Netflix has released a first photo (see above) and a first year so far titled Planeswalkerits long-in-the-making animated series based on Wizards of the Coast Magic: The Gathering. Its launch is planned for 2027.
Created in partnership with Hasbro Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast, Planeswalker is presented as a new adaptation of the very popular collectible card game, created in 1993 by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro. The game has amassed tens of millions of tabletop and digital players in more than 150 countries, according to Hasbro, with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion.
The epic fantasy series from the world of Magic: The Gathering chronicles the fierce clash between fearsome mages known as Planeswalkers. At the center of this struggle for power and survival burns Chandra, an unstable pyromancer sought after for her gifts and haunted by her past. Facing an insidious force, Chandra and some of the most legendary Planeswalkers must harness their extraordinary abilities, navigate treacherous alliances, and battle their own inner demons to prevent a cataclysmic war that threatens to consume their very existence. As the line between victory and annihilation thins, a single spark determines the fate of thousands of worlds.
In Magic: The Gathering In-universe, a planeswalker is a powerful mage who has the rare ability to travel across infinite dimensions (called planes) in the multiverse.
We do not yet know the number of episodes for Planeswalker.
Netflix first announced that the project was in development in 2019, in partnership with Joe and Anthony Russo and Wizards of the Coast. It was to be produced by the Russo Brothers with head writers Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina. The Russos then stepped down due to creative differences and Jeff Kline took over in 2021. After a long hiatus, Netflix restarted development under showrunner Terry Matalas, who now serves as showrunner and executive producer on Planeswalker.
A live-action film, titled Magic: the gathering, is also in the works at Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro, with, as we exclusively reported, Maya Hawke set to star.
Cindy Appel is co-showrunner and executive producer Planeswalker with Matalas, with Patrick Osborne. Gabriel Marano will serve as executive producer and Lauren Chavez-Myers will serve as co-executive producer for Hasbro Entertainment. Osborne is also supervising director and Daisy West is producer. Digic is the animation studio.
Stay tuned for more details.
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