Amazon has been developing a live-action series adaptation of the hit ancient mythology-themed video game Mars. Multiple scripts have been written for the series, but the streaming service has canceled the current iteration of the project.
According to Variety, Mars The TV series will now start from scratch, with showrunners and executive producers Rafe Judkins and executive producer Hawk Osby and Mark Fergus All have withdrawn from the project.
With the show’s script now in hand, Amazon and Sony Pictures Television have decided to go in different creative directions.
They are now looking for a new showrunner and setting up a new writers room. santa monica studio Corey Balog and Yang YoumeiPlayStation Production Company Assad Qizilbash and Carter Swanand dizzy Roy Lee Still attached to the project.
Vernon Sanders, head of television at Amazon Studios, previously said of the show: “At the heart of it all is the story of father and son and family, set against the backdrop of this huge, epic landscape.
“What about Rafe? [Judkins] and mark [Fergus] and hawk [Ostby] I think, for a first season, the series is both very faithful to the source material and also compelling in its own right.
“If you’ve never played the game, you’re going to fall in love with the show and feel very invited. So we think this is going to be a huge event.”
In the original press release, Amazon described their vision for the adaptation: “The show tells the story of Kratos, the god of war, who banished himself from the bloody past of ancient Greece and hung himself in a Norse kingdom forever. arms.
When his beloved wife dies, Kratos takes his estranged son on a dangerous journey to scatter her ashes from the highest peak – his wife’s last wish.
“Kratos soon realizes that this journey is an epic quest in disguise that will test the bond between father and son and force Kratos to fight new gods and monsters for the fate of the world.”
This series could be a great series. As a fan of the series, I just want to see the creative team capture the epicness and scale of the game.
