Netflix is ​​working on an animated series "Magic: The Gathering & # 39;

"We have been huge fans and players of Magic: the rally For so long, being able to help bring these stories to life through animation is a real passion project for us, "said the Russo brothers, who are working on a new story for the series. Planeswalkers, the heroes and villains of the classic card game, who "will fight issues bigger than anything the world can have," according to Netflix.

The lead authors of the series are Henry Gilroy (Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Jose Molina (The tick, Agent Carter), while Yoriaki Mochizuki (Spider-Man: Towards the Spider-Verse, the Lego movie) will act as supervising director. "This series will cross genres of thriller, horror and thriller drama with deeply-developed characters that we do not often see in animation," said Isaac Krauss, CEO of & # 39; Octopia, the studio that manages the production of the show.

MTG has been around since 1993, so it's a little surprising that it takes until now an official adaptation to television or cinema. There is no release date or window yet, but given the success of the game around the world (more than 38 million fans in over 70 countries), Netflix may well have another global success.