Amazon looking to get into the game adaptation business, it seems, not to mention Sony continuing to aggressively shop their game IPs.
https://deadline.com/2022/12/god-of-war-adaptation-playstation-video-game-series-order-prime-video-1235198842/
https://deadline.com/2022/12/god-of-war-adaptation-playstation-video-game-series-order-prime-video-1235198842/
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Prime Video has given a series order to God of War, based on PlayStation's hugely popular ancient mythology-themed video game. Co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios in association with PlayStation Productions, God of War will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The series had been in the works at the streamer since March when Deadline reported exclusively that Prime Video was in negotiations for the property.
Written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Iron Man, Children of Men), with Rafe Judkins (The Wheel of Time) serving as showrunner, 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 peakhis 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.