
Maya Hawke joins Magic: The Gathering, film adaptation
Maya Hawke has joined director Matt Johnson’s board of directors Magic: The Gatheringthe live-action feature film from Legendary Entertainment and based on Hasbro’s iconic trading card game.
There is no word on the role of Stranger Things And Little women The star will be part of the upcoming cinematic and television universe from Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment which reinvents the Habro brand. Hawke will next be seen in Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Sunrise over the harvest, Graham Parkes’ romantic comedy Wishful thinking and the Netflix original series God of the woods.
His previous credits include Disney and Pixar In reverse 2, That of Wes Anderson City of asteroids, The feature film by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Take revenge, Quentin Tarantino Once upon a time in Hollywood, Gia Coppola’s feature film General public and Bradley Cooper’s drama Leonard Bernstein Maestro.
Johnson is also set to write the adaptation, alongside Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald. Habro’s Trading Card Game launched in 1993 and now includes streaming, digital gaming, publishing, consumer products, live events and IP crossovers.
The card game’s mythology has also given way to crossover collaborations with iconic franchises like Fantasy Finale, Marvel, Star Trek, Dungeons & Dragons And The Lord of the Rings. Legendary is known for its past adaptations like A Minecraft movie, based on the video game and starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa and the Dune film franchise adapted from Frank Herbert’s epic novel.
Upcoming legendary films include Dune: Part 3, a film adaptation of Street fighter game, and the live-action-animation hybrid comedy Animal lovers, starring Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Aubrey Plaza and Dan Levy.
Other projects from Hasbro Entertainment include a reimagining of Hint in film and television with Sony’s TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Television, as well as a deal with LuckyChap and Lionsgate to produce a film based on Monopoly. Hawke is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.
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