Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment are coming together to bring the mega popular Magic: The Gathering property to the big screen with a live action movie, and Deadline reports this afternoon that Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) is being eyed to direct the feature film.

The plan here is for this initial Magic: The Gathering movie to launch a cinematic universe spanning film and television, “with TV series and other content to be developed.”

Deadline notes in their exclusive report this afternoon, “We hear they’ve not yet made a formal offer to [Matt] Johnson, as it’s very early days here, but he is the choice to direct.”

Legendary’s Mary Parent said in a statement back in February, “We pride ourselves on being thoughtful caretakers of singular, beloved IP, and no property better fits that description than Magic: The Gathering. Alongside the fantastic Hasbro team, we look forward to creating a...