Magic: The Gathering is one of the biggest names in collectible card games right now. The game, which was first introduced by Wizards of the Coast in 1993, has been a huge success in almost every realm it’s ever ventured into, but it’s struggled to get a screen adaptation out of the Graveyard. Now, however, the game’s first big-screen adaptation just took a big step … Continue reading ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Movie Sets Maya Hawke as Lead!!
Magic: The Gathering has been a smash hit since the collectible card game first debuted in 1993. The franchise has since expanded to include comic books, novels, and even video games (one starring a then-unknown Rhea Seehorn). However, Magic has struggled to make the leap from card to screen, as a number of movie and TV projects have fallen by the wayside over the years. … Continue reading ‘Magic: The Gathering’: Netflix Series Is Back from the Dead!!
Get ready to tap some mana, because the Magic: The Gathering movie may have been reclaimed from the graveyard. There have been extensive efforts to bring the extremely popular collectible card game to the screen, but progress on the various projects has been as rare and elusive as a mint-condition Black Lotus. However, the film’s director has good news for longtime fans of the franchise. … Continue reading A ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Movie is Finally in the Works!!
Hasbro and Legendary Entertainment may have found the director who will usher in the live-action Magic: The Gathering universe. Fresh off of his riotous SXSW movie, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, being acquired by Neon, Matt Johnson is being eyed to helm the first film in the new franchise, according to a new report from Deadline. A deal hasn’t been finalized to bring … Continue reading ‘Magic: The Gathering’: ‘BlackBerry’ Director in Talks to Helm Movie Adaptation!!
Attention fellow nerds, our time has come as the multiverse is expanding once again — this time with Magic: The Gathering. Hasbro Entertainment and Legendary Entertainment are teaming up to bring the iconic trading card game to both film and television, officially launching a shared Magic: The Gathering universe, and the first item on the agenda is a big-screen adaptation of the fantasy franchise. Magic: … Continue reading ‘Magic: The Gathering’: Habro, Legendary Entertainment Working on Film and TV Universe!!
Last week, Collider reported that Netflix‘s animated series based on the popular Magic: The Gathering had been discarded by the streamer. Now, however, the series has risen from the graveyard with a new creative team. The streamer has tapped Star Trek: Picard producer Terry Matalas to oversee the development of the series. It’s been a long and torturous development process for the series, which has … Continue reading ‘Magic The Gathering’: Netflix Animated Series Alive Again With ‘Picard’ Showrunner!!
Netflix‘s animated Magic: The Gathering series is headed for the graveyard. The project based on the popular collectible card game has been cancelled, according to star Brandon Routh. Routh revealed the news to Collider‘s Steve Weintraub during an interview for his new movie Ick at the Toronto International Film Festival. When asked about the status of the project, which was announced in 2019 and initially … Continue reading ‘Magic: The Gathering’: Netflix Series Is Officially Dead!!
We finally get our first piece of casting news for the Magic: The Gathering Netflix animated series based on the widely popular trading card game. It has been revealed that Brandon Routh will be playing the lead role of heroic Planeswalker Gideon Jura. Although details regarding this series’ plot are still shrouded in mystery, during an announcement made at the online stream of Wizards of … Continue reading ‘Magic: The Gathering’: Brandon Routh to Lead the Netflix Animated Series!!
Joe and Anthony Russo have stepped down as executive producers of Netflix‘s upcoming Magic: The Gathering animated series. Per Deadline, the Avengers: Endgame directors departed the series, along with writers Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina. Adapting the beloved tabletop game from game manufacturer Wizards of the Coast, the series was first announced in 2019. At that time, the Russos‘ production company, AGBO, was attached to … Continue reading ‘Magic the Gathering’: Russo Bros. Exit Netflix’s Animated Series!!
Joe Russo, co-director and producer of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame with his brother Anthony, recently shared some updates on a few of the highly-anticipated projects they currently have in development at AGBO. Speaking with Collider’s Steve Weintraub in an exclusive conversation about the upcoming Netflix movie Extraction, Russo teased some details about the current status of their live-action adaptation of the 1977 animated … Continue reading ‘Battle of the Planets’, ‘Magic: The Gathering’, and ‘Grimjack’ Updates Provided by Joe Russo!!
Justice League director Zack Snyder has set his next project with Netflix. For the first time in his career, Snyder will co-create and executive produce an anime television series set in the world of Norse mythology for the streaming giant. It looks like Snyder is still keen to stay inside the realm of heroes and fantasy but he’s ready to go in a new direction. Snyder will … Continue reading Zack Snyder Set to Produce a Netflix Anime Series About Norse Mythology!!
So I guess I should have added Magic: The Gathering to my list of fantasy series that should be adapted for the next Game of Thrones but, honestly, I never considered something that ambitious would actually get off the ground. Surprise! Apparently Netflix has plenty of juice in their mana pool because they’re teaming up with Hasbro and publisher Wizards of the Coast to bring … Continue reading ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Anime Series in the Works at Netflix with the Russo Brothers!!!
