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.

 

[Mistwell]

But of course! As I said, R doesn't mean "for adults".

However, I did not buy nor play BG3, nor do I plan to, and the hard R borderline NC-17 material is why. And the entire history of rated material shows that goijg hard R is not a great bet.

Ah come on it's not borderline NC-17 and you can turn that stuff off. It's really not a meaningful part of any story. I find it kind of silly actually. It's just something linked to long rests.

And I do not think it is linked to why BG3 is selling really well. It's just a good game.

 

[Parmandur]

Ah come on it's not borderline NC-17 and you can turn that stuff off. It's really not a meaningful part of any story. I find it kind of silly actually. It's just something linked to long rests.

And I do not think it is linked to why BG3 is selling really well. It's just a good game.

Right, it is not linked to why it is selling well, and without it would likely have sold better. That's my point.

 

[bedir than]

A D&D TV show is never going to hit the top 20 no matter what you rate it.

The movie spent 15 weeks in the top 10 most watched movies in streaming in the USA.
I wouldn't expect Netflix to aim for lower viewership than Paramount while they have a wider viewerbase.

 

[Mistwell]

While that's generally true for movies, streaming tends to favor MA rated content. GoT, Sopranos, Squid Games, Sex in the City, The Witcher, Interview with the Vampire, Last of Us... I could go on and on. They should tell the story they want to tell the way they want to tell it and let the rating fall where it may.

That is the weirdest list. Sopranos is old and was not made for streaming (ended before streaming was really a thing). Sex in the City is old, not made for streaming (also ended before streaming was really a thing), and is PG-13. The Witcher...was a failure. Interview with the Vampire is old and not made for streaming. Just a weird list.

Now if you're talking about shows not made for streaming but which are popular on streaming, sure. Here are the top 5 of 2024: Bluey, Grey's Anatomy, Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, and NCIS. None include mature content. All made for regular TV.

Non mature content dominates viewership. If they want D&D to be popular, it will not be mature content. That's playing the odds. Of course there are exceptions. But if they want the best chance for the most viewers, it should be PG-13.

 

[Mistwell]

Right, it is not linked to why it is selling well, and without it would likely have sold better. That's my point.

I don't think it would sell better or worse. I just think a certain type of nerd likes to talk about those aspects.

 

[Chaltab]

Right, it is not linked to why it is selling well, and without it would likely have sold better. That's my point.

There is no way the game was going to be anything but M-rated even without the sex. It's not a fluffy PG-13 kind of romp like Honor Among Thieves.

 

[bedir than]

The Witcher...was a failure. Interview with the Vampire is old and not made for streaming.

The Witcher didn't fail. It's about to have a fourth season.

Interview with a Vampire is an AMC show, released in the streaming era. It's not the movie.

 

[Parmandur]

The Witcher...was a failure.

To be fair, The Witcher has been a big success in the rtings for Netflix, even if there is book dandom controversy. And for The Witcher stories, MA was the way to go at least.

Non mature content dominates viewership. If they want D&D to be popular, it will not be mature content. That's playing the odds. Of course there are exceptions. But if they want the best chance for the most viewers, it should be PG-13.

And PG-13 content can be quite mature even if it is not "maryre"

I don't think it would sell better or worse. I just think a certain type of nerd likes to talk about those aspects.

I mean, it would have sold at least one more copy.

 

[Parmandur]

There is no way the game was going to be anything but M-rated even without the sex. It's not a fluffy PG-13 kind of romp like Honor Among Thieves.

Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 were T for Teen games.

 

[Mistwell]

The Witcher didn't fail. It's about to have a fourth season.

Interview with a Vampire is an AMC show, released in the streaming era. It's not the movie.

The Witcher is considered a marginal show, not in the top 25 of anything, and constantly criticized. It's viewership is low, and its budget kept getting cut because of that. It's certainly not something people should cite as a successful way to market a show.

I have never even heard of the AMC show and I don't have AMC plus, which is I assume the only place it can stream? It's sure not an example of a top success.