The Russo brothers, Joe and Anthony, last co-directed Avengers: Endgame and the film took the world by a storm. Now the two, along with Wizards of The Coast and Hasbro’s Allspark Animation, have reportedly teamed up with Netflix for an animated series, based on the popular card game Magic: The Gathering. The announcement was made on Twitter and we cannot wait to see the fantasy game adapted to the screen for the first time in the franchise’s history.
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT TIME: Netflix and Wizards of the Coast are teaming up with Joe and Anthony Russo to make a Magic: The Gathering anime series and this teaser of Chandra has me asking QUESTIONS. pic.twitter.com/vljlEtl0Mq
— NX (@NXOnNetflix) June 3, 2019
Meanwhile, a press release from Netflix mentions that the show will “expand on the stories of the Planeswalkers, which are Magic’s unique magic-wielding heroes and villains,” as quoted by a leading international news portal. The Russo brothers further said in a joint statement, “We have been huge fans and players of Magic: The Gathering for as long as it has been around, so being able to help bring these stories to life through animation is a true passion project for us."
According to Netflix, the show will have Henry Gilroy (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Jose Molina (The Tick) as showrunners. For the unversed, Magic: The Gathering was first introduced in 1993 and ever since then, it has inspired a digital game, esports league, comic book series, and a best-selling novel.
For now, Netflix has not announce a release date for the series.
(Source: Twitter/The Verge)
.jpg)