By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 2, 2018 4:00 pm EST
The series is “set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists, but only women can use it. The story follows Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the ‘Aes Sedai’ as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women. Moiraine believes one of them might be the reincarnation of an incredibly powerful individual, whom prophecies say will either save humanity or destroy it.”
NBC originally purchased the rights to the book series in 1990, with plans of turning it into a miniseries. That never happened, and in 2008, Universal Pictures optioned the books, hoping to turn them into feature films. That, too, never got off the ground. In 2015, however, FXX aired a low-budget TV adaptation called Winter Dragon, based on the book The Eye of the World. It featured Billy Zane!
Winter Dragon
Writer Rafe Judkins, who will also serve as showrunner, added: “For so many people, including me, this book series has served as a world to escape to, to lose yourself in, to devour and inhabit completely. And I couldn’t be more honored to be the one finally bringing that world to life on screen, for old fans to lose themselves in all over again and new fans to discover for the very first time.”
