‘Magic: The Gathering’: Netflix Starts Animated Adaptation From Scratch With Terry Matalas As New Showrunner

Netflix is starting again with its animated adaptation of table-top game Magic: The Gathering.

The streamer previously announced a version of the show in 2019 with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm. The Russos and their team, including head writers Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina, departed early in the process over different visions for how best to adapt the IP. Jeff Kline (Transformers: Prime) took over in August 2021 but he has also now left.

The new showrunner will be Terry Matalas, who was recently named showrunner of Marvel’s Vision series for Disney+.

Brandon Routh was set to voice Gideon Jura in the series, which tells the stories of the Planeswalkers, Magic’s unique magic-wielding heroes and villains. He recently said that the show was scrapped.

However, it turns out that this was only partly true; his version, which was written and record has been scrapped but Netflix is going in a new direction and Routh is no longer part of it.

Production on the new version, which comes from Hasbro Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast, is set to start shortly.

Matalas was recently showrunner of Star Trek: Picard for the third and fourth seasons of the Paramount+ series. He was also showrunner of the fourth season of CBS’ MacGyver but is best known for co-creating and showrunning Syfy’s adaptation of 12 Monkeys. Other credits include Nikita, Terra Nova, Nightflyers and Star Trek: Enterprise.

The news came out of Netflix’s Geeked Week event in Atlanta.