Kratos might be going to Amazon
No deal has closed yet for the project based on the popular Santa Monica Studio-produced PlayStation game. The potential series hails from “The Expanse” creators Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby and “The Wheel of Time” showrunner Rafe Judkins.
Per PlayStation’s officially description for “God of War”: “Starting with the release of ‘God of War’ in 2005 on PlayStation 2, Santa Monica Studio has created seven games across multiple platforms. Up to the most recent release in 2018, the franchise focused on Kratos’ journey in the Greek world, following a path of vengeance as a result of being tricked into killing his family by the Olympian gods.
Should the “God of War” show land at Amazon, it would mark the latest in a line of TV series based on video games that are either in the works or in production, including Amazon’s “Fallout” adaptation from “Westworld” creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, HBO’s “The Last of Us” , Paramount Plus’ upcoming “Halo,” the Anthony Mackie-led “Twisted Metal” at Peacock and Netflix’s “Resident Evil” project.Deadline first reported that Amazon was in talks for the “God of War” TV series.