Maya Hawke has been cast in the live-action film based on Magic: The Gathering. Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment are producing, with Matt Johnson directing and co-writing the screenplay. The card game’s fantasy worlds provide the setting for the adaptation, while Hawke’s character and the film’s plot remain undisclosed as work on the ensemble continues.
Actor Maya Hawke has been cast in the live-action adaptation of Magic: The Gathering, the trading card game. Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment are producing the film. Hawke’s character has not been disclosed, and plot details remain under wraps. She is expected to lead an ensemble whose other members are still being selected.[1], [2]
Matt Johnson, whose films include BlackBerry and Nirvanna the Band the Show, is attached to direct. He is writing with Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald. Johnson describes himself as a longtime player of the game, recalling a tournament in Detroit that ended his thoughts of playing professionally. The game spans fantasy worlds, where players battle as wizards known as Planeswalkers.[1]
Hawke is known for the Netflix series Stranger Things. Her film work includes Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s Do Revenge. She also supplied the voice of Anxiety in Pixar’s Inside Out 2. Her announced forthcoming work includes The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, a Lionsgate production.[1]
