Well that's concerning. Apparently Harris went silent on social media a while ago and hasn't been seen in any season 2 filming photos. I wonder if something happened? Only reasons I can think of for a sudden disappearance and recast like this are all not good things...
Liandrin is present throughout that book, she's in the prologue and the early chapters in Fal Dara.
Based on what we've seen so far from casting announcements (list here), it seems likely that season one will be adapting at least the first part of The Great Hunt. We haven't seen any Seanchan or...
Snark aside, this makes me hope that maybe we'll get to see Tam a little more often than in the books. Bit of a shame to waste that actor on a character that shows up at the very beginning and then disappears for several books. Maybe they could show him and Abell going to Tar Valon?
Replying to Alora Sionn:
As much as I would love to see Odo in Wheel of Time, the guy's 79 years old now. I doubt he'd sign on to a (hopefully) very long project.
Only filming locations announced so far are Central Europe: https://www.kftv.com/news/2019/06/25/amazons-wheel-of-time-to-film-prague-slovenia-and-croatia-
Looks like that's all for today, so to sum up:
Josha Stradowski as Rand Al'Thor
Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara
Zoë Robins as Nynaeve Al'meara
Barney Harris as Mat Cauthon
Madeleine Madden as Egwene Al'Vere
Supposedly they're starting to film next month, so I'm hoping for a bit more than just one actor reveal. Presumably they're done or almost done casting by now so it's just a matter of what they feel they're ready to announce.