What to Watch in November: 30 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies
The very busy month ahead will bring the return of Dexter, a live-action take on Cowboy Bebop, a fantasy series adaptation of The Wheel of Time books, two new Marvel shows, a promising Beatles miniseries from Peter Jackson, and more.
In the gallery on this page our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in the next month, listed in order by premiere date.
Fantasy series debuts November 19 on Prime Video
In its quest for its own Game of Thrones, Amazon isn't putting all of its (dragon) eggs in one basket. In addition to next year's Lord of the Rings series, another epic fantasy novel adaptation is headed to Prime Video this fall. Amazon has already committed to at least two seasons of The Wheel of Time, which adapts the best-selling book series by Robert Jordan (and, after his death, Brandon Sanderson) that spans 14 individual novels plus a prequel. There have been several prior attempts to bring the books to both TV and the big screen, but the massive scope of the series made those projects ultimately untenable.
Amazon, however, seems to have plenty of cash to throw at such an ambitious project. (Specifically, at least $10 million per episode.) The streamer's adaptation stars Rosamund Pike and comes from former Survivor contestant (and writer on Agents of SHIELD and Chuck) Rafe Judkins and like the books is set in a world where magic exists but only a select group of women are allowed to use it. (If you are keeping score at home, that makes two shows this year created by Survivor contestants—and the other one was pretty great.) The first three episodes stream on day one, followed by five additional weekly installments on Fridays. Season 2 has already begun filming (albeit with a different actor, Donal Finn rather than Barney Harris, playing Mat Cauthon), and Judkins has a total of eight seasons planned out if Amazon agrees to move forward.
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