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.

 

[Scribe]

It's similar to Supernatural that theoretically travelled around the country to cities large and small and it was always obviously Vancouver. They once had a show set in a small city about 20 miles from where I grew up in the middle of southern Minnesota farm country. They had scenes of them running through the Vancouver evergreen forest and we just groaned. But I get it, TV budgets and all.

My wife and I were watching that recently and just laughed at how clearly it was filmed around the Vancouver area.

Including a lot of damp scenes.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

My wife and I were watching that recently and just laughed at how clearly it was filmed around the Vancouver area.

Including a lot of damp scenes.

Many of the outdoor scenes in the TV show Psych were filmed in the Vancouver area, but supposed to be my current hometown of Santa Barbara CA, about 160km north of Los Angeles. There was a forsest scene once, which is fine, there is in fact a forest here. But waaaay to many pine trees, clouds, and rain drops.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Honestly, most of it could be cut and nothing would even change. All it does is present a barrier to entry for some.

It's appeals to the actual audience they have.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

It is basically a form of fan service.

I fan service, we need alot more of high quality fan service.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

They could figure out where they are going to film first, then choose to set it somewhere in the FR with a matching environment.

 

[Parmandur]

Many of the outdoor scenes in the TV show Psych were filmed in the Vancouver area, but supposed to be my current hometown of Santa Barbara CA, about 160km north of Los Angeles. There was a forsest scene once, which is fine, there is in fact a forest here. But waaaay to many pine trees, clouds, and rain drops.

I mean, Psych intentionally lampshade the silliness of substituting Vancouver for Santa Barbara within the show all the time, it was hilarious.

 

[Mistwell]

I found this list interesting. What were the most streamed shows of 2024?

1. “Bluey” - 55.62 billion minutes
2. “Grey’s Anatomy” - 47.85 billion minutes
3. “Family Guy” - 42.44 billion minutes
4. “Bob’s Burgers” - 36.8 billion minutes
5. “NCIS” - 35.91 billion minutes
6. “Young Sheldon” - 32.08 billion minutes
7. “The Big Bang Theory” - 29.12 billion minutes
8. “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” - 28.72 billion minutes
9. “Criminal Minds” - 28.40 billion minutes
10. “SpongeBob SquarePants” - 27.87 billion minutes

“The Big Bang Theory” was also the most binged, according to Nielsen. It had 265.5 episodes streamed per viewer on Max.

No original programming was among the top 10. “Bridgerton” was the highest original show with 21.42 billion viewing minutes.

The most popular new original drama was “Fallout” with 11.95 billion viewing minutes. It was followed by “Fool Me Once,” Nielsen found.


As for documentaries and unscripted programming, “American Nightmare” from Netflix had the most viewing with 3.57 billion minutes.

For films, “Moana” had the most with 13.03 billion minutes viewed.

Here’s the rest of the movies’ Top 10 list:

1. “Moana”
2. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”
3. “Red One”
4. “Trolls Band Together”
5. “Minions”
6. “Encanto”
7. “Frozen”
8. “Paw Patrol: The Movie”
9. “Inside Out”
10. “Boss Baby”

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I found this list interesting. What were the most streamed shows of 2024?

1. “Bluey” - 55.62 billion minutes
2. “Grey’s Anatomy” - 47.85 billion minutes
3. “Family Guy” - 42.44 billion minutes
4. “Bob’s Burgers” - 36.8 billion minutes
5. “NCIS” - 35.91 billion minutes
6. “Young Sheldon” - 32.08 billion minutes
7. “The Big Bang Theory” - 29.12 billion minutes
8. “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” - 28.72 billion minutes
9. “Criminal Minds” - 28.40 billion minutes
10. “SpongeBob SquarePants” - 27.87 billion minutes

“The Big Bang Theory” was also the most binged, according to Nielsen. It had 265.5 episodes streamed per viewer on Max.

No original programming was among the top 10. “Bridgerton” was the highest original show with 21.42 billion viewing minutes.

The most popular new original drama was “Fallout” with 11.95 billion viewing minutes. It was followed by “Fool Me Once,” Nielsen found.


As for documentaries and unscripted programming, “American Nightmare” from Netflix had the most viewing with 3.57 billion minutes.

For films, “Moana” had the most with 13.03 billion minutes viewed.

Here’s the rest of the movies’ Top 10 list:

1. “Moana”
2. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”
3. “Red One”
4. “Trolls Band Together”
5. “Minions”
6. “Encanto”
7. “Frozen”
8. “Paw Patrol: The Movie”
9. “Inside Out”
10. “Boss Baby”

Let’s dump the kids in front of the TV.

 

[KYRON45]

Not one D&D related item on either list....I wonder why?*

i'm just messing with ya*

**Or am i?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Not one D&D related item on either list....I wonder why?*

i'm just messing with ya*

**Or am i?

Frozen is a D&D movie. It’s just that Disney are too cheap to pay for the licence.