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The Rosamund Pike-led fantasy series based on Robert Jordan's novels is wrapping production on its first season.

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00:00Amazon has handed out an early season 2 renewal for The Wheel of Time, starring Rosamund Pike.

00:05The pickup of the fantasy series, based on Robert Jordan's best-selling novels,

00:09comes as production is wrapping on season 1 in the Czech Republic.

00:12A premiere date for the series hasn't been set yet.

00:15The series starring Pike is set in a world where magic exists

00:18and only a select group of women are allowed to access it.

00:21Pike plays a character who arrives in the small town of Two Rivers.

00:24From there, she undertakes a world-spanning journey with five young men and women,

00:28one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.

00:33Co-head of television at Amazon Studios, Vernon Sanders said,

00:36The Wheel of Time is a beloved series of fantasy novels from Robert Jordan,

00:40renowned for the rich world and diverse characters he created.

00:43He went on to say,

00:44In partnership with a team at Sony Pictures Television,

00:47we wanted our Prime Video customers to be delighted that a second season is already in the works,

00:51so that they would know that the journey would continue.

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00:57For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.