It’s been a roller coaster of a week for The Wheel of Time fans. On Wednesday, July 12th, Prime Video released new key art for the anticipated second season. The unveiled art features series regulars Rosamund Pike as Moiraine Damodred, Daniel Henney as Lan Mandragoran, Josha Stradowski as Rand al’Thor, Zoë Robins as Nynaeve al’Meara, Madeleine Madden as Egwene al’Vere, Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara, and Dónal Finn as Mat Cauthon. Eagle-eyed fans also noticed that this seems to be our first official look at the revamped weaves showrunner Rafe Judkins previously hinted at in a Q&A.
On Thursday, Prime Video released a sneak peek of several upcoming 2023 titles for Prime Day. The brief 3 second teaser for The Wheel of Time contained new images of Moiraine in Cairhien, Egwene channeling the One Power, and a myrddraal shrieking.
Most recently, the official accounts shared season 2 cosplay guides for Ayoola Smart as Aviendha, Fares Fares as The Dark One (now removed), and our first official confirmation of Lady Suroth (whom we believe is being portrayed by Karima McAdams).
Lady Suroth: start growing those nails now… pic.twitter.com/xXc6A9qA1R
— The Wheel Of Time (@TheWheelOfTime) July 14, 2023
San Diego Comic-Con Panel Cancelled
Unfortunately, the previously planned panel for The Wheel of Time at San Diego Comic-Con was cancelled after SAG-AFTRA announced that they would be going on strike and joining the WGA on the picket lines. While on strike, SAG-AFTRA and WGA members are not allowed to do promotion for any shows, including appearances at a convention.
There has not been any official statement on how this may affect the filming of season 3, which has been underway since April of this year. While a number of the actors are a part of the SAG-AFTRA union, whether or not they are permitted to strike depends on the union the production is working under. According to guidance released by Equity UK, SAG-AFTRA members working in the UK under an Equity contract are advised to continue to work as the strike “is not lawful under United Kingdom legislation.”
We will report on any updates as they become available.
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There has to be a more pragmatic way to get their point across besides striking, it’s just so unnecessarily disruptive. The studios are the target but it’s the fans who suffer. I’ll never support the concept and I’ll never join in if my union ever strikes because I care about others besides myself.
How exactly are you supposed to accomplish anything if you’re not disruptive? You don’t get a massive industry to change if you sit and beg nicely.
It’s not the actors making the fans suffer. It’s the studios not willing to pay fair amounts to the vast majority of their employees. The actors were targeted first by unfair compensation. The strike is necessarily disruptive because they already tried every other avenue. No one wants to go on strike. It’s a last resort, and I 100% support them for standing up for themselves in the face of unnecessary greed.
The only way to protest unfair wages and working conditions is to cutting off the income stream from the capitalist pigs in charge. That’s the only pragmatic option and the only strategy that has ever worked historically. The CEOs will never care about you, so your bootlicking is only an insult to those in the working class.
Fans suffering…. LOL. We live in strange times when slightly diminished entertainment options is considered, “suffering.”
I hope the union gets everything they want and the studios lose enough money that every single time they think about acting like the greedy, capitalistic pigs that they are, a wave of intense fear overtakes them and a little poop comes out their butt.
Striking is good. Fans can be without their entertainment while everything gets sorted. With streaming now we all wait months to years anyway for new seasons.
It seems every year there’s yet another issue impacting production of the Wheel of Time TV show. The way these strikes tend to go on and on, it will be 2028 before we see season three. and 2050 before season 8 lands LOL.