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New Info Revealed About the New Magic: The Gathering Series


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More details from the upcoming Magic: The Gathering Netflix animated series have been revealed. Although Wizards of the Coast and Netflix haven't revealed any story details from the upcoming fantasy series, one thing is for sure: it will be character-driven.

Last week, Netflix announced that Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo are producing an animated series based on Magic: The Gathering, but they're not the only big names attached to the show. Henry Gilroy, co-producer of Star Wars:Rebels and developer of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, will serve as lead writer and co-executive producer. Jose Molina (Agent Carter, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) will also be part of the Netflix MTG series. Yoriaki Mochizuki (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lego Movie) will serve as co-executive producer and acting supervisor director of the MTG series.

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MTG team director Jeremy Jarvis recently talked to Polygon about the direction of the MTG Netflix series, and he confirmed that the series will be character-driven.

"We are moving into that character-driven franchise space," Jarvis told Polygon. "This is not going to be Yu-Gi-Oh! or Pokemon where you're literalizing gameplay aspects. We developed this library of wonderful characters and wonderful places and impactful events, and we're going to be bringing that to life in a new way."

According to Jarvis, fans of the Netflix series, The Dragon Prince, will enjoy the new MTG animated series.

Netflix hasn't set a release date for the MTG animated series yet but given the epic scale of the game's story, it probably will take more than a year or two before it hits the streaming service.

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