Where to watch Magic: The Gathering Season 1: Release date (United Kingdom)
Magic: The Gathering Season 1 will be available to watch on Netflix in 2025. An exact release date is not available yet.
Coming soon
2025
Synopsis
Gideon Jura is on a mission to be on the side of good
The stakes are high in the land of the Planewalkers — magical beings capable of great good and great evil. Gideon Jura, one such magic-wielding hero, travels the planes to fight for good. Can he succeed?
What to know
Netflix and Hasbro create an animated series based on the classic game Magic
Magic: The Gathering Season 1 is the upcoming first season in the fantasy animated series produced by Netflix. The series is based on a tabletop card-trading game of the same name developed by Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast. The game revolves around beings with magical powers who are both heroes and villains, the Planewalkers. Terry Matalas, who was showrunner for Star Trek: Picard seasons 2 and 3, takes on the role of showrunner for Magic: The Gathering.
Production News
- June 3, 2019
- Netflix team up with Hosbro’s Wizards of the Coast and the Russo Brothers to make a series based on the game Magic: The Gathering. (Source: Netflix)
- Apri 22, 2020
- Joe Russo confirms that he is writing the script with Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina. (Source: Collider)
- August 20, 2021
- The Russo Brothers amicably leave the series pass over the project to Jeff Kline. Dan Frey, Taneka Stotts, Russell Sommer, and Nicole Dubuc all join Kline’s new writing team to rework the script. (Source: Collider)
- September 10, 2024
- Actor Brandon Routh reveals at the Toronto International Film Festival that the series had been scrapped, saying in response to a question about its status: "I'm not sure. I did do a voice for it. As far as I understand, nobody's put out a press release about it, but apparently it's not happening. That's kind of old news. I'm not sure why it's surfacing again". (Source: Collider)
- September 19, 2024
- Deadline write that Magic: The Gathering is actually still happening and is set to start production soon. Due to a creative overhaul, Terry Matalas was announced as the new showrunner, and it was revealed that Brandon Routh, who was set to play Gideon Jura, will also no longer be part of the series. (Source: Deadline)
