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]

To be fair, The Witcher has been a big success in the rtings for Netflix

It has not. It does not rank in their top anything. Season 3 had a 36% drop from season 2. A 67% drop from season 1 to 3. That show has been a train wreck.

 

[Parmandur]

It has not. It does not rank in their top anything. Season 3 had a 36% drop.

I mean, it ia not the single most successful show lut there or anything, but it is coming up on 4 Seasons, and Netflix does not do that for fun:

The Witcher Dominates Latest Nielsen Streaming Top 10 With Season 2 Drop

With the release of Sason 2, Netflix's "The Witcher" landed atop Nielsen’s U.S. ranking of streaming originals for the week of Dec. 13.

tvline.com

 

[Mistwell]

I mean, it ia not the single most successful show lut there or anything, but it is coming up on 4 Seasons, and Netflix does not do that for fun:

The Witcher Dominates Latest Nielsen Streaming Top 10 With Season 2 Drop

With the release of Sason 2, Netflix's "The Witcher" landed atop Nielsen’s U.S. ranking of streaming originals for the week of Dec. 13.

tvline.com

They do it because they were under contract. It's been a total train wreck for them. 67% drop from season 1, which itself was no great success.

 

[Parmandur]

They do it because they were under contract. It's been a total train wreck for them. 67% drop from season 1, which itself was no great success.

I mean, I donate a horse in the race (we Noped out fter 1 episode), but I haven't heard anything other than it being a ratings success for Netflix purposes.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

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.

Sex and the city has nudity, no way its PG-13.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

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.

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

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

The first season which was the most true to the books as I understand it was successful, and Netflix is trying to get back to that.

Had they listened to Henry Caville and Beau DeMayo it'd be doing massively better. Witchers loss is Warhammers gain.

 

[Chaltab]

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

Yes, but
1. The industry has changed a lot since then and M-rated games tend to be some of the biggest sellers. GTA5 is like the best selling anything in the entertainment industry ever.

2. The story of BG3 couldn't really be told at modern graphical fidelity at a T-rating. Ceremorphosis alone is a bit much for Teen.

Even so you have the choice to tone down the mature content in the options.

 

[Zardnaar]

D&D tends to go in cycles. Bit more adult then family friendly.

 

[Chaltab]

I'm fine with both but what I don't like is dumb edgelord 'maturity' like the 3E Book of Vile Darkness or a lot of the expanded 4E lore about evil deities.

 

[Mistwell]

I just hope they go live action. I won't watch animated stuff these days with very rare exception. Particularly not mature adult animated.