Magic: The Gathering Live-Action TV and Movie Universe in the Works From Legendary, Hasbro

Matt Webb Mitovich

6 February 2025 at 7:40 pm·2-min read

Magic, gather!

A live-action TV and movie universe based on the 32-year old, wildly popular Magic: The Gathering trading card game is being built by Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment, it was announced on Thursday.

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Initial plans call for a feature film to be dealt out first, with television series and other content to be developed as the universe expands.

Legendary’s previous such adaptations including the 2019 film Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, and upcoming films based on Minecraft and Street Fighter. Hasbro Entertainment, meanwhile, produces The CW’s Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit game shows, and recently announced deals to re-imagine Clue across film and television and produce a film based on Monopoly.

Created in 1993, Magic: The Gathering is the world’s first trading card game (the press release posits), and offers “compelling characters, fantastic worlds, and deeply strategic yet highly customizable gameplay” that have drawn in more than 50 million fans, of all ages, worldwide.

Mary Parent, Legendary’s Chairman of Worldwide Production, said in a statement, “We pride ourselves on being thoughtful caretakers of singular, beloved IP, and no property better fits that description than Magic: The Gathering. Alongside the fantastic Hasbro team, we look forward to creating a multimedia universe that thrills longstanding fans and creates a broad wave of new ones.”

Zev Foreman, Hasbro Entertainment’s Head of Film, in turn said, “This is an exciting and complementary partnership, uniting one of the world’s most iconic brands with a powerful and proven steward. Magic: The Gathering has inspired decades of epic world-building and creative storytelling. It is a perfect match for Legendary’s diversified approach to marquee IP, and we are excited to work together to build a whole new Magic: The Gathering universe.”

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