D&D General Baldur's Gate TV show will not start production until The Last of Us concludes

The Baldur's Gate TV show, first revealed in February, will not begin production until showrunner Craig Mazin finishes The Last of Us.

The Last of Us, also based on a popular video game is a post-apocalyptic zombie-adjacent drama, and its third season was announced in April 2025. This third season is expected to be the final season of the show.

In an interview with the Radio Times, HBO boss Casey Bloys said of Mazin "Obviously, he's deep into season 3 of The Last of Us – but Baldur’s Gate was something he brought to us. He's very passionate about it, and he's thinking about it, and we've talked about it, but he's going to focus on The Last of Us, and then come back to [Baldur’s Gate] when he's got more time."

Filming for The Last of Us' final season began very recently (in March 2026) and the show will air in 2027.

Craig Mazin will serve as showrunner for the Baldur's Gate show, and ex-WotC staffer Chris Perkins will act as a consultant. Larian Studios--which made the video game--is not involved at this time.

The show will be a sequel to the video game, rather than an adaption of it, and will feature new characters alongside those from the game.

 

[OB1]

So we're probably looking at mid-late '29 for this to premiere. Figure pre-production for half of '27, shooting in '28 and then a year of post. Unless Mazlin is able to get the pre-production done while he's in post on TLOU, then we could maybe see it in '28.

 

[Misanthrope Prime]

So we're probably looking at mid-late '29 for this to premiere. Figure pre-production for half of '27, shooting in '28 and then a year of post. Unless Mazlin is able to get the pre-production done while he's in post on TLOU, then we could maybe see it in '28.

Baldur's Late.

 

[bedir than]

This isn't really a surprise.
There's a rather consistent degradation of prestige TV when a distinctive showrunner tries to do two projects at the same time

 

[payn]

 

[Misanthrope Prime]

Now that D&D beyond has broken the curse that prevented D&D from having a digital first party toolset, I look forward to this TV show being part of the tradition of "making D&D tie in media a bit after the iron has already cooled" like they did with the cartoon and Malon Wayans movie.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Striking while the iron is cold.

 

[Gladius Legis]

Many of us might have moved on to Divinity by that point, at least in early access if not full release.

 

[Gradine]

I'm confused, I thought The Last of Us ended after only one season, just like the video game only had a single entry. No reason to keep plugging away with it

 

[Clint_L]

I'm confused, I thought The Last of Us ended after only one season, just like the video game only had a single entry. No reason to keep plugging away with it

Are you being sarcastic? If so, I don't get it, since I assume you are aware that the second and third seasons are adapting the second entry in the series.