Work on Amazon's God of War TV adaptation is finally getting rolling, and it's attracted an award-winning director.
According to a report from Deadline, Frederick E.O. Toye has been hired to direct the first two episodes of the TV series, which is set to follow the Norse mythology storyline from the more recent God of War games.
Toye has directed episodes in many highly acclaimed TV shows, including the likes of The Boys, Fallout, The Walking Dead, The Good Wife, and Shogun, for which he won an Emmy award.
Ronald D. Moore is also attached as showrunner; his previous credits include Outlander, For All Mankind, and Battlestar Galactica.
Pre-production and casting are now underway, the report says, with filming allegedly due to start in March 2026.
So, the cogs are beginning to turn on this adaptation, which seems to be gathering some top talent.
For fans, a crucial part of the show will be in the casting; the choice of actor for Kratos in particular will likely be highly scrutinised.
He's portrayed by Christopher Judge in the last two games, providing the voice and performance capture for the character.
Some have questioned whether he might reprise the role in the TV series, but the actor is as clueless as the rest of us. Judge has also said he hopes the person they choose "loves the big guy" as much as he and the fans do.
Are you excited for the God of War TV show? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source deadline.com, via gamespot.com]
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As long as it isn't like that last series of The Boys that chose a personal POV diatribe above a decent storyline. Otherwise Kratos will be fighting a Tango man in anything but name.
Ok, that is some quality TV in his résumé. Especially Shogun is top tier. My only beef is that we don't start with greek mythology. While the PS2 graphics have aged well, a visually stunning retelling would be more needed than the Norse duology.
Great news. Shogun was one of the best shows the year it came out
Hopefully it's good I mean I never taught fallout would work as a series but I did and was really good so I'm sure who ever is making this will do a decent job with the source material
Looks like the show is in good hands, just hope they will be able to pull it off!
Shogun was incredible but I wish they were doing more of that rather than GoW as there is not a chance it will measure up.
@tameshiyaku makes me wonder how they’re gonna tackle this. When making something like this, you’d have to assume a decent amount of viewers never seen the games but that also means they’ll lack a lot of prior information about Kratos. Will be interesting to see.
Sounds like a job for Henry Cavill...
@Jammer hope it's exactly like the latest season of The Boys. Excellent show that made certain boys cry.
I wish we could have Christopher Judge as our Kratos for the TV show but they'll cast someone else
@Smooshy
Dudes in his 60s and has health problems. It wouldnt make sense to cast him.
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