Amazon's Wheel of Time TV series

Apologies if there is a thread on this- couldn't find one.

Looks like the cast have been announced. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/wheel-time-series-amazon-casts-160212334.html

Some of them look pretty close to how I imagined in the books (albeit prettier versions). I'm honestly not sure about this as a series, although I've never been the biggest fan of the books. And if they're going to follow the books then presumably it'll still be airing long after we're all dead and...

Amazon's Wheel of Time TV series