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Ever since Game of Thrones generated enough gold for HBO to make a Lannister green with envy, other networks have been trying to replicate the formula. I’m having trouble coming up with a single success story (MTV’s Shannara Chronicles ain’t it), but Amazon seems likely to have done it with its The Lord of the Rings prequel. Unfortunately that show doesn’t arrive until sometime next year. Until then, we’ve got The Wheel of Time (Nov. 19).
I’m not trying to piss off any fans of the long-running book series—created by the late Robert Jordan and finally finished (after a couple decades, 11 books, and the author’s death) by one-man fantasy factory Brandon Sanderson—when I say that its appeal is, er, less universal than that of Game of Thrones. HBO wisely eased viewers into the more overtly geeky aspects of that series (itself based on a bunch of very thick novels) by dressing up the first few seasons in faux-historical political intrigue. But The Wheel of Time in firmly in The Lord of the Rings territory when it comes to its made-up world, which is filled with real magic and monsters in ways that can’t be as easily backgrounded.
If it hopes to appeal to anywhere nearly as broad an audience, it’s going to have to be really good, with top-notch acting and production values that will win over people inclined to take one look at a plot description filled with made up words and apostrophes and click on by. And while I’ve only read one of the novels myself, and thus am no expert, my instincts (and the trailer) tells me this show will not become the next water cooler sensation. But maybe it will be good enough to make Amazon continue adapting the many, many books in the saga.
Also on Prime Video this month is The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (Nov. 5), a biopic starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role. Louis Wain, if you haven’t heard of him, is an artist whose work is credited with popularizing the ownership of cats as domestic pets (as opposed to household pest control) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. So he’s basically the patron saint of the internet, is what I’m saying.
Here’s everything else coming to the streaming service this month, including the third season of Hanna (Nov. 24), a show I forget instantly every time I click past its icon in my queue; and Always Jane (Nov. 12), a new four-episode documentary series following the life of a transgender teenager.
What’s coming to Amazon Prime Video in November 2021
Arriving Nov. 1
- 50/50 (2011)
- Alien (1979)
- Alien 3 (1992)
- Alien Resurrection (1997)
- Alien vs. Predator (2004)
- Alpha Dog (2005)
- American Assassin (2017)
- Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
- Bringing Down the House (2003)
- Casanova, Last Love (2021)
- Cast Away (2000)
- Children of Men (2006)
- Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
- Dan in Real Life (2007)
- Dead Poets Society (1989)
- Dragonball Evolution (2009)
- Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000)
- Eragon (2006)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
- Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
- Hope Springs Eternal (2018)
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
- In Time (2011)
- It’s Complicated (2009)
- Jane Eyre (2011)
- Jingle All the Way (1996)
- Jingle All the Way 2 (2014)
- Johnny English (2003)
- Kung Pow: Enter The Fist (2002)
- Major Payne (1995)
- Meet Dave (2008)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Predator 2 (1990)
- Rushmore (1999)
- Sleeping With the Enemy (1991)
- Snatch (2000)
- Stuck on You (2003)
- The Big Year (2011)
- The Black Dahlia (2006)
- The Constant Gardener (2005)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
- The House Bunny (2008)
- The Nutty Professor (1996)
- The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
- Three Men and a Baby (1987)
- Undercover Brother (2002)
- Vanity Fair (2004)
- Vantage Point (2008)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Wild Hogs (2007)
- Wimbledon (2004)
- Baking with Julia: Season 1
- Baptiste: Season 1
- Courage the Cowardly Dog: Season 1
- Family Business: Season 1
- Irresponsible: Season 1
- Ladies of the Law: Season 1
- Magellan: Season 1
- Mega Disasters: Season 1
- Native America: Season 1
- Noggin Knows: Season 1
- Power Book II: Ghost: Season 1
- Rectify: Season 1
- Red Road: Season 1
- The Lucy Show: Season 1
- The Restaurant: Season 1
- The Roy Rogers Show: Season 1
- Under Suspicion: Season 1
- Wheeler Dealers: Season 1
Arriving Nov. 5
- The Electrical Life of Louis Wain — Amazon Original Movie (2021)
- Snowmance (2017)
- The Spruces And The Pines (2017)
- Pete the Cat — Amazon Original Series: New Episodes
- Tampa Baes — Amazon Original Series: Season 1
Arriving Nov. 12
- Mayor Pete — Amazon Original Movie (2021)
- Finding You (2021)
- Always Jane — Amazon Original Series: Season 1
Arriving Nov. 16
Arriving Nov. 19
- Everybody Loves Natti — Amazon Original Series: Season 1
- The Wheel of Time — Amazon Original Series: Season 1
Arriving Nov. 20
- Here Comes The Boom (2012)
Arriving Nov. 24
- Hanna — Amazon Original Series: Season 3
- Do, Re & Mi Holiday Special: Merry Nestivus — Amazon Original Special (2021)
Arriving Nov. 26
- Anni da cane (Dog Years) — Amazon Original Movie (2021)
Arriving Nov. 29
- Burning — Amazon Original Movie (2021)
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