The Gathering Is Tapping in For a New Film

Hasbro already introduced one huge Wizards of the Coast sport to the large display screen lately with the perpetually underappreciated Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves—however there’s, in fact, another wildly popular game full of lore to rework into sweeping transmedia adventures at WOTC. And now, it’s taking the leap too, as soon as it offers its deck a shuffle.

This afternoon Hasbro introduced that it was teaming up with Legendary Leisure to develop a live-action Magic: The Gathering film. “That is an thrilling and complementary partnership, uniting one of many world’s most iconic manufacturers with a strong and confirmed steward,” Hasbro’s head of movie, Zev Foreman, mentioned in a press assertion. “Magic: The Gathering has impressed many years of epic world-building and artistic storytelling. It’s a excellent match for Legendary’s diversified method to marquee IP, and we’re excited to work collectively to construct a complete new Magic: The Gathering universe.”

In line with the press launch, plans for the partnership will start with a film, however have the potential to develop to live-action tv collection and “different content material” ought to issues go nicely. Little is thought about simply how Legendary will method adapting Magic—whether or not we’re in for one thing meta in regards to the act of enjoying the legendary TGC or we’re going to be following notable Magic characters just like the dimension-hopping Planeswalkers as they sling spells and face grand threats stays to be seen.

The one certainty in the mean time is that Hasbro and Legendary’s plans don’t change the deal the toy maker has already established with Netflix, the place it’s growing an animated Magic series for the streamer with Star Trek: Picard‘s Terry Matalas. Funnily sufficient, it’s not the primary information merchandise the place Legendary has stepped into one thing Netflix had cooking lately, with the re-confirmation this week that the studio would develop the live-action Cell Swimsuit Gundam film that had beforehand been stuck in development limbo at Netflix for a number of years.

We’ll carry you extra on Hasbro and Legendary’s plans for Magic as and once we be taught them.

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