God of War TV Show Adds Teresa Palmer as Sif as Casting Ramps Up

Amazon’s live-action Prime Video God of War TV amusement is charging forward, arsenic Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies, A Discovery of Witches) has joined its formed arsenic Phoebe/Sif.

Deadline reports that the histrion has officially signed connected to prima alongside Ryan Hurst, who joined the PlayStation bid adaptation arsenic Kratos earlier this week. The Earth goddess plays a somewhat smaller relation successful the video games the caller amusement is based connected and is astir known for appearing during segments from God of War Ragnarok that diagnostic the Ghost of Sparta’s son, Atreus, who has yet to beryllium cast.

Teresa Palmer. Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images.

Palmer is the 2nd histrion to articulation Amazon’s latest video crippled adaptation and is astir apt champion known for her engagement successful 2013’s zombie romance movie, Warm Bodies. Although her acquisition successful different films, specified arsenic Lights Out, The Fall Guy, and The Grudge 2 spot her filmography day backmost to the mid-2000s, viewers whitethorn person caught her connected TV much recently. Highlights from her clip successful tv see A Discovery of Witches, The Last Anniversary, and The Family Next Door.

Although Sif is mostly seen arsenic a broadside quality successful Ragnarok, there’s nary telling however her portion whitethorn beryllium featured successful the God of War TV show. At the least, her beingness successful the communicative suggests her husband, Thor, could beryllium conscionable astir the corner. Palmer’s inclusion besides apt has players expecting to spot her children – Magni, Modi, and Thrud – amusement up successful immoderate capacity, too.

We cognize small astir what absorption the Prime Video video crippled bid volition take, truthful it’s imaginable each oregon nary of these iconic names from Norse mythology volition appear. Other characters who person not been confirmed for the amusement but play a portion successful some God of War (2018) and its 2022 Ragnarok sequel see Freya, Mimir, Sindri, Brok, Odin, and Baldur.

“In God of War, the unrecorded enactment series, his communicative volition intimately travel the way of the past 2 games arsenic helium deals with thing new: his 10 twelvemonth aged lad Atreus,” an authoritative statement for the amusement says. “This begetter and lad dynamic began a full caller section successful the legendary bid and volition beryllium the heartbeat of the caller show.”

Hurst’s inclusion arsenic Kratos made waves for a fewer reasons. While the announcement allowed audiences to yet enactment a live-action look to the iconic name, fans of the games were besides blessed to spot the prima articulation pursuing his relation arsenic Thor successful Ragnarok. It's unclear who whitethorn travel Palmer's casting arsenic Sif, with the show's merchandise day besides inactive a mystery.

We volition (hopefully) cognize much astir however casting for the bid volition shingle retired successful the months ahead. In the meantime, you tin work astir composer Bear McCreary and his thoughts connected the live-action God of War show.

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