Between The Witcher, Castlevania, and the coming Assassin’s Creed and Resident Evil TV shows currently in production, Netflix has become a focus of content based on popular video games. A fresh rumor suggests that this trend may once again continue with a new series aimed at one of the game’s most iconic fantasy features.
A new report says Netflix is looking for a partnership with Bethesda to create a new series based on The Elder Scrolls series of video games. Starting only in 1994, The Elder Scrolls was one of Bethesda’s longest running franchises with notable entries in the main series, including Morrowind, Oblivion, en Skyrim. When it comes to what the show would entail, it’s a live action. It is also said that Netflix wants this program to be as massive as The Witcher if it were to come into being.
About where the rumor comes from, it comes by way of one Daniel Ritchtman. In the past, Ritchtman has proven to be a fairly reliable source and he has had scoops related to the film and television industry ahead of time. Although you should definitely take this report along with the usual grain of salt, there may very well be validity to it.
In terms of how Bethesda can approach a situation like this, there is a record that shows they are willing to play ball with Netflix. For those who do not remember, Bethesda actually announced in 2020 that it was working with Amazon to create a TV series based on its other major franchise, Dropout. While it remains to be seen whether the publishing label wants to work with two separate streaming companies to create TV shows simultaneously, the previous step shows that it is at least interested in exploring the television empire a little more.
Obviously there is no confirmation that any of this is happening yet, but if it does work, you might think we’ll hear more from Bethesda or Netflix in the future. Until then, if you want to keep up with all our other coverage dedicated to it The Elder Scrolls, you can do this by following our hub here.
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[H/T Gaming Bible]