After he took on the role Hercules, Dwayne Johnson are you getting ready to put those of another greek deity? This incredible rumor has been circulating for days that he wants Rock wants to be Kratos in the announced television series God of War produced Prime Video. But how true is this?
It all started with a supposed TMZ article and, above all, a tweet that mentioned it (but didn’t circulate, so much so that there doesn’t seem to be a trace left on the magazine’s website): “God of War directors considering Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as Kratos“read. One of those who were directly involved in this also wanted to speak on this matter. creator of the popular video game series Corey Barlog.
Replying to the same tweet, Barlog replied: “I literally never heard any of this.“. A dry denial that alienates the popular action star from a role that many fans will agree is not exactly in his comfort zone. The muscle is there, but for the role of Kratos, Amazon studios will have to play their cards well to convince the most skeptical.
At the moment, work seems to be moving slowly: officially announced in December 2022. series on God wars it had very few updates. The head of television products at Amazon Studios anticipated some of the details, stating that what you do is “amazingly good with adaptations, from Invincible to Boys“. Then he added: “We know that God of War has some really dedicated fans. But what we’ve always been looking for is to find the real emotional core, to find out if there’s an actual narrative story, and I think that’s part of what makes God of War so special.”
The same source then speculated what the version chosen by the series would be: “At the heart of it all will be the story of fathers, sons and families taking place in the midst of this gigantic epic landscape. so what showrunner Rafe Judkins They writers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby they came up with for the first season and for the series, I think it’s incredibly true to the source material and also completely convincing. If you have never played this game, you will love the show and feel very interested. So we think it’s going to be great“.
According to what has been released so far, the story of the series should start with the facts told in the so-called second life of Kratos, told in god of War released in 2018 and 2022 with continuation from subtitle Ragnarok. In this version, the former Greek god of war, after the destruction of Olympus, moves to Scandinavia, where he marries and gives birth to a son. However, the death of his wife forces him to embark on a journey that, for a change, will intertwine with the Norse gods and the end of the world.
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