Amazonâs God of War TV show was announced years ago and is still sorting itself out behind the scenes. Now, well-known TV writer Ronald D. Moore has confirmed heâs joined the project, adding that itâs already slated for at least two seasons. Also, heâs never really played the games because modern controls are just a pain in the ass.
âRight now Iâm working on the adaptation of this video game called God of War, that Amazon has ordered two seasons of and they asked me to come in, Iâm literally in the writers room and thatâs my new thing,â Moore, best known for the 2004 Battlestar Galactica reboot, said on a recent episode of the The Sackhoff Show with Katee Sackhoff who starred in that show as Kara âStarbuckâ Thrace (via Gamesradar).
He added that he hasnât played video games since the arcade days, however, and quickly bounced off the new God of War series. âThe controllers nowâŠâ he said laughing, âPress R1. Which oneâs R1? Oh, Iâm dead! I canât quite get a hold of that.â
If anyone else said this, gaming fansâa notoriously chill and reasoned bunchâwould unleash a cacophony of online Kratos yells. Moore, who has credits on some of the most beloved TV episodes around, starting with Star Trek: The Next Generation, can probably get a pass. In fact, players will probably just be relieved that the project is continuing forwards with the involvement of such a veteran creative force.
Variety reported that the God of War TV show had to effectively start over from scratch last year after Showrunner Rafe Judkins (Wheel of Time) and executive producers Hawk Ostby (The Expanse) and Mark Fergus (Children of Men) all simultaneously departed the project. Head of Amazon TV, Vernon Sanders, previously promised the adaptation would be faithful to the original games, which has certainly served HBOâs Last of Us series well.
But I have a feeling the mythology-inspired source material would be better served with more artistic license, building out the God of War universe in bold new directions rather than just recreating the already cinematic source material in live-action. So, maybe Moore having no experience with the actual games will be a boon to the project. Or he can just watch a longplay on YouTube.
