Emmy winning Shōgun director joins Amazon's live-action God of War series

The staff engaged on Amazon’s live-action God of Battle sequence is rising.

As reported by Deadline, Emmy successful director Frederick E.O. Toye will direct the primary two episodes of the upcoming God of Battle sequence.

Toye has labored on numerous acclaimed reveals throughout his expansive profession, together with Westworld, The Boys and The Strolling Lifeless. He’s additionally no stranger to online game variations, having moreover helmed episodes of Amazon’s Fallout sequence.

Final yr, Toye received the Emmy for excellent directing for a drama sequence for historic drama Shōgun’s ninth episode, Crimson Sky.

The director joins showrunner and former Battlestar Galactica government producer Ronald D. Moore on Amazon’s God of Battle sequence. Moore hasn’t all the time been concerned with the God of Battle TV present, solely becoming a member of the mission in direction of the tip of final yr following the departure of the unique staff. Regardless of the shakeup, PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, Sony’s Hermen Hulst, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and naturally Sony Santa Monica head Cory Barlog stay concerned with the mission. Santa Monica’s Jeff Ketcham can also be a co-executive producer on Amazon’s God of Battle adaptation.

Pre-production for the present is now underway in Vancouver, and casting for the God of Battle sequence has begun. Do you’ve got any ideas on who could play who?

In the meantime, whereas we nonetheless haven’t got a launch window for the primary season, a second season of God of Battle has already been greenlit at Amazon. To cite Kratos, “Boy!”