{"id":51702,"date":"2026-11-14T21:34:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T20:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/magic-the-gathering-is-getting-a-netflix-animated-series-for-real-this-time\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T21:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T20:34:57","slug":"magic-the-gathering-is-getting-a-netflix-animated-series-for-real-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/magic-the-gathering-is-getting-a-netflix-animated-series-for-real-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic: The Gathering is getting a Netflix animated series. For real this time."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/authors\/terrence-obrien\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Terrence O&#8217;Brien<\/p>\n<p>is the Verge\u2019s weekend editor. He\u2019s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really happening. I promise. For real.\u201d Those are the first words from Roy Graham, Head of Story at <em>Magic: The Gathering<\/em>, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IefaLy5uPLc\">video posted yesterday<\/a> announcing <em>Planeswalker<\/em>, the animated series heading to Netflix in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>An animated Magic: The Gathering series was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/6\/3\/18650396\/magic-the-gathering-directors-netflix-avengers-series-russo-brothers\">first teased<\/a> back in 2019 with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm. But that fell apart. In 2024, Netflix announced it <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/magic-the-gathering-netflix-matalas-2000501781\">still planned to make a series<\/a> based on the game, but it decided to rework it from the ground up.<\/p>\n<p>Now fans are finally getting their first glimpse of the show, which will be called <em>Planeswalker<\/em>. According to the sneak peek, because each plane exists in its own pocket universe, it will have a unique design, animation, and filmmaking style.<\/p>\n<p>According to a synopsis of the show shared with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-magic-the-gathering-show-planeswalker-is-finally-coming-to-netflix-in-2027\">IGN<\/a><\/em>, <em>Planeswalker<\/em> will focus on Chandra Nalaar,<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/1033909\/magic-the-gathering-netflix-series\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrence O&#8217;Brien is the Verge\u2019s weekend editor. He\u2019s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths. \u201cIt\u2019s really happening. I promise. For real.\u201d Those are the first words from Roy Graham, Head of Story at Magic: The Gathering, in a video posted yesterday announcing Planeswalker, the animated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":51703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1419,140,36,1342,108,970,1558],"class_list":["post-51702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tech","tag-entertainment","tag-gaming","tag-mixtv","tag-netflix","tag-news","tag-streaming","tag-tv-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}