A God Of Battle TV present is formally going to be developed at Amazon following months of rumors, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Amazon even has some massive expertise on board to move up the undertaking. Joint creators of The Expanse, Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus, together with the showrunner for Amazon’s Wheel Of Time sequence Rafe Judkins, will likely be adapting the favored sport franchise for the TV display screen. Along with Ostby, Fergus, and Judkins, Santa Monica Studio’s Cory Balrog (artistic director for the 2018 sport) can be on board.
God Of Battle can be considered one of many sport adaption tasks Sony is engaged on. The closest to launch is The Final Of Us launching on HBO Max on January 15, 2023. However there are a ton of different tasks already confirmed to be within the works. Together with a Ghost Of Tsushima movie, in addition to tasks for Horizon Zero Daybreak, Gran Turismo, Bloodborne and extra.
For God Of Battle, Sony Footage Tv and Amazon Studios will likely be working along with PlayStation Productions. With the movie having been in growth since March of this 12 months.
The God Of Battle TV present will likely be primarily based on the 2018 sport
In relation to video games being tailored for TV or movie, there hasn’t been an amazing observe document. Whereas some adaptions have discovered success, like Sonic The Hedgehog, the newest Mortal Kombat film, and Detective Pikachu simply to call a number of, there’s a lengthy historical past of those adaptions being botched. The DOOM film, the latest Netflix adaption of Resident Evil, Warcraft, Want for Velocity… the listing goes on.
With so many sport adaptions having been, not nice, it’s straightforward to be skeptical of any upcoming tasks. The Final Of Us definitely appears very promising. And there’s an excellent probability that God Of Battle could possibly be promising as properly.
The sequence will reportedly be tailored from the 2018 sport. Which was nominated for and gained Recreation of The 12 months. That success may carry over to TV present with The Expanse creators on board. And offered the writing and casting are executed properly.
Proper now there’s no launch date for the sequence. However don’t count on it to be quickly contemplating Amazon’s breadth of present tasks that embrace adapting The Darkish Tower novels, a second season of Jack Ryan and extra.