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The God of War TV show has officially found its Kratos, tapping someone close to the series to play the larger-than-life role and lead the series.
Who is playing Kratos in the live-action God of War TV show?
According to Sony and Amazon MGM, Ryan Hurst has been tapped to play Kratos in the upcoming TV show. Hurts is actually no stranger to the God of War franchise, having played Thor in the latest video game in the series, God of War Ragnarök.
Now, though, he’ll step into the lead role, and play Kratos, the Spartan who goes toe-to-toe with various Gods throughout his journey. Currently, no other casting has been announced for the series, so it’s unclear who will play the role of Atreus, Kratos’ son.
The upcoming series “follows father and son Kratos and Atreus as they embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human,” according to a logline for the show.
The road to God of War’s live-action series beginning filming has been a long one. Originally announced in 2022, the series was originally being written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, with Rafe Judkins serving as showrunner to the series. In 2024, however, it was reported that all three had left the project after Sony and Amazon both reportedly wanted to go in a different direction.
After the exodus of the three, creator Ronald D. Moore was brought in to serve as the series’ lead writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Moore is a prominent sci-fi creator, dating back to his time as a writer on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager. After Star Trek, Moore went on to develop and co-develop several television shows, including Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, and Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams.
Cory Barlog, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, Hermen Hulst, and Roy Lee have remained on the series to executive produce. Emmy Award-winning director Frederick E.O. Toye (Shogun, The Boys, Fallout) has signed on to direct the first two episodes of the series.
God of War is a PlayStation action-adventure video game developed by Santa Monica Studios. The show will follow Kratos, 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,” Amazon’s description reads.
