While Amazon is content to throw enormous amounts of cash at projects, one high-profile megashow appears to be in trouble, God of War.

O f all of the many video game adaptations that are in the works right now in Hollywood, few carry quite as much promise as Amazon’s God of War TV series. The original God of Wa

Ronald D. Moore has been tapped as writer, EP & showrunner of Sony TV and Amazon MGM Studios' Prime Video series God Of War, based on the video game.

“God of War” showrunner and executive producer Rafe Judkins and EPs Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus have exited the series. Amazon Studios and PlayStation Productions have selected “Continue.” The companies will seek a new showrunner and a new creative direction for the story of Kratos, IndieWire has learned.

Moore’s involvement with the God of War project sees him returning to work with Sony Pictures TV Studios, where he previously worked on Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams for Amazon Prime Video, Outlander for Starz, and For All Mankind for Apple TV+.

Amazon has been developing a live-action series adaptation of the hit ancient mythology-themed video game God of War . There have been several scripts written for the series, but the streaming service has scrapped the current iteration of the project.

Sony Pictures TV and Amazon MGM Studios are starting from scratch for Prime Video's God of War, a series based on PlayStation's hit game.

The “God of War” TV series adaptation at Amazon has found its new showrunner. Variety has confirmed that Ronald D. Moore has boarded the show as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Moore joins the series shortly after it was reported that original showrunner Rafe Judkins had exited the series.

Ronald D. Moore, the man behind Battlestar Galactica, For All Mankind and Outlander, just boarded the video game adaptation.

The "Outlander" and "For All Mankind" producer steps in after Rafe Judkins' exit The post ‘God of War’ Amazon Series Taps Ronald D. Moore as New Showrunner appeared first on TheWrap.

God of War TV series taps Ronald D. Moore to serve as new showrunner after the original creative team departed.