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.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

If they tell a complete story in one series, rather than ending on a cliffhanger, then it won’t matter if it isn’t renewed.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Yeah, it's what it is.


Wetter than the Pacific Northwest? It's a rainforest!

Ireland would be rainforest if left to nature, at least where it would not be a bog.

 

[Warren]

If they tell a complete story in one series, rather than ending on a cliffhanger, then it won’t matter if it isn’t renewed.

An anthology style with a new adventure per season would be a great format.

 

[bedir than]

Apparently, from what I heard anyway, the D&DHAT movie streamed really well on Netflix, so, I wonder if that might have had something to do with it.

It was top 25 globally on Netflix last year, but wasn't available in the US on Netflix. That changes in two weeks.

For context, the Coumbia river basin is technically a rainforest because of how wet it is.

The Columbia river basin, for the most part, isn't anything like a rain forest with about half of it being much closer to a temperate desert than a rain forest. The primary rainforests in the PNW have outflows directly into the Pacific as they are west of the coastal ranges.

 

[Zaukrie]

I no longer care if stories don't end. I'm going to enjoy the ride while it lasts. I think it's an age thing. Maybe. But, really, a journey can be enjoyed.

 

[Warren]

I no longer care if stories don't end. I'm going to enjoy the ride while it lasts. I think it's an age thing. Maybe. But, really, a journey can be enjoyed.

Especially these days when you end up waiting 2 years to get a mere 8 episode season of a new show. Enjoy it while it lasts.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I have hit the age where "terrible" sounds nostalgic and nice. I don't know that I love this about myself right now but it's where I'm at .

I and my Cobra Kai addiction feel attacked.

 

[Wolfpack48]

I and my Cobra Kai addiction feel attacked.

On a Haven binge right now. Don't judge me!

 

[Reynard]

I just want a premium Conan series with each episode an adaptation of an original Howard story, made by a different director and the only crossover cast is one of 3 Conans (depending on age).

 

[Bomberooski]

I and my Cobra Kai addiction feel attacked.

Hahaha. Such a great show!