Kratos hasn't even swung the Leviathan Axe on screen yet and Prime Video's God of War series is already in big trouble. The long-awaited adaptation has been building into one of the streamer’s biggest fantasy projects, with a major cast, a massive, sprawling mythology to dig deep into, and enough hammer-throwing action to keep Vancouver’s stunt teams very busy but, in a horrible twist of fate, one of those sequences is the cause of a huge problem on the set of the PlayStation series. Ryan Hurst, who stars as Kratos, reportedly (via TMZ) tore his bicep while filming a stunt for the series. The injury will require surgery, and production has been paused while the actor begins what is expected to be a lengthy recovery. Torn biceps are particularly troublesome injuries because not only do they require very specific post-surgery treatment, but given the way Kratos looks, that muscle loss is going to cause a big problem. The original plan was reportedly to have Hurst back on set by mid-August, but that timeline is no longer considered realistic following the news that surgery is required. TMZ is quoting sources who suggest filming could be delayed into 2027, although Prime Video has not officially confirmed how long production will remain halted. No details have been released about the stunt that caused the injury, and Amazon Studios declined to comment. Hurst leads the cast alongside Callum Vinson as Atreus, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (The Tourist) as Thor, Mandy Patinkin (Homeland) as Odin, and Max Parker (Emmerdale) as Heimdall. Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for. You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You're a systems thinker who can't help but notice the seams in things. The wasteland doesn't reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That's you. You'd survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely. Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards. The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn't have it any other way. The series has been filming in Vancouver and adapts the mythology-heavy story of the acclaimed 2018 video game. It follows Kratos, a former Greek god of war who has tried to leave his violent past behind after settling in the Norse realm of Midgard. Following the death of his wife, he embarks on something of an odyssey with his son, Atreus — better known to players as BOY! — while struggling to teach the boy how to survive without becoming the same kind of monster he once was. Although, that monster does find a way to sneak out every now and then.