{"id":27238,"date":"2022-12-15T14:30:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1756492"},"modified":"2022-12-15T15:05:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:05:20","slug":"god-of-war-tv-show-confirmed-at-amazon-heres-which-games-its-based-on","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/god-of-war-tv-show-confirmed-at-amazon-heres-which-games-its-based-on\/","title":{"rendered":"God of War TV show confirmed at Amazon \u2013 here\u2019s which games it\u2019s based on"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ben Huxley\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 15 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The God of War TV show is officially going ahead at Amazon, it\u2019s been confirmed, with Prime Video promising \u201ca premium live-action series\u201d.<\/p>\n

The show will centre on Kratos, the bearded warmonger-turned-struggling father, who has been one of the biggest characters in gaming since he appeared on the PlayStation 2 back in 2005.<\/p>\n

Since then he\u2019s appeared in multiple God of War games, but the 2018 relaunch and its sequel this year have pushed his franchise to another, more mature, level.<\/p>\n

In fact, the depth of the storytelling in the relaunched series makes it perfect for a TV adaptation (like The Last of Us<\/a>). And so, it makes perfect sense that Amazon Prime Video has given the order for a God of War TV series.<\/p>\n

It will be co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios, in association with PlayStation Productions.<\/p>\n

The show, titled just \u201cGod of War\u201d, will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries. It will be written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (the duo known for Children of Men and Iron Man), with The Wheel of Time\u2019s Rafe Judkins as showrunner. We reckon it\u2019s in good hands.<\/p>\n

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Kratos in God of War Ragnarok.<\/span><\/figcaption> Sony<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The name might be a hint as to which games the TV show\u2019s story will cover. There are only two games simply called \u201cGod of War\u201d \u2013 the 2005 original, and the 2018 relaunch. You might have guessed that it\u2019s the latter, with its Norse mythology setting, that will be adapted here.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a surprising outcome, as this is where Kratos \u2013 and the series in general \u2013 became more layered and complex.<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s official description will sound very familiar to players of the 2018 games and its recent sequel, Ragnarok.<\/p>\n

It reads: \u201cWhen his beloved wife dies, Kratos sets off on a dangerous journey with his estranged son to spread her ashes from the highest peak \u2013 his wife\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>

That makes it sound like the show will skip over Kratos\u2019s origin story as an ex-Spartan warrior who became God of War, before killing almost every god in the Greek pantheon. That\u2019s quite a big chunk of his story to miss out, but we\u2019re sure there will be flashbacks (as there were in the recent games).<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t know anything about the cast yet, but when we do we\u2019ll let you know. It\u2019s already been reported that Christopher Judge, the actor who played Kratos in the two most recent games, is lobbying for the part. We only hope that whoever they end up picking is as fitting as Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us. Watch this space, folks.<\/p>\n

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