D&D Movie/TV Netflix Planning Forgotten Realms D&D TV Show With Stranger Things Producer

A Dungeons & Dragons TV show set in the Forgotten Realms is in development at Netflix. Deadline reports that the new TV series, titled The Forgotten Realms, is being produced by Shawn Levy, with Drew Crevello serving as writer and showrunner. No timeframe was given for the show's release. No cast has been announced and neither Hasbro nor Netflix has actually confirmed the project. If successful, the series could launch a wider D&D cinematic universe, long a goal for Hasbro.

Hasbro has tried unsuccessfully to get Dungeons & Dragons to television for several years. At one point, Paramount+ had a TV show in development with Rawson Marshall Thurber writing the pilot. While the project was ultimately scrapped, Crevello (who was set to be showrunner on that version of the show) stayed on the project and redeveloped it with a new concept. According to Deadline, this project is not tied to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, although the movie is set to debut on Netflix this month and is also set in the Forgotten Realms.

Dungeons & Dragons was also featured in an episode of Secret Level, an animated series focused on various game franchises that aired on Amazon Prime. Legendary, meanwhile, is adapting Hasbro's other major fantasy franchise Magic: The Gathering into a movie and TV project.

 

[Wolfpack48]

Its third season debuts this year, which is all I was responding to.

Yeah no track record at all for more than one season streaming fantasy sci fi shows except for The Witcher, Wheel of Time, Rings of Power, Stranger Things, The Expanse, Foundation, Silo, House of Dragon or Game of Thrones.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yeah no track record at all for more than one season streaming fantasy sci fi shows except for The Witcher, Wheel of Time, Rings of Power, Stranger Things, The Expanse, Foundation, Silo, House of Dragon or Game of Thrones.

And honestly, some of those aren't that good and have mediocre ratings.

Other stuff goes into what lasts on streaming. Shawn Levy has a really strong track record and his IMDB page has a number of high-profile Netflix projects that the company pushed hard (the Adam Project, for instance, isn't that great, but Netflix acted like it was a blockbuster).

I had been expecting an animated D&D show, myself, but this seems very, very likely to end up on our screens in two or three years.

 

[Reynard]

Look, I have said it before and I will say it again and again until they make it happen:

Clone Wars quality Eberron animated series.

 

[Osgood]

I think one of the flaws with the streaming model—Netflix in particular—is that when shows drop all at once, they font get time to built a following before getting lost in the shuffle. If they aren’t an instant hit, the odds of getting canceled are high, especially if they are expensive (and I’m betting thus would be).

But then, if they are renewed, they’ll go 2-3 years between seasons and it’s easy to forget the show, which I imagine leads to audience decline. I’d feel better if it were in one of the other services that didn’t have like 10 new shows a week… less likely to get lost.

 

[Reynard]

I think one of the flaws with the streaming model—Netflix in particular—is that when shows drop all at once, they font get time to built a following before getting lost in the shuffle. If they aren’t an instant hit, the odds of getting canceled are high, especially if they are expensive (and I’m betting thus would be).

But then, if they are renewed, they’ll go 2-3 years between seasons and it’s easy to forget the show, which I imagine leads to audience decline. I’d feel better if it were in one of the other services that didn’t have like 10 new shows a week… less likely to get lost.

Especially with geek/fandom shows, building that conversation and community can really elevate a show.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Yeah no track record at all for more than one season streaming fantasy sci fi shows except for The Witcher, Wheel of Time, Rings of Power, Stranger Things, The Expanse, Foundation, Silo, House of Dragon or Game of Thrones.

Besides Stranger Things, how many of those are Netflix shows (asking seriously, I don't follow TV/Streaming stuff at all, except I do know Game of Thrones was on HBO)

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Good news, but . . . I'm going to do my best not to get excited until the show actually appears on my Netflix homepage.

Projects get announced and killed too often, this ain't real until it's real!

I think the fact that Shawn Levy is involved makes it getting canceled early less likely.

Too much history of success and Netflix love him. He's behind Netflix especially biggest hit Stranger Things.

He also executive produced Last Man Standing.

He directed, produced, etc..., The first 3 Night at the Museum Movie which I love.

Of course he wrote, directed, and produced Deadpool & Wolverine so he has multiverse experience.

Word after D&W was such a success his Star Wars movie is getting fast tracked.

This guy is too big a deal for Netflix to pump and dump recklessly, he'll likely get at least 3 seasons, more likely 5 seasons.

 

[dave2008]

Live action? That's not going to make it past 1 season. Animated is the way to go.

IDK, there is lots of bad animated shows to. What you need is good writing / story / acting. Whether that is animated or live action doesn't really matter to me.

 

[TiQuinn]

Maybe it’s just me but even if I got one season of a Forgotten Realms tv show, it’d be one more season than I’ve ever had before and if it’s good I’ll rewatch the hell out of it.

 

[Azzy]

I think the fact that Shawn Levy is involved makes it getting canceled early less likely.

Too much history of success and Netflix love him. He's behind Netflix especially biggest hit Stranger Things.

He also executive produced Last Man Standing.

He directed, produced, etc..., The first 3 Night at the Museum Movie which I love.

Of course he wrote, directed, and produced Deadpool & Wolverine so he has multiverse experience.

Word after D&W was such a success his Star Wars movie is getting fast tracked.

This guy is too big a deal for Netflix to pump and dump recklessly, he'll likely get at least 3 seasons, more likely 5 seasons.

I really wish I was as optimistic as you. And I mean that genuinely.