James Oliver Rigney Jr., better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was the author of The Wheel of Time book series, which consists of 14 main books, as well as one prequel novel and other short stories and reference books.
Jordan passed away on September 16, 2007, two years after the publication of the eleventh novel, Knife of Dreams 
(book spoilers!). The final three books of the series were co-authored by Brandon Sanderson, using extensive notes in accordance with his wishes.
General overview[]
Robert Jordan was interested in seeing The Wheel of Time be adapted to a television show. He originally sold the adaptation rights to NBC in 2000, and a series spanning multiple seasons was planned. However, the writers involved departed from NBC, and the rights ended up reverting to Robert Jordan.
He was later contacted by a Japanese company that wanted to adapt the series as an anime film that would cover the events of the first two or three novels, but were uninterested in adapting anything else of the book series. Jordan was uninterested in such an adaptation, and did not wish to sell the rights.[1]
In 2004, Robert Jordan sold the TV, film, video game and comic book rights to Red Eagle Entertainment, a rights-handling company set up to develop multimedia projects based on the novels. This deal was worth approximately $640,000 and was due to last for eleven years, unless a long-running TV series or movie franchise was in production by that time.
Jordan passed away before he could see his book series adapted. His widow Harriet McDougal and others involved in Jordan's estate worked closely with networks interested in adapting the series. In 2015, Red Eagle Entertainment's rights were due to expire, which led to the creation of the short film Winter Dragon. As this was only a twenty-minute short film broadcast at midnight, there was a dispute over rights between the Jordan estate and Red Eagle Entertainment. This was settled when Prime Video ordered an adaptation of The Wheel of Time. Jordan's widow works as a consultant producer on the series. His editorial assistant Maria Simons also provides guidance to showrunner Rafe Judkins, as well as Brandon Sanderson.
Quotes[]
Gallery[]
Images[]
Video[]
[]
External links[]
Robert Jordan on Wikipedia- Robert Jordan (book spoilers!) on the Wheel of Time book series Wiki (book spoilers!).
