‘God of War’ TV Series a Go at Amazon - Hollywood Reporter

Amazon’s Prime Video is getting into the video crippled adaptation business.

The streamer has greenlit a bid based connected the award-winning PlayStation crippled God of War. The Wheel of Time’s Rafe Judkins volition service arsenic showrunner connected the adaptation, and Oscar nominees Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Children of Men, Iron Man, The Expanse) are penning and enforcement producing with Judkins.

Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios are producing God of War successful relation with PlayStation Productions.

“God of War is a compelling, character-driven franchise that we judge volition captivate our planetary customers arsenic overmuch with its expansive and immersive worlds arsenic its affluent storytelling,” Vernon Sanders, caput of planetary tv astatine Amazon Studios, said successful a statement. “We are honored to stock successful the escapade of exploring the God of War mythology successful specified a momentous mode with Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions and [game developer] Santa Monica Studio.”

The series, successful improvement since March, volition travel Kratos, the God of War, who exiles himself from his blood-soaked past successful past Greece and hangs up his weapons everlastingly successful the Norse realm of Midgard. “When his beloved woman dies,” the show’s statement reads, “Kratos sets disconnected connected a unsafe travel with his estranged lad to dispersed her ashes from the highest highest — his wife’s last wish. Kratos soon realizes the travel is an epic quest successful disguise, 1 which volition trial the bonds betwixt begetter and son, and unit Kratos to conflict caller gods and monsters for the destiny of the world.” 

First released successful 2005, God of War has won captious praise for astir each of its iterations. The 2018 merchandise for the PlayStation 4 besides won galore awards, including crippled of the twelvemonth astatine the Game Awards. The astir caller crippled successful the series, God of War Ragnarok, debuted successful November.

“We are truthful arrogant and excited to beryllium moving with our friends astatine Amazon Studios and our partners astatine PlayStation Productions to accommodate this beauteous and heartbreaking crippled into a premium live-action series,” said Sony Pictures TV president Katherine Pope. “Rafe, Mark and Hawk are crafting a transportive bid that charts a way done the past mythological travel of Kratos.”

Added PlayStation Productions caput Asad Qizilbash, “God of War is 1 of PlayStation’s astir awarded video games, truthful we’re excited to spouse with Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios to bring our beloved franchise to fans and caller audiences successful a bold and authentic way.”

God of War joins a increasing database of high-profile bid based connected video games that besides includes Halo astatine Paramount+ and HBO’s forthcoming The Last of Us. Sony and PlayStation Productions are besides down The Last of Us, on with bid based connected Twisted Metal (Peacock) and Horizon (Netflix).

Judkins, Fergus and Ostby are enforcement producing God of War with Santa Monica Studio originative manager Cory Barlog, PlayStation Productions’ Qizilbash and Carter Swan, Santa Monica Studio’s Yumi Yang and Vertigo’s Roy Lee. Santa Monica Studio’s Jeff Ketcham is co-EP.