The popular card game plans to invade our screens thanks to a partnership with Legendary Entertainment. 

In news picked up via the excellent downthetubes.net, we’ve learned that Magic: The Gathering has plans to conquer new mediums.

Created in 1993, Magic: The Gathering is recognised as the world’s first trading card game. Players take on the role of “planeswalkers,” powerful spellcasters who summon creatures, cast spells, and use artefacts to defeat their opponents. The game requires deep strategy, has complex mechanics, and allows players to customise decks from a vast library of thousands of unique cards.

Gamemakers Hasbro Entertainment have inked a deal with Legendary Entertainment to develop “a live-action feature film and television universe.” Apparently, the initial focus will be on a movie.

Legendary has experience in this place. In the past few years, it has begun building projects around both Dune and the Godzilla/King Kong “monsterverse”. The game also has a Netflix animation coming too.

Hasbro estimates that the game has over fifty million players of all ages worldwide. That sounds like plenty of potential viewers if they can get it right.

Crossovers may help too. Doctor Who joined the Magic: The Gathering universe back in 2022 with a series of decks featuring characters from all eras.

Legendary’s chairman of Worldwide Production Mary Parent said:

“We pride ourselves on being thoughtful caretakers of singular, beloved IP, and no property better fits that description than Magic: The Gathering. 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.”

We’ll keep you posted on Legendary’s Magic: The Gathering projects.