Acclaimed actor Ryan Hurst has been cast by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios as Kratos in the upcoming Prime Video God of War TV series. The BAFTA award-winning Hurst previously delivered a legendary voice-acting performance as Thor in God of War: Ragnarok and played the iconic character Opie Winston in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy.

The new series has already secured a two-season order, with pre-production underway in Vancouver. Emmy Award-winning director Frederick E.O. Toye has signed on to direct the first two episodes. Toye brings experience from several critically acclaimed series, including Shōgun, The Boys and Fallout. His previous directing credits also include episodes of Watchmen, Snowpiercer and The Walking Dead.

Ronald D. Moore serves as showrunner, executive producer, and writer, best known for his work on Star Trek. Moore brings decades of experience to the production. He previously wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation and later earned Hugo Award nominations for his work on the films Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact.

A long list of executive producers that have also joined up includes names like Cory Barlog, the current creative director of video game development at Santa Monica Studio, and Maril Davis, a 70-episode alumna of the TV show Outlander. Cory Barlog, especially is widely credited as the one who brought the God of War franchise back into the spotlight with his passionate work on God of War (2018).

God of War follows the journey of Kratos and his son, Atreus, as they travel through the realms of the World Tree to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Ryan Hurst will most definitely do the character of Kratos justice based on his role as Thor, although living up to Christopher Judge’s performance in the games is a high bar to jump over. Fans of the game have expressed surprise at how well Thor is playing Kratos, but some remain skeptical about whether the show should even be made.

As of today, the TV series does not yet have a release date; however, with the show entering pre-production, the wait is almost over.

A new teaser has been unearthed from Prime Video’s live-action Tomb Raider adaptation, and it shows Sophie Turner as the series lead, Lara Croft.

Earlier this month, Prime Video let the cast out of the bag with the live-action Tomb Raider.  Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s live-action project has confirmed that Jason Isaacs and Sigourney Weaver will star in the upcoming series adaptation, alongside other notable cast members with roles plucked from the video games. At the time, Sophie Turner had already been confirmed as the series lead (shortly after the series was greenlit in 2024), and today, Prime Video has given fans a first look at her portrayal of the legendary video game archaeologist. Amazon MGM Studios released the photo as it announced production is underway on Tomb Raider. The full image can be seen below, courtesy of Prime Video.

Prime Video’s Tomb Raider is based on the iconic video game franchise, which follows the adventures of Lara Croft. In an interview with SiriusXM (posted to Instagram), Sophie Turner revealed she’s playing the video games and reading the comics to prepare for the role, but she’s avoiding watching the previous on-screen versions of the characters, saying “I’m kind of doing all of it, but not really focusing on the previous iterations, because I don’t want to imitate, I’ve gotta create my own thing. So, as much as I love those movies, I can’t watch them right now.”

Phoebe Waller-Bridge serves as creator, writer and executive producer on the series, and Chad Hodge is an executive producer and co-showrunner. Jonathan van Tulleken will serve as director and executive producer. Alongside Turner as Lara Croft, the cast includes Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Martin Bobb-Semple, Jack Bannon, John Heffernan, Bill Paterson, Paterson Joseph, Sasha Luss, Juliette Motamed, Celia Imrie, and August Wittgenstein. 

Prime Video’s live-action Tomb Raider has just entered production, so it may be a while before it hits the screen. Until then, Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is on Xbox Game Pass.

Recently we mentioned a new podcast series hosted by Jason at Linux For Everyone called Games For Everyone. Now you can catch the first full video episode.

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