Netflix has unveiled the first teaser for Planeswalker, an animated series based on the card game Magic: The Gathering. It brings together concept art, rough versions of scenes, and several shots with more polished animation — the project’s visual style is already being widely compared to “Arcane” based on League of Legends.
The story will follow Chandra, a hot-tempered pyromancer hunted because of her abilities. When thousands of worlds find themselves on the brink of war, she must seek allies among the Planeswalkers — mages capable of traveling between planes. To stop the war, Chandra must figure out who among them can be trusted, as well as confront her own past.
Digic Pictures is handling the animation. The studio worked on cinematics for Assassin’s Creed Shadows and Call of Duty: Vanguard, as well as on several episodes of the “Secret Level” anthology. The series is spearheaded by Terry Matalas, showrunner of “Vision Quest” and the final two seasons of “Star Trek: Picard”. Working alongside him on the project is writer Cindy Appel, who also worked on those series, with Patrick Osborne directing.
Planeswalker is scheduled to premiere in 2027. An exact date has not yet been announced.