The series of The Last of Us not only showed that the curse of adapting video games to cinema had expired (even though we later had a regression with Borderlands): it was also a validation for the model of PlayStation Productions. This company was founded specifically to bring the most famous PlayStation video games to film or television, and before The Last of Us had already adapted uncharted as a fairly successful movie (now waiting for the sequel).
One of the scriptwriters of uncharted was Rafe Judkinsa veteran television writer who had previously gone through Hemlock Grove either Marvel: Agents of SHIELDand who was soon put in charge of one of the most ambitious series of Amazon Prime Video. We refer to The wheel of timebased on the literary saga of Robert Jordanwhich is now in its third season. Considering the scale of this project, PlayStation Productions and Sony Pictures Television They saw fit for Judkins to also take on another adaptation they were working on. Specifically, one of its most lucrative brands.
Judkins was put in charge of the series of god of war (also intended for the Prime Video catalog) as showrunner. They accompanied him Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergusand in recent months he had written several episodes of the future series. However, and according to VarietyAmazon wants to give another creative direction to the series, which has implied the abrupt departure of Judkins accompanied by his producing partners. That is, that god of war has run out of people. If Amazon and its Sony partners want to move forward with the series, they will have to start from scratch.
It represents a serious setback for god of war according to which (and if it is not canceled) the series could not be expected for quite some time. Cory Barlog He is still linked to the project after being the visible head of the last games of god of war with Santa Monica Studiobut it remains to be seen how it comes to fruition. Judkins’ initial idea had been to adapt a specific title from the saga: the reboot from 2018, which found Kratos leaving behind his bloody feuds with the Greek gods to find new life on Midgard, stalked by the viking pantheon
The history of this god of war (one of the most acclaimed video games of recent years) told how Kratos tried to spread his wife’s ashes according to her last will, accompanied by his son Atreus. It remains to be seen if this approach is maintained for the final version of the series.
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