime Video, which is disappointing contemplating the collection had a lot potential, however viewers have over a dozen Wheel of Time books they’ll dive into in the event that they wish to preserve exploring this wealthy fantasy world and the characters who inhabit it.
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2021 – 2025-00-00
- Community
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Prime Video
- Showrunner
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Rafe Judkins
- Administrators
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Sanaa Hamri, Ciaran Donnelly, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Thomas Napper, Maja Vrvilo, Wayne Che Yip
- Writers
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Amanda Kate Shuman, Dave Hill, Rohit Kumar, Justine Juel Gillmer, Celine Tune, Rammy Park, The Clarksons Twins, Katherine B. McKenna