The Daily Populous Friday February 7th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by eurogamer.net and submitted by samiy2k

Trading card and video game behemoth Magic: The Gathering is set to get the cinematic universe treatment, courtesy of owner Hasbro and production company Legendary Entertainment.

Plans for a Magic: The Gathering movie and TV series are already afoot, Deadline reported, though details for now remain thin on the ground.

"This is an exciting and complementary partnership, uniting one of the world's most iconic brands with a powerful and proven steward," said Hasbro film boss Zev Foreman.

"Magic: The Gathering has inspired decades of epic world-building and creative storytelling. It is a perfect match for Legendary's diversified approach to marquee IP, and we are excited to work together to build a whole new Magic: The Gathering universe."

Legendary is no stranger to video game adaptations, having previously been involved in the Warcraft movie and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, as well as the upcoming A Minecraft Movie.

"We pride ourselves on being thoughtful caretakers of singular, beloved IP, and no property better fits that description than Magic: The Gathering," Legendary chairman of worldwide production Mary Parent added.

"Alongside the fantastic Hasbro team, we look forward to creating a multimedia universe that thrills longstanding fans and creates a broad wave of new ones."

When exactly we'll see anything from the Magic Cinematic Universe release is another question, however. And what about Magic's own big crossovers, which have seen everything from Fortnite to Fallout and Doctor Who turn up as collectible trading cards? Could some of those turn up also?

KlutzyMedicine1549 on February 7th, 2025 at 13:05 UTC »

Hasbro has never known what to do with Magic, it only gets worse as the years progress. :/ Every-time they invest in the wrong thing then pump out new sets to make up the lost $

powerhcm8 on February 7th, 2025 at 12:26 UTC »

While I want to see some adaptation of MTG, not everything has to be a cinematic universe, make a movie or animated tv show first, and if it's popular make more stuff, they don't need to plan a whole phase with 10 movies out of the gate.

It would be even better if it was all the same continuity as the game.

Jolly_Print_3631 on February 7th, 2025 at 12:23 UTC »

Bahahaha