The passing of the years and the consequent technical evolution have allowed the world of videogames to give birth to spectacular products with tremendously complex and ambitious narratives; something that, ultimately, has ended up having an impact on some adaptations to the big and the small screen freed, at last, from the stigma of their condition.
The case of Craig Mazin’s ‘The Last of Us’ for HBO is a clear example of this, but Joel and Ellie’s adventure has come up with a tough competitor on Amazon Prime Video. This is none other than ‘God of War’, the translation to the series format of the epic of Santa Monica Studio that has already received the green light officially and from which we are going to compile everything we know so far.
When is God of War released?
Although the first news about the project reached us in March of this year, it was not until December 14, 2022 that the launch of a ‘God of War’ was officially confirmed, which still has a long road ahead until joining the Prime Video servers. For now there is no date, but do not expect to see it, approximately, until 2024 for these same dates —if not a little later.
Cast and protagonists of ‘God of War’
There is no room for speculation here; The cast of ‘God of War’ is a mystery. As soon as there is information in this regard, we will quickly and quickly update this section, although what is clear is that it ise is going to miss Christopher Judge a lot lending the vocal cords to Kratos.
The ‘God of War’ team
For the moment, as far as the team responsible for ‘God of War’ is concerned, we can confirm the names that shape the team of showrunners that will lead the writers’ room. These will be the duo composed of Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby; scribes of ‘Iron Man’, ‘Cowboys & Aliens’, co-creators of ‘The Expanse’ and Oscar nominees for their work on Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’.
With them, Rafe Judkins He will act as a producer after participating in series such as ‘Hemlock Grove’, ‘SHIELD Agents’ or ‘The Wheel of Time’ and in the big screen adaptation of the Naughty Dog video game ‘Uncharted’.
The story of ‘God of War’
When the project was announced a few months ago, no details were released about whether the ‘God of War’ series would focus on Kratos stage in Greece of the original videogames or if I would bet on the new nordic setting of the 2018 title and its recently released sequel, subtitled ‘Ragnarok’.
Finally, thanks to The Hollywood Reporter, we have learned that the Amazon Prime Video show will touch on Kratos’ exile from ancient Greece until his arrival in the kingdom of Midgard to develop the events of the last two games. This is how the description of the premise provided so far reads:
“When his beloved wife passes away, Kratos embarks on a perilous journey with his estranged son to spread her ashes from the highest peak, his wife’s last wish. Kratos soon realizes that the journey hides an epic mission, one that It will test the bonds between father and son, and force Kratos to fight new gods and monsters for the fate of the world.”
Trailers, images and poster
At the moment, all we have is this image shared by the official Prime Video account that announces, drawing on artwork from ‘God of War’ from 2018, the start-up of the production.