It’s safe to say the so-called video game curse is officially dead and buried. HBO’s The Last of Us, Peacock’s Twisted Metal, and Amazon’s Fallout are all working on their second seasons after enjoying lauded freshman runs, although they’ll have to compete with a new challenger entering the arena. Another major gaming franchise is being adapted, and it has one big advantage: a showrunner with deep experience in genre television stretching back to the pre-streaming days.
Deadline reports that Amazon and Sony TV’s upcoming adaptation of the PlayStation game God of War has added Ronald D. Moore as executive producer, writer, and showrunner. The series, which was announced in 2022, was originally going to be helmed by The Wheel of Time’s Rafe Judkins, but a creative shift sparked his departure.
