{"id":497235,"date":"2026-02-24T22:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497235\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:44:08","slug":"god-of-war-live-action-series-casts-ed-skrein-as-baldur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497235\/","title":{"rendered":"‘God of War’ Live-Action Series Casts Ed Skrein as Baldur"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEd Skrein<\/a> is the latest addition to the live-action \u201cGod of War<\/a>\u201d TV series at Amazon Prime Video<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tSkrein will star as Baldur in the series, which is currently in pre-production in Vancouver. He will appear alongside series leads Ryan Hurst (Kratos)<\/a> and Callum Vinson (Atreus)<\/a>, as well as cast members Max Parker as Heimdall, \u00d3lafur Darri \u00d3lafsson as Thor, Mandy Patinkin as Odin, Alastair Duncan as Mimir, and Danny Woodburn and Jeff Gulka as as brothers Brok and Sindri.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs previously reported, the series will pick up with the story of the two most recent \u201cGod of War\u201d games, in which Kratos must raise his ten-year old son Atreus while battling god of the Norse pantheon. Per the logline, \u201cFather and son Kratos and Atreus embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe official character description for Baldur states: <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBaldur may be the youngest son of Odin, but he\u2019s his father\u2019s most dangerous weapon. Charismatic, unpredictable and armed with a razor-sharp tongue, Baldur lives by his own rules. As a boy, Baldur was cursed; this curse denied him the ability to feel pleasure and physical sensation. This fuels an insatiable anger and bloodlust in Baldur, who favors a brawling fighting style that blends his immense power with the raw impact of his fists. Above all else, he longs for an opponent that can truly match his prowess in battle. An opponent that can finally make him feel something.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tSkrein\u2019s TV credits include \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d and \u201cAll the Light We Cannot See.\u201d He is best known for his film roles, including starring in the first \u201cDeadpool\u201d movie as the villainous Francis\/Ajax as well as features like Zack Snyder\u2019s \u201cRebel Moon,\u201d \u201cJurassic World Rebirth,\u201d and \u201cAlita: Battle Angel.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tHe is repped by WME, 42, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGod of War\u201d has received a two-season order at Amazon. Ronald D. Moore is the writer, executive producer, and showrunner on \u201cGod of War\u201d under his Tall Ship Productions banner.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrederick E.O. Toye will direct the first two episodes of \u201cGod of War.\u201d Maril Davis of Tall Ship also executive produces alongside Cory Barlog, Naren Shankar, Matthew Graham, Asad Qizilbash, Jeff Ketcham, Hermen Hulst, Roy Lee, and Brad Van Arragon. Joe Menosky, Marc Bernardin, Tania Lotia, and Ben McGinnis serve as co-executive producers on the series. The series is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios in association with PlayStation Productions and Tall Ship Productions. Tall Ship is under an overall deal at Sony TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ed Skrein is the latest addition to the live-action \u201cGod of War\u201d TV series at Amazon Prime Video.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5318,49,48,199235,75,107394],"class_list":["post-497235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-amazon-prime-video","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ed-skrein","tag-entertainment","tag-god-of-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}