Netflix has released a first-look photo (see above) and premiere year for now-titled Planeswalker, its long-in-the-works animated series based on Wizards of the Coast’s Magic: The Gathering. It’s set to launch in 2027.
Created in partnership with Hasbro Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast, Planeswalker is billed as a fresh adaptation of the massively popular trading card game, created in 1993 by Richard Garfield and published by Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast. The game has amassed tens of millions of tabletop and digital players across more than 150 countries, according to Hasbro, with annual revenues surpassing $1 billion.
The epic fantasy series from the world of Magic: The Gathering chronicles the fierce clash between formidable mages known as Planeswalkers. At the center of this struggle for power and survival burns Chandra, a volatile pyromancer hunted for her gifts, and haunted by her past. Confronted by an insidious force, Chandra and some of the most legendary Planeswalkers must harness their extraordinary abilities, navigate treacherous alliances, and battle their own inner demons to prevent a cataclysmic war that threatens to consume their very existence. As the line between victory and annihilation grows thinner, a single spark determines the fate of thousands of worlds.
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In Magic: The Gathering universe, a planeswalker is a power mage who has the rare ability to travel across infinite dimensions (called planes) in the multi-verse.
No word yet on the number of episodes for Planeswalker.
Netflix first announced that the project was in development in 2019, in partnership with Joe and Anthony Russo and Wizards of the Coast. It was set to be executive produced by the Russo brothers with head writers Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina. The Russos later exited over creative differences, and Jeff Kline took over in 2021. After a lengthy pause, Netflix restarted development under showrunner Terry Matalas, who now serves as showrunner and executive producer on Planeswalker.
A live-action movie, titled Magic: The Gathering, also is in the works from Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro, with, as we exclusively reported, Maya Hawke set to star.
Cindy Appel serves as co-showrunner and executive produces Planeswalker with Matalas, along with Patrick Osborne. Gabriel Marano will serve as executive producer and Lauren Chavez-Myers will co-executive produce for Hasbro Entertainment. Osborne also serves as supervising director and Daisy West serves as producer. Digic is the animation studio.
Stay tuned for more details.