{"id":157833,"date":"2022-12-14T19:35:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/amazon-is-making-a-god-of-war-tv-series-the-hollywood-reporter-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T19:35:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:35:21","slug":"amazon-is-making-a-god-of-war-tv-series-the-hollywood-reporter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/amazon-is-making-a-god-of-war-tv-series-the-hollywood-reporter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Is Making a ‘God of War’ TV Series \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tAmazon’s Prime Video is getting into the video game adaptation business.<\/p>\n

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\tThe streamer has greenlit a series based on the award-winning PlayStation game God of War<\/em>. the Wheel of Time’<\/em>s Rafe Judkins will serve as showrunner on the adaptation, and Oscar nominees Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Children of Men, Iron Man, The Expanse<\/em>) are writing and executive producing with Judkins.<\/p>\n

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\tSony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios are producing God of War<\/em> in association with PlayStation Productions.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cGod of War<\/em> 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,\u201d Vernon Sanders, head of global television at Amazon Studios, said in a statement. \u201cWe are honored to share in the adventure of exploring the God of War<\/em> mythology in such a momentous way with Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions and [game developer] Santa Monica Studio.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tThe series, in development since March, will follow Kratos, the God of War, who exiles himself from his blood-soaked past in ancient Greece and hangs up his weapons forever in the Norse realm of Midgard. \u201cWhen his beloved wife dies,\u201d the show’s description reads, \u201cKratos sets off on a dangerous journey with his estranged son to spread her ashes from the highest peak \u2014 his wife’s final wish. Kratos soon realizes the journey is an epic quest in disguise, one which will test the bonds between father and son, and force Kratos to battle new gods and monsters for the fate of the world.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\tFirst released in 2005, God of War<\/em> has won critical praise for nearly all of its iterations. The 2018 release for the PlayStation 4 also won numerous awards, including game of the year at the Game Awards. The most recent game in the series, God of War Ragnarok<\/em>debuted in November. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cWe 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,\u201d said Sony Pictures TV president Katherine Pope. \u201cRafe, Mark and Hawk are crafting a transportive series that charts a path through the ancient mythological journey of Kratos.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tAdded PlayStation Productions head Asad Qizilbash, \u201cGod of War<\/em> 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGod of War<\/em> joins a growing list of high-profile series based on video games that also includes halo<\/em> at Paramount+ and HBO’s forthcoming The Last of Us<\/em>. Sony and PlayStation Productions are also behind The Last of Us<\/em>along with series based on Twisted Metal<\/em> (Peacock) and Horizon<\/em> (Netflix).<\/p>\n

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\tJudkins, Fergus and Ostby are executive producing God of War with Santa Monica Studio creative director 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.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n