Just last week, Amazon and Sony’s adaptation of the PlayStation game God of War ran into what seemed like a very large roadbump: The two studios parted ways with their showrunner, Rafe Judkins (Wheel of Time), and executive producers Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus (The Expanse). The three were first announced as in talks to create the show all the way back in March of 2022, and officially brought on board last December.
But as quickly as a project falls apart, it all comes back together: Variety reports that the architect of the Cylon plan himself, Ronald D. Moore, is God of War’s new showrunner, executive producer, and writer.
Moore was a writer for several Star Trek shows (and Roswell and Carnivale) before developing the Battlestar Galactica reboot in 2003. More recently, he developed the Outlander adaptation and created For All Mankind. Both series led to spinoffs: Outlander: Blood of My Blood is due next year, and a For All Mankind spinoff about the Soviet space program is also in the works.
When the God of War series was first announced, the studios offered this description:
Kratos, aka the God of War, who after exiling himself from his blood-soaked past in ancient Greece, hangs up his weapons forever in the Norse realm of Midgard. When his beloved wife dies, Kratos sets off on a dangerous journey with his estranged son to spread her ashes from the highest peak—his wife’s final wish. Kratos soon realizes the journey is an epic quest in disguise, one which will test the bonds between father and son, and force Kratos to battle new Gods and monsters for the fate of the world.
It will be interesting to see how quickly things do or don’t move forward now.
