D&D Movie/TV Paramount+ Orders 8-episode D&D TV Show

According to Deadline, an 8-episode TV show has been ordered by Paramount+. The pilot epidode of this Dungeons & Dragons TV show was written by Rawson Mashall Thurber (Red Notice) who will also direct that episode.

Apparently multiple networks were interested in the show, with Paramount+ winning out.

The show is a partnership between Paramount+ and eOne, Hasbro's studio. Hasbro is currently in the process of selling eOne.

 

[Seramus]

Way more slick than the Picard Maneuver.

Took me a second to notice! Bwahaha.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It is funny - two weeks ago this would have been really exciting news. All of a sudden this and the movie are two reasons not to get Paramount+.

Honestly, with the streaming wars ending, I think a lot of these shows (if they make it to market) will likely be on one of the big survivors. I don't have any faith that Paramount or NBC, for instance, will find it worth pouring loss leader money into their channels long enough for this show to air.

And I think most consumers will be happy to have fewer channels to subscribe to, as those survivors pick up content from the shuttered streamers.

 

[payn]

Honestly, with the streaming wars ending, I think a lot of these shows (if they make it to market) will likely be on one of the big survivors. I don't have any faith that Paramount or NBC, for instance, will find it worth pouring loss leader money into their channels long enough for this show to air.

And I think most consumers will be happy to have fewer channels to subscribe to, as those survivors pick up content from the shuttered streamers.

I do find comments like, "I cut the cord and now I pay for CBS" to be very funny.

 

[schneeland]

Ah, Paramount+! That means, whatever they do, it will probably look like a TV show from the 80s

Spoiler: context

Paramount+ launched over here with a maximum resolution of Full HD and stereo sound. And when you start something, it is notably less than Full HD for a minute or so, so it really looks like you pulled out an old VHS cassette. 4k and Dolby sound are said to arrive "early 2023" - no definitive date so far, though.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I don't know if Hasbro has recovered totaly the rights of 80's cartoon.

I am very interested into a Dragonlance teleserie, but I don't advice it in the first phase, because they have to learn to find the right style.

Maybe an animated show should be an easier option to be produced.

If the licence by Mophidius ends we shouldn't be too surprised if WotC after wants to publish a d20 Star Trek, but with a different leveling-up system, and not totally retrocompatible with 5Ed. But what about a mash-up Spelljammer version of Star Trek? And could this be published in DM Guild?

Urban Arcana may be the "cheapest" option for an action-live production. They could try some miniserie.

Planescape is right for a bizarre epic comedy animated show style Rick Morty, Futurama or Star Trek Lower Decks.

A post-apocalyptic isolated town with a retrofuturistic 50's look could be an action-live show about a haunted place with a mistery to be discovered and explained... and the truth is... the town is a dark domain from Ravenloft.

Spelljammer is perfect for a kid-friendly epic comedy cartoon.

* I miss elves, dwarves, halflings and gnomes.

 

[payn]

All P+ jokes aside, they are the only network it seems without a fantasy series. Although, Amazon might be willing to part with one or more of theirs lol.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I've been meaning to watch We're The Millers and Red Notice for awhile, now is the time I guess just to get a read on this guys abilities.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I'm a Paramount + subscriber and I watch like, two shows on it.

And, with the exception of Strange New Worlds hate watch the trek shows.

The cartoons might be okay, idk.

Going by the audience scores (never go by critic scores alone) rotten tomatoes has Strange New Worlds with the best first season score of any live action trek except TOS.

Lower Decks and Prodigy have really good scores too, which is really good given some inherently hate the idea of trek toons period.

Picard and Discovery, which I personally don't hate them (also don't rewatch them like other series) have horrifying audience scores. Discovery's last season is 20%.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

All P+ jokes aside, they are the only network it seems without a fantasy series. Although, Amazon might be willing to part with one or more of theirs lol.

Jeff Bezos has been spotted looking at the fire insurance coverage on the set of Wheel of Time.

 

[bedir than]

Picard and Discovery, which I personally don't hate them (also don't rewatch them like other series) have horrifying audience scores. Discovery's last season is 20%.

Discovery was review bombed for political reasons. Almost all of its 1s use language like "woke" as a criticism.

Jeff Bezos has been spotted looking at the fire insurance coverage on the set of Wheel of Time.

Why? It was the third most watched series on Prime Video since its launch and is in the top 20 or right now. More than a year after its release it regularly pops into the 20 most watched shows in a week.