Will This Be Amazon's "Next Game of Thrones"?
Every entertainment company is frantically looking for "the next Game of Thrones" now that the original fantasy-themed blockbuster show is off the air. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is attacking this space from a couple of angles, including a prequel series to The Lord of the Rings and a show based on Conan the Barbarian.
But those efforts are still evolving. Amazon's first attempt to publish a substitute for Game of Thrones will be Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, where the showrunners have found actors for six of the story's marquee heroes. This show will start shooting in a couple of months, under the producing auspices of Amazon Prime Video and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures Television.
Rosamund Pike reading up on her character, Moiraine Damodred. Image source: Official Twitter account for The Wheel of Time on Prime.
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