God Of War fans, assemble — boy (BOYYY!) do we have something to brighten up your Friday afternoon. With showrunner set, cast assembled, and production now officially underway on Ronald D. Moore’s upcoming live-action God Of War TV series, Prime Video has today revealed our first look at Ryan Hurst and Callum Vinson as god-and-his-boy duo Kratos and Atreus in the streamer’s Norse mythic epic. Check it out below;
Who knew Vancouver looked so Midgard-y this time of year, eh? But we didn’t come here to admire the foliage did we folks, let’s be honest. Rather, here we have our first proper look at Hurst and Vinson in full pre-Viking Age clobber and make-up. And while this is only a single shot of the duo together, they certainly do look the part at least: Hurst appears right at home daubed in red-and-white head to toe, while Vinson — armed with his trusty Talon Bow — gives good god-in-training in his Atreus attire. Not pictured here but also joining Kratos and Atreus to help/hinder/otherwise waylay their journey to the highest peak are Max Parker as Heimdall, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Thor, Teresa Palmer as Thor’s wife Phoebe/Sif, Mandy Patinkin as Odin, Alastair Duncan as Mimir, Danny Woodburn and Jeff Gulka as brothers Brok and Sindri, and Ed Skrein as Baldur.
Set to adapt Santa Monica Studios’ two Norse flavoured GOW games — 2018’s God Of War and 2022’s God Of War Ragnarök — over two seasons, Moore’s series will follow Kratos and Atreus as the duo journey to scatter their mother/wife Faye’s ashes, learning in the process how to be better people and gods in the process. With cameras rolling on the series already, it surely won’t be long until we join them on their adventures. In the meantime, we reckon we’ve got just about enough time to grow some badass beards/at least book a Scandinavian holiday to get in the mood for the series. BOOOOYYYYYYYYY!
