Amazon's GOD OF WAR Series Will Start From Scratch After Several Scripts Completed
Amazon has been developing a live-action series adaptation of the hit ancient mythology-themed video game God of War. There have been several scripts written for the series, but the streaming service has scrapped the current iteration of the project.
Variety is reporting that the God of War TV series will now start from scratch, and showrunner and executive producer Rafe Judkins and executive producers Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus have all exited the project.
As the scripts for the series were coming in, Amazon and Sony Pictures Television decided that they wanted to go in a different creative direction.
They are now in the process of looking for a new showrunner and setting up a new writers’ room. Santa Monica Studio’s Cory Barlog and Yumi Yang, PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan, and Vertigo’s Roy Lee are all still attached to the project.
When previously talking about the series, Amazon Studios’ Head of Television Vernon Sanders said: “At the center of it all is this story of fathers and sons, and families, set against this giant epic landscape.
“So what Rafe [Judkins] and Mark [Fergus] and Hawk [Ostby] have come up with for the first season, and for the series, I think, is both incredibly true to the source material, and also compelling on its own.
“If you never played the game, you will fall in love with the show and feel very much invited in. So we think it’s going to be huge.”
In the initial press release, Amazon described their vision for the adaptation: “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.
“When his beloved wife dies, Kratos sets off on a dangerous journey with his estranged son to spread her ashes from the highest peak—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.”
This series could be an awesome series. As a fan of the franchise, I just want to see the creative team capture the epicness and scale of the game.