First Look at Kratos and Atreus in Amazon's God of War TV Show

Amazon has revealed the archetypal photograph of its God of War series, showing disconnected Kratos and Atreus.

Announcing its God of War TV amusement is present successful production, Amazon issued the representation beneath alongside the tagline: “Their travel to the highest highest begins.”

Kratos and Atreus successful God of War. Image credit: Amazon Prime video.

The representation shows Ryan Hurst’s Kratos and Callum Vinson (Chucky, Long Bright River, and Poker Face) arsenic his son, Atreus, who fans person already pointed retired looks similar a younger instrumentality connected the quality compared to the 1 we saw successful the video games.

“Atreus, the 10-year-old lad of Kratos, grew up successful a distant wood cabin, isolated from the remainder of the satellite and raised astir wholly by his mother, Faye,” an authoritative statement for the quality says. “He is an accomplished archer, has an affinity for animals, and is intensely funny astir what lies beyond the confines of his wood home. After his mother’s death, Atreus is near with a cold, distant begetter who helium hardly knows and who knows small astir him successful return. Nonetheless, Atreus yearns for his father’s support and is hopeless to beryllium helium is beardown capable to past successful a harsh and unsafe world.”

Hurst, meanwhile, played Thor successful Sony Santa Monica's 2022 video crippled sequel God of War Ragnarok. “Through their adventures, Kratos tries to thatch his lad to beryllium a amended god,” an authoritative statement says, “while Atreus tries to thatch his begetter however to beryllium a amended human.”

Teresa Palmer, Max Parker, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, and Mandy Patinkin person joined arsenic Sif, Heimdall, Thor, and Odin, respectively. The astir caller additions saw Amazon bringing backmost Alastair Duncan arsenic Mimir, portion besides adding newcomers Danny Woodburn arsenic Brok and Jeff Gulka arsenic Sindri. Deadpool histrion Ed Skrein plays Baldur.

Production is presently underway successful Vancouver, with a two-season bid mounting showrunner Ronald D. Moore of Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek Deep Space Nine fame up for immoderate time.

Word of a live-action God of War adaptation archetypal arrived successful aboriginal 2022 earlier Amazon moved to officially denote the task aboriginal that aforesaid year. After a troubled improvement saw the exit of erstwhile showrunner Rafe Judkins arsenic Amazon deed the reset button, the amusement yet recovered a caller originative direction. Moore took implicit arsenic showrunner successful precocious 2024, with Shogun and The Boys seasoned Frederick E.O. Toye tapped to nonstop its archetypal 2 episodes.

PlayStation Productions and Tall Ship Productions are co-producing the caller God of War bid alongside Sony and Amazon. Also connected committee arsenic enforcement producers are longtime God of War writer and manager Cory Barlog, and Sony Intreractive Entertainment's Hermen Hulst.

Amazon and Sony person not announced a merchandise day for the God of War show. While we wait, cheque retired our interrogation with Ronald D. Moore from SDCC 2025, wherever helium talked astir his imaginativeness for the series.

Image credit: Amazon Prime Video.

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