The fantasy genre arguably holds some of the most adventure-hungry fans of any other genre. Their near insatiable appetite was brought into sharp focus when George R.R. Martin‘s critically acclaimed novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire was adapted into the beloved HBO fantasy series, Game of Thrones. Thanks to great writing and equally great performances from its stars, the show became the gold standard within the fantasy genre, and the race was on to recapture that same magic in subsequent shows across other networks.
In the aftermath of Game of Thrones‘ contentious ending, it seemed that the pathway to greatness for other fantasy shows had never been clearer. Step forward Netflix and its hit fantasy series, The Witcher, which stars Henry Cavill in the lead role while adapting Andrzej Sapkowski‘s world-renowned book series centered on the eponymous monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia. A couple of years later, Prime Video rolled in with a couple of big hitters themselves, as Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time series and its other major TV fantasy blockbuster, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, came to the forefront. For many, The Wheel of Time looked in prime position to sate the same fantasy-hungry audience that adored Game of Thrones. However, after a three-season run, the decision was reached to cancel the live-action series.
There remains an audience for adaptations of the book series, written by Robert Jordan but ultimately finished by fellow author Brandon Sanderson, and now, The Wheel of Time is back in a new form. iwot Studios, which owns the rights to Jordan’s beloved fantasy novel series, has announced that it is working on a series of new The Wheel of Time projects. These include an animated series, a set of feature films, and a video game. The company has partnered up with Thomas Wu, whose credits include work on the hit Netflix animated series Arcaneand the video game upon which it was based, Riot Games’ League of Legends. Also involved in the production is Initiate Entertainment.
Collider Exclusive · Middle-earth Quiz Which Lord of the Rings Race Do You Belong To? Hobbit · Elf · Dwarf · Man · Orc
Middle-earth is home to many peoples — the courageous, the ancient, the stubborn, the ambitious, and the wretched. Ten questions will determine which race truly claims your soul. The answer may surprise you. Or it may confirm what you already suspected.
🌿Hobbit
🌟Elf
⚒️Dwarf
⚔️Man
💀Orc
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What does your ideal day look like? How we rest reveals as much as how we fight.
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How do you feel about the passing of time? Our relationship with mortality shapes everything we value.
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Danger is approaching. Your first instinct is to: Fight, flight, or something in between — it’s more revealing than you’d think.
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You stumble upon a great treasure. What do you feel? What we desire — and what we do about it — is the true test.
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How important is community and belonging to you? No race of Middle-earth is truly alone — but some prefer it that way.
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How ambitious are you, honestly? Ambition is neither virtue nor vice — it depends entirely on what you want.
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Where do you feel most at home in the natural world? Middle-earth is vast — and every race has its place within it.
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What kind of strength do you most respect? Every race defines strength differently — and they’re all at least a little right.
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What do you want to leave behind when you’re gone? Legacy is the story we tell ourselves about why any of this matters.
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Be honest — what do you actually want most out of life? The truest question always comes last.
Middle-earth Has Spoken You Belong To…
The race that claimed the most of your answers is your true kin. If two tied, both are shown — you walk between worlds.
◆ A TIE — YOU WALK BETWEEN TWO RACES ◆
🌿
Your Race
The Hobbits
You are, at your core, a creature of comfort, community, and quiet joy — and there is nothing small about that. Hobbits are proof that heroism does not require ambition, that the bravest heart can beat inside the most unassuming chest. You value good food, warm hearths, close friends, and a world that stays largely untroubled by dark lords and quests. When adventure does find you — and it will — you rise to it not because you sought it, but because the people you love needed you to. That is not ordinary. That is the rarest kind of courage in all of Middle-earth.
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Your Race
The Elves
Ancient, graceful, and carrying a weight of memory most mortals cannot fathom, you are one of the Elves. You see the world in its fullness — its beauty, its impermanence, the unbearable ache of watching everything you love eventually fade. You pursue perfection not from pride, but because excellence is how you honour the time you have been given. Others may see you as remote or melancholy. They are not wrong, exactly. But they mistake depth for distance. You feel everything — which is precisely why you have learned to carry it so quietly.
⚒️
Your Race
The Dwarves
Stubborn, proud, fiercely loyal, and possessed of a work ethic that would exhaust most other races before breakfast — you are Dwarf-kind through and through. You do not ask for approval and you do not offer it cheaply. Your loyalty, once given, is given for life. Your grudges last longer. You love deeply and defend ferociously, and the things you build — with your hands, with your sweat, with generations of accumulated craft — are made to last. Not for glory. Because anything worth doing is worth doing properly, and you have never once done anything by half measures.
⚔️
Your Race
The Race of Men
Mortal, ambitious, flawed, and magnificent — you belong to the most complicated race in Middle-earth, and that complexity is your greatest strength. Men are capable of cowardice and extraordinary bravery, of cruelty and breathtaking sacrifice, sometimes within the same breath. You feel the urgency of your finite years, and it drives you. You want to matter. You want to leave something behind. You fall, and you rise, and the rising is what defines you. Tolkien called mortality the Gift of Men — not a curse, but a fire that burns bright precisely because it does not burn forever. That fire is you.
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Your Race
The Orcs
Brutal, survivalist, and contemptuous of anything that can’t defend itself — you answered with the instincts of an Orc, and there is a certain savage honesty in that. You do not dress up your desires in polite language or pretend you want things you don’t. You want power, survival, and to never be at the bottom of any hierarchy ever again. Orcs are not evil by nature — they were made from something that was once good, and broken into this shape by forces they did not choose. What remains is fierce, territorial, and deeply aware that the world is not kind. You’ve made your peace with that. The question is what you do with it.
‘The Wheel of Time’ Revival Is Playing the Long Game
Spearheading the revival are iwot Studios CEO Rick Selvage and chief operating officer Larry Mondragon, alongside Wu and Initiate Entertainment’s Anthony Borquez. There is a clear course of action outlined by the quartet as they are «targeting a young audience and designed to grow the franchise’s global footprint.” The plan is to release The Wheel of Time video game on PC and mobile, and is “aimed at broadening the franchise’s reach across platforms and engaging fans worldwide.” The Wheel of Time is based on the lengthy fantasy epic by Jordan, with the legend of Rand al’Thor told across 14 novels. Unfortunately, Jordan passed away before finishing the story, but thankfully, he left notes for fellow fantasy author Sanderson to follow and complete the final books in the series. There is so much depth in The Wheel of Time novels and the revival looks poised to explore it. “I see tremendous opportunity in expanding The Wheel of Time into fully authentic, integrated, interactive, and animated storytelling experiences,” Vu said in a statement. “The depth of the mythology provides a foundation for sustained, multi-platform franchise growth.”
Stay tuned to Collider for updates on The Wheel of Time revival.
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