The fantasy card series ‘Magic the Gathering’ has been optioned as a movie franchise by FOX….
In the realm of role playing games Dungeons and Dragons is the godfather, and Magic the Gathering holds the same title when it comes to fantasy card series. Well, now the popular title will become a movie franchise thanks to 20th Century Fox.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, FOX has purchased the licensing rights to being film production on a series of films surrounding the Magic universe and the scope of the movies is expected to rival Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings. In other words get ready for a lot of Magic the Gathering movies.
“The studio has enlisted Simon Kinberg, the Fox-based writer-producer who is also helping shepherd the X-Men and Fantastic Four universes at the studio, to produce the adaptation. Kinberg will also act as the franchise’s engineer — or supreme sorcerer, if you will — overseeing the development of the movie series in concert with Hasbro execs.”
Magic the Gathering became an extremely popular series in the 1990’s with players collecting hundreds of cards to build the perfect ‘battle deck’ to take on other players. The universe revolves around wizards, creatures, spells and of course magic with different cards being based on color, strength and other varying factors to play out a game between participants.
The game has become so popular that many of the rarest cards are extremely valuable and tournaments are now played worldwide between participants all looking to become the best at Magic the Gathering.
