The Gathering is getting the "universe" treatment, for better or worse. Hasbro announced via press release that it's teaming up with Legendary Entertainment to create not only a Magic: The Gathering live-action feature film,

The Gathering" will get big film and TV adaptations in a new partnership from Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro.

The time has come for Magic: The Gathering to reach a wider audience. It has been revealed on The Command Zone YouTube channel that Legendary Entertainment, the studio behind the Dune movies, is making the live-action movie. This will be followed by various TV shows based on the property.

Legendary Entertainment, best known today for the space epic Dune film franchise “pride (themselves) on being thoughtful caretakers of singular, beloved IP, and no property better fits that description than Magic The Gathering”, said Mary Parent, Legendary’s Chairman of Worldwide Production.

Hasbro Entertainment, which owns the long-running Magic card game franchise, is partnering with Legendary Studios to create live-action movies and TV shows adapting its fantasy world. As reported by Deadline,

Magic: The Gathering’s Aetherdrift puts the pedal to the metal. This high-octane expansion brings players on a one-way trip to extreme speed, with an explosive new keyword that will have you clutching your roll cage in terror.

The Gathering’s upcoming Aetherdrift set, which involves a rally across the multiverse. DualShockers had the chance to get behind the wheel in the Early Access Aetherdrift preview, to see just how well mana and motors get along.

Legendary Pictures and Hasbro have announced they are partnering to produce a live-action Magic: The Gathering movie and plans for spin-off shows to follow.