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Magic: The Gathering card game to the big screen. 20th Century Fox is buying the adaptation rights along with Hasbro .
According to international sources, Simon Kinberg , a renowned producer and screenwriter of the excellent X-Men films, will be the producer. The idea is to create a potential fantasy franchise along the lines of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings.
Magic: The Gathering was created in 1993 by Richard Garfield for Wizards of the Coast and remains the most influential collectible card game on the market to this day. The card game revolves around duels between sorcerers who use spells and characters represented on richly illustrated cards, divided into white, blue, red, green, and black, to defeat each other. With thousands of cards and deckbuilding options, players have countless possibilities for strategy and playstyle.