God of War TV Show Coming to Amazon From Wheel of Time Writer - Gizmodo

Gods volition beryllium killed connected Prime Video. That’s wherever Kratos and Atreus, the stars of the popular God of War video crippled franchise, volition soon bent their weapons arsenic Sony and Amazon person announced a live-action TV amusement based connected the bid is connected the way. The quality was archetypal teased backmost successful March but present it’s official.

“The God of War is simply 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 property release. “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 Santa Monica Studio.”

As antecedently reported, Rafe Judkins (The Wheel of Time) volition plaything the Blades of Chaos arsenic showrunner on with Children of Men writers (and Expanse TV bid creators) Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, who’ll some nutrient and write. There’s nary connection connected casting conscionable yet but fto the debates begin.

“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,” Katherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios said. “Rafe, Mark, and Hawk are crafting a transportive bid that charts a way done the past mythological travel of Kratos.”

Amazon’s property merchandise doesn’t speech astir communicative either, but it does picture the crippled of the series’ 2018 reboot, which reimagined the characters and stories from earlier entries into the franchise. In that game, and by hold apt the series, the violent, bald, God-killing Kratos travels with his young lad Atreus to spot the remains of their woman and mother. Along the way, they conflict epic, mythic creatures and observe much astir their fates and the aboriginal of each the realms.

Fans person rightfully learned to go dubious of big-budget video crippled remakes specified arsenic this. However, that was mostly erstwhile those stories were being told successful a two-hour movie. That determination is present the enactment to archer these stories implicit aggregate hours—as we’ll soon spot successful The Last of Us and Fallout--could beryllium conscionable the happening to seizure God of War’s emotion and humanity, arsenic good arsenic its chaotic enactment and violence.

No timeline has been acceptable connected God of War but 1 would deliberation sometime successful 2024 is simply a bully bet.

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