The Wheel of Time origins movie announced with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier director

New epic fantasy coming our way.

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It’s not like continuity will be much of a problem, as the story is set several millennia before the timeline of the main books, charting the emergence of the Dark One and the tragic tales of the Forsaken – leaders “who fell victim to the Dark One’s seduction.” That sounds an awful lot like The Lord of the Rings’ Second Age.

Regardless, it’ll be interesting to see how the world is explored on the big screen and (hopefully) with a huge budget. It’s been a good while since truly epic fantasy literature has been brought to life for cinemas, so we’re curious to see where this is all going. The movie is produced by Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon of iwot productions and Ted Field of Radar Pictures, all of which also executive produce for the aforementioned TV adaptation of The Wheel of Time.