Amazon has confirmed that a live-action adaptation of God of War is headed to its streaming service, Prime Video.
“Prime Video orders ‘God of War’ series, based on the critically acclaimed PlaySation video game franchise,” reads an image that the official Prime Video account tweeted this afternoon, while coverage from Deadline can reveal that the show will be based on the newer games that see Kratos adventuring with his son Atreus in various Norse realms, far away from Greece:
Written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Iron Man, Children of Men), with Rafe Judkins (The Wheel of Time) serving as showrunner, the series follows Kratos, the God of War, who, after exiling himself from his blood-soaked past in ancient Greece, hangs up his weapons forever in the Norse realm of Midgard.
God of War is coming. pic.twitter.com/GzbyutRO2k
— Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) December 14, 2022
“The God of War is a compelling, character-driven franchise that we believe will captivate our global customers as much with its expansive and immersive worlds as its rich storytelling,” said Vernon Sanders, head of global television at Amazon Studios. “We are honored to share in the adventure of exploring the God of War mythology in such a momentous way with Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, and Santa Monica Studio.”
“We are so proud and excited to be working with our friends at Amazon Studios and our partners at PlayStation Productions to adapt this beautiful and heartbreaking game into a premium live-action series,” said Katherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios. “Rafe, Mark and Hawk are crafting a transportive series that charts a path through the ancient mythological journey of Kratos.”
“God of War is one of PlayStation’s most awarded video games, so we’re excited to partner with Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios to bring our beloved franchise to fans and new audiences in a bold and authentic way,” said Asad Qizilbash, head of PlayStation Productions.
Deadline was the first to break the news of a God of War TV series, with the entertainment publication reporting on March 7, 2022, that Prime Video is in negotiations for a live-action TV series based on Santa Monica Studio’s hit franchise.
God of War Ragnarök, the latest game in the God of War franchise, is now available to play on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles.
PlayStation hasn’t mentioned anything about a PC port yet.
Discussion (10 replies)
Join Discussion →Oh, no please someone make them stop. What will they mess up next?
I might be in if it has Christopher Judge still
Since it is live action, that's unlikely, Judge doesn't really fit the job description, unless amazon goes for the hate clicks again, because it went so well with rings of powah.
So how bad are those rings of power really? My mind has been poisoned by commentary. Then again so it was by comments on Paramount's new Star Trek stuff, and I found them quite decent (didn't finish the picard one, not becuase it was terrible/insulting to fans/ so on, just that it was slow). Lower decks is good too.
I watched the first episode of Rings of Power, that was enough for me. Not because it was specifically attacking fans, it was just plain bad, not worth my time.
I also watched Picard episode 1, that was also plain bad, nothing to hook me on it, I heard it gets into ruining of established canon later, but thankfully I had not stayed for that, so only the character of Picard is tainted for me.
Discovery however was anathema to star trek, it was nonsensical, shitting all over canon, both deliberately and out of ignorance. I bailed after episode one of that one too, it is by far the worst of these three bad pilots.
I found ROP to be a mixed bag, as usual for most new stuff, but toward the last episodes, I enjoyed it more. I liked the dwarf scenes the most and some of the stuff with Elrond. Everything else was a bit more hit-and-miss for me.
This, GOW, well, I just don't know.
I agree with this entirely.
Well Henry civil isn't doing superman or Witcher any more... perhaps he will lead God of war?
I'm laughing because at one point during S1 of Witcher rumors of him being cast for all sorts of stuff started popping up. Yeah, I'm just not sure who would be good in this role. The Rock and Jason are already a bit overused. I suppose that Dave B. could do it.
So he's not returning as Superman, after all...
He'll have more time to devote to PC gaming. The Witcher 3 update patch should keep him busy for a while.