Overview

• Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment finalized an agreement on June 24 for Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald to write the script for the first live-action Magic: The Gathering film.
• Gardner and Fitzgerald’s credits include a shelved Power Rangers movie for Hasbro and an Aquaman spin-off titled The Trench for Warner Bros. and DC Studios.
• Matt Johnson was tapped in April to direct the feature, though he has yet to close a formal deal.
• Since its 1993 debut, Magic: The Gathering has become Hasbro’s first billion-dollar brand with over 50 million players and storytelling across card sets, novels, and cross-franchise collaborations.
• The film marks the flagship project in Legendary and Hasbro’s strategy to build an interconnected Magic universe across movies and television.