It was in March 2022 that Amazon Prime first started getting serious about adapting Sony's God of War series for television. In December of the same year, Amazon went all in by officially greenlighting the series for production. Today, though, the old adage came into play: two steps forward, one (massive) step back.
Starting from Scratch
Deadline dropped the news that Amazon MGM Studios is essentially starting from scratch with the planned adaptation. Originally set to be helmed by the trio of Rafe Judkins (showrunner/executive producer), Hawk Ostby (executive producer), and Mark Fergus (executive producer), the studio has now decided to part from the team and go with an entirely new writing team and leadership.
The specific reasoning for the change of direction isn't immediately clear. Deadline states that both Sony and Amazon "praised" the scripts that the Judkins, Ostby, and Fergus team delivered. It was ultimately decided, however, to move the project in a different creative direction.
When initially announced, Amazon's God of War TV series was teased as an adaptation of the incredible God of War video game soft reboot from 2008. This evolution of the long-running PlayStation franchise saw Kratos attempting to rehabilitate his former angry and...
