Every fantasy fan should know Robert Jordan’s extensive novel series “The Wheel of Time”. The epic saga was or is being adapted as a series by Amazon, Season 1 premiering in late 2021, Season 2 will begin September 1, 2023 on Prime Video. But that’s not all: the fantasy franchise continues to grow, now a prequel to an animated film titled “The White Tower” busy.
How reports, there is already a screenwriter on board for the project – with plenty of fantasy experience! Zack Stentz wrote the scripts for the Marvel movies Thor and X-Men: First Class, among others. He also worked as a writer and series creator on the Netflix animated series Jurassic World: New Adventures, so he has already made his mark in animation.
“The White Tower”: Not an adaptation, but an original story
describes “The White Tower” as “Inspired by” Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, so there is no direct reference. Zack Stentz will completely redesign the story as an original story. The tower of the same name, of course, is well known to connoisseurs of “The Wheel of Time”: it is the headquarters of the power steering Aes Sedai, which will be the focus of the prequel story.
The White Tower is an action-adventure set in a time before the events ofThe wheel of timePlays. In it, the life of a young girl with a special gift is forever changed when her remote mountain village is plagued by evil. Left alone in a dangerous world, the girl goes to the White Tower to learn how to use her magical powers to save her family and friends.
Adventures for young adults
According to Rick Selvage, CEO of the production company involved in the project, iwot productions, “The White Tower” should (also) be aimed at a younger audience than “The Wheel of Time”: “Translating into animated form gives us the opportunity to expand the Wheel of Time experience by appealing to a young adult audience while staying true to the world that Wheel of Time fans have long loved.”
The White Tower isn’t the first Wheel of Time movie project to be announced since the Amazon series began. In 2021, we reported that a prequel trilogy was planned, the first part of which was titled “Age Of Legends”. However, so far there have been no significant updates to this live action project.