Netflix’s longest-running animated series ‘Magic: The Gathering’ continues with a new showrunner.
Terry Matalas has now been appointed showrunner of the series, as revealed during Netflix’s annual Geeked Week event. The new version of the series is now in production. The show is produced in association with Hasbro Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast. Plot details for the new iteration are being kept under wraps.
There was recently widespread speculation that the show would no longer be moving forward on Netflix. Originally announced in 2019, the first iteration of the series was overseen by the Russo brothers of MCU fame. But then Jeff Kline was announced as the show’s new executive producer and creative lead in 2021 after the Russians left due to creative differences, and not long after it was announced that Brandon Routh would be helming the series.
However, since then there has been virtually no news about the series. Rout recently gave an interview in which he said he believed the show was “not happening anymore,” although it will now remain on Netflix under Matalas’ supervision.
This is the latest high-profile TV appearance announced for Matalas this year. Variety exclusively reported in May that he will be the showrunner of the Marvel-Disney+ Vision series starring Paul Bettany. Matalas received critical acclaim for his work on the third and final season of “Star Trek: Picard,” which was released in 2023. That season saw the reunion of the cast of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’. He is also known for creating and directing the Syfy series ’12 Monkeys’, which ran for four seasons. His other credits include the CBS reboot of “MacGyver,” “Nightflyers,” “Nikita,” “Terra Nova” and “Star Trek: Enterprise.”
He is represented by CAA and Anonymous Content.
The tabletop game “Magic: The Gathering” was created by Richard Garfield and first released in 1993. Since then, the game has spawned a digital game, an esports competition, comic book series and a bestseller. It has been published in 11 languages in more than 70 countries.