Amazon Prime: Although the series has been developing since March, according to Deadline, the project has finally received the formal go-ahead.The most recent video game to be released, God of War Ragnarok, was nominated for Game of the Year at the Game Awards 2022.
What’s New?
It is the follow-up to God of War (2018), which debuted as Game of the Year. A highly regarded video game franchise is about to transition to the world of TV shows.The writing team behind Iron Man and The Expanse, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, will pen the script for the next God of War TV series.
What’s More?
The showrunner will be Rafe Judkins, best known for developing the Agents of Shield TV series and serving as the showrunner for The Wheel of Time.He contributed as a writer to the Uncharted film as well.
We hope that the expansive and deep worlds of The God of War will enthrall our international customers just as much as the franchise’s great storytelling.
Dialogues
According to Vernon Sanders, head of global television at Amazon Studios,
“We are honored to partake in exploring the God of War mythology in such a historic fashion alongside Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, and Santa Monica Studio.”
Cory Barlog, the creative studio director of Santa Monica Studios, will also appear in the TV show and serve as an executive producer.
Katherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios, said,
“We are thrilled and excited to work with our colleagues at Amazon Studios and our collaborators at PlayStation Productions to adapt this beautiful and sad game into a quality live-action series.”
Digging Into More Details
For God of War Ragnarok, Christopher Judge, who has been Kratos’ voice actor since God of War 4, recently earned the Best Performance award.Fans of God of War have been requesting Christopher Judge to play Kratos since the series’ introduction, and Judge agrees.He tweeted an item about God of War fans requesting Christopher Judge’s participation in the TV show.
Conclusion
Not the only actor who is keen to work on this significant project, though. Atreus’ (Kratos’) voice actor Sunny Suljic tweeted about the show and expressed interest in playing the character.Regarding the announcement regarding the God of War TV series, Suljic wrote,
“I swear to god if I don’t get booked for this.”
