Netflix Sets Planeswalker Animated Series for 2027 With Chandra as Lead

Netflix is developing PLANESWALKER, an animated series set in the Magic: The Gathering universe, scheduled to premiere in 2027. The show is produced with Hasbro Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast and centers on the pyromancer Chandra. Yahoo published the announcement, which included a first-look video.

Chandra Leads Netflix's Magic: The Gathering Series

Terry Matalas, whose credits include Star Trek: Picard and VisionQuest, is showrunner, and Cindy Appel joins as co-showrunner. "We have the ability to bring these characters to life in ways that the audience hasn't seen before," Matalas said in a post published by Netflix announcing the project. Appel described adapting more than three decades of lore: "It is such a vast world. What we have to go off of are thousands of cards."

Oscar winner Patrick Osborne is supervising director and executive producer, joining Matalas, Appel and Gabriel Marano as executive producers. Lauren Chavez-Myers is co-executive producer for Hasbro Entertainment, and producer Daisy May West cited her personal connection to Magic: The Gathering. DIGIC Pictures will handle animation.

Ign reported that Wizards of the Coast announced the series at MagicCon Atlanta, with Chandra Nalaar as a volatile pyromancer. Variety reported that the show has been in development for over six years. Wizards of the Coast held a launch event for its Star Trek Universes Beyond Magic: The Gathering set on November 11, 2026, attended by actors from multiple Star Trek series, according to Yahoo.

Netflix's Animation and Studio Buildout

Netflix's animation slate includes co-productions with Japanese studios, according to akta.pro company records: WIT Studio on The One Piece and other titles, and a Sunrise × SHAFT arrangement for the Fool Night adaptation. The company held a topping-off ceremony in June 2026 for stages 3 and 4 at its Fort Monmouth, New Jersey studio complex, a nearly $1 billion project on a 292-acre site expected to become its flagship East Coast production hub upon completion in summer 2027.

Earlier Netflix Releases This Week

Netflix released three new shows in the week of November 13, 2026, according to PCMag: the Spanish murder drama Murder in Galicia, the competition show Win the Mall and the FTX drama The Altruists. Netflix and Lionsgate are teaming on the action thriller Fairytale In New York, with Aaron Pierre starring and Jalmari Helander directing, Yahoo reported. Netflix released the trailer for Jean-Michel Basquiat, the first documentary approved by his estate, on November 12; the film streams globally on December 11, 2026, stupidDOPE reported.

Planeswalker's 2027 Premiere

PLANESWALKER is scheduled to premiere in 2027, Netflix said.