D&D Movie/TV ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Live-Action Series Not Going Forward At Paramount+, Will Be Revamped & Shopped By Hasbro

[Grendel_Khan]

The sale didn't seem to have much to do with D&D specifically, eOne had a lot of other stuff going on. The gust seems tone that Hasbro wanted control over film projects of their UP, but after trying thst for a few years decided they didn't like the risk of actually fronting production money, so decided to retreat back to taking other people's money for their IP as a business model. And, importantly they logn term will still gain from the acquisition because they kept eOne's IP like Peppa Pig when they sold off the production stuff.

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks.

 

[LordEntrails]

Can we merge these two identical threads?

D&D Movie/TV - Paramount+ Will Not Proceed with Dungeons & Dragons Live-Action TV Show

Deadline reports that the live-action Dungeons & Dragons television series will not continue at Paramount+. The show was originally announced in January 2023 as Paramount+ placed an eight episode straight-to-series order. Normally that’s the best you can hope for in terms of a guarantee of the...

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

There's already The Legend of Vox Machina, though. So releasing a similar show would likely draw unflattering comparisons, especially considering the popularity and critical acclaim for the former.

That logic has never stopped cop, lawyer, doctor or crime scene analysis shows.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Granted, there's no way they knew BG3 was going to be so crazy at the time..

Weeeeeell, it was in open alpha for years and was already a phenomenon before it "officially" went on sale. Everyone in the video game world knew it was going to be a big hit.

Maybe no one at WotC reads Kotaku or GameInformer or IGN, but that seems unlikely.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I don't think Paramount Plus will survive,

Yeah, the Hollywood trades are basically on death watch for Paramount.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If I were doing a D&D series, I’d base it on one of the more famous adventure module series. Slavers series has an especially strong arc.

I don't think even the best D&D module has a good of a story as a decent TV series.

If they want to be inspired by past content, great. (And they probably will be.) But I think making them feel beholden to a bunch of tournament modules written 40 years ago is needlessly tying one hand behind the writers' collective back.

 

[bedir than]

Yeah, the Hollywood trades are basically on death watch for Paramount.

P+ is actually profitable.

It's the traditional TV side that lost 100s of millions last quarter.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

P+ is actually profitable.

It's the traditional TV side that lost 100s of millions last quarter.

OK? Everyone is still expecting Paramount, the studio, to be acquired soon.

 

[bedir than]

OK? Everyone is still expecting Paramount, the studio, to be acquired soon.

Oh, yes. Absolutely.

Sony wants to sell off parts after too. I expect a version of Paramount to survive as a brand (unlike Viacom for example).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I think some sort of streaming consolidation was inevitable. Too much of early dotcom boom and bust "build an audience; we can figure out how to pay for it later" attitude coming out of the pandemic.

Fingers crossed most of the good shows -- of all genres -- survive. Netflix picked up Girls5Eva, so it can happen.