God of War TV show details emerge: Season 1 length, script, tone, Cory Barlog involvement

The God of War TV show was first announced two years ago, and now the showrunner, Ronald D. Moore, has shared new details on the upcoming show, revealing that the director of the God of War games is actively involved in the TV show's creation.

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Moore recently sat down for an interview with Collider at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, where he said the show is currently in the "scripts phase," and that the more work that is done, the more he is fascinated with the world of God of War. Moore added that he has never done an adaptation of a video game before, and the deeper he got into the adaptation, "the more impressed I was with the breadth and depth of the mythology."

Additionally, Moore said that he had several meetings with Cory Barlog, the director of the God of War games, and described Barlog as a "genius" as he holds the entire mythology and backstory of the God of War games in his head.

"We're in the scripts phase. We're still working on scripts. It's going very well. We've got a good team. It's been a fascinating thing to sink my teeth into. I've never done an adaptation of a video game, and the deeper I got into it, the more impressed I was with the breadth and the depth of the mythology that's involved in this video game," said Moore

The showrunner revealed the first season of the TV show will be adapting God of War 2018, the soft reboot of the long-running game franchise. Moore also said that it won't be a frame-by-frame remake of the game either, but an "adaptation-slash-interpretation" with the goal of keeping "the characters and the spirit of it." Moore was asked how many seasons of the show are planned, but he didn't give a straight answer. However, reports indicate Amazon has greenlit the show for two seasons.

As for when we will see the God of War TV show, Moore said that filming hasn't even started and probably won't begin in 2025, with the showrunner saying "we shall see" when asked if filming would begin sometime in 2026. Notably, the God of War TV show is being co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions.

"Cory Barlog is a genius. That's not a word I throw around very much, but I've had several meetings with Cory, and you ask Cory, 'Well, tell me about the backstory of this or how this works,' and he just can talk because he holds it all in his head. And I usually pride myself about, as a showrunner, I can hold the season in my head. I know what the 10 episodes are, and I can tell you about them.

Cory can tell you the whole thing in every possible way - all the mythology, how it connects one to the other, what the puzzles were, why they did this, and what that artifact did. It's really impressive. I mean, it is like a gigantic novel, even bigger than the Outlander novels, which is a lot to digest," said Moore