Amazon releases the first trailer for its Wheel Of Time TV show
Rosamund Pike stars in the fantasy adaptation of Robert Jordan's best-selling books
After years of attempted developments—including one very strange late-night broadcast that Amazon would probably prefer everyone on the planet promptly forget about entirely—the first look at the retail giant’s adaptation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel Of Time books is finally here. Amazon’s big, expensive fantasy adaptation (which isn’t its other, bigger, expensive-er fantasy adaptation) stars Rosamund Pike as Moraine, a powerful witch who’s hunting for the young Chosen One who’s destined to save the world from darkness—or maybe just blow the whole thing up. (The prophecies remain annoyingly unclear.) Will she find him? Will the Dark One (evil) get shoved back into the prison he’s peeking his big, dark head out of? Will someone tug their braid, smooth their skirts, or put fists on hips? (We have to assume we’re in for a pretty hefty amount of braid-tugging here.)