Amazon Studios is doing an upcoming TV series adaptation of The Wheel of Time, the epic fantasy series by Robert Jordan (and finished by Brandon Sanderson after Robert Jordan's death).
Our first major bit of news on the series: Rosamund Pike (titular character of Gone Girl, Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day, and Princess Andromeda in Wrath of the Titans)...:
...has been cast as Lady Moiraine Damodred, better known as Moiraine Sedai (if you're not familiar with the book series, she is an Aes Sedai, the Wheel of Time equivalent of a sorceress):
Welcome to the world of the wheel. Showrunner Rafe Judkins previews his take on Robert Jordan's best-selling fantasy series, in which Rosamund Pike leads the cast as Moiraine.