US Edition'God of War' Series Casts Ryan Hurst as Kratos
Ryan Hurst will portray Kratos in a two-season Prime Video adaptation closely following the latest God of War games, focusing on the father-son journey of Kratos and Atreus.
- Ryan Hurst has been cast as Kratos in Prime Video's live-action God of War, headlining the adaptation after roles on Sons of Anarchy and The Walking Dead.
- Prime Video ordered the series in December 2022 and it has a two-season order, with preproduction underway in Vancouver.
- The series follows Kratos, the Spartan warrior, and his 10-year-old son Atreus as they journey to spread Faye's ashes, closely adapting the last two games and focusing on Kratos's Norse-era story.
- Ronald D. Moore will lead the series as showrunner, executive producer, and writer, Frederick E.O. Toye will direct the first two episodes, and Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios co-produce with PlayStation Productions and Tall Ship Productions.
- Hurst previously voiced Thor in God of War: Ragnarök and earned a BAFTA nomination, and he will next appear in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, premiering July 17.
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American actor Ryan Hurst was chosen to play Kratos in Prime Video's God of War series, a production by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios. Kratos, the main character of the iconic video game franchise, is a native Spartan and a god by nature. Raised in a martial culture, he ascended to command armies at the service of his homeland until one day he made a fateful pact with Ares, the Greek god of war, and lost his soul in exchange fo…
Although he is not a media actor, Ryan Hurst has a great career in film and television, he was even part of the game God of War: Ragnarok, which may have earned him credit for being considered by Amazon Prime Video for a role in the live action.Since Ryan Hurst will be no less than Kratos in the God of War live action series he has been preparing Amazon Prime Video.Who is Ryan Hurst?Ryan Douglas Hurst, better known as Ryan Hurst, is an American …
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LOS ANGELES, California — Amazon Prime Video has officially chosen a lead actor for its highly anticipated live-action adaptation of the blockbuster video game “God of War,” a project years in the making, Entertainment Weekly reported.
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