As we speak, Amazon formally introduced its plans to develop a brand new TV present based mostly on the favored God of Conflict video games. This confirms a earlier report from March that the corporate was seeking to adapt the favored PlayStation franchise right into a streaming collection.
Deadline reported in March that Amazon was in talks with Sony to adapt the favored sport franchise right into a big-budget streaming TV present. On the time it was reported that the creators and govt producers of The Expanse, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, together with The Wheel of Time’s govt producer and showrunner, Rafe Judkins, would lead the challenge with enter from Sony and PlayStation. As we speak Amazon confirmed that report was correct.
Amazon’s Prime Video Twitter account tweeted a simple message that “God of Conflict is coming” alongside a picture of Kratos and Atreus from the 2018 PS4 sport, God of Conflict. The Hollywood Reporter reported further data sourced from Amazon, which aligned with the beforehand reported particulars from March. Particularly, we now know that Judkins would be the showrunner on the challenge, whereas Fergus and Ostby will likely be writers and govt producers. The present will likely be a collaboration between Sony Photos Tv, Amazon Studios, and PlayStation Productions.
“God of Conflict is a compelling, character-driven franchise that we imagine will captivate our world clients as a lot with its expansive and immersive worlds as its wealthy storytelling,” Vernon Sanders, Amazon Studios’ head of TV manufacturing, stated in a press launch. “We’re honored to share within the journey of exploring the God of Conflict mythology in such a momentous means with Sony Photos Tv, PlayStation Productions, and Santa Monica Studio.”
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No bulletins have been made at the moment about particularly when to count on the present or who will star within the collection. I think about many chiseled actors with shaved heads (or who’re prepared to shave) have already auditioned for the function of Kratos, the protagonist of the long-running franchise that began again in 2005 on the PlayStation 2.
Simply final week, the latest God of Conflict sport—God of Conflict: Ragnarök—gained six awards at The Recreation Awards 2022, together with Finest Narrative and Finest Audio Design. The person who performs Kratos within the new video games, Christopher Decide, additionally gained for finest efficiency, and ended up giving a speech that has already turn into well-known on-line for its size and content material.