Magic: The Gathering, the best-selling card game, is headed to silver and small screens with a live-action film and TV universe planned.
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Hasbro Entertainment and Legendary Entertainment are teaming up for the project, and along with the film and TV series, additional content is set to be developed along with the expanding universe.
First released by Wizards of the Coast in 1993, Magic: The Gathering was the first trading card game, and as of 2022, it generates over $1 billion in revenue each year.
Players in the game represent duelling wizards called Planeswalkers. Each card that a player draws from the deck represents a magical spell that can be used to their advantage when it comes to battle. The game is known for its strategy and complex rules.
Magic: The Gathering cards. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images
Mary Parent, Legendary Entertainment's chairman of worldwide production, said of the news: "We pride ourselves on being thoughtful caretakers of singular, beloved IP, and no property better fits that description than Magic: The Gathering.
"Alongside the fantastic Hasbro team, we look forward to creating a multimedia universe that thrills longstanding fans and creates a broad wave of new ones."
This wouldn't be the first of Legendary's gaming adaptations, having previously worked on Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and the upcoming A Minecraft Movie.
Meanwhile, Hasbro Entertainment's head of film, Zev Foreman, added: "This is an exciting and complementary partnership, uniting one of the world’s most iconic brands with a powerful and proven steward.
"Magic: The Gathering has inspired decades of epic world-building and creative storytelling. It is a perfect match for Legendary’s diversified approach to marquee IP, and we are excited to work together to build a whole new Magic: The Gathering universe."
Hasbro equally has an impressive slate, having worked on The Transformers movies and, more recently, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves.
Katelyn Mensah is the Senior Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
