Magic: The Gathering is getting a Netflix animated series. For real this time.
Netflix has officially announced 'Planeswalker,' an animated series based on the Magic: The Gathering franchise, scheduled for release in 2027. The show will focus on the character Chandra Nalaar and feature a unique visual style for each plane in the multiverse.
Why it matters
This represents a major effort by Netflix to adapt popular gaming intellectual property into long-form narrative content after previous development struggles.
“It’s really happening. I promise. For real.” Those are the first words from Roy Graham, Head of Story at Magic: The Gathering, in a video posted yesterday announcing Planeswalker, the animated series heading to Netflix in 2027.
An animated Magic: The Gathering series was first teased back in 2019 with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm. But that fell apart. In 2024, Netflix announced it still planned to make a series based on the game, but it decided to rework it from the ground up.
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