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.

 

[TiQuinn]

Does its level of seriousness have anything to do with how well it performs financially?
Who are you quoting?

People who didn’t take superhero comics seriously.

 

[KYRON45]

People who didn’t take superhero comics seriously.

I don’t like superhero comics (or really their movies) at all so I’m not sure where I fit into this port of the conversation.

 

[TiQuinn]

I don’t like superhero comics (or really their movies) at all so I’m not sure where I fit into this port of the conversation.

Exact same energy whether you like them or not.

 

[KYRON45]

Exact same energy whether you like them or not.

My opinion on anything doesn’t make anything more or less anything.

 

[TiQuinn]

My opinion on anything doesn’t make anything more or less anything.

Didn’t say it did.

 

[KYRON45]

I’m not sure what you and I are discussing.

 

[TiQuinn]

You made a dismissive comment that struck a memory for me of people who dismissed other things that they thought no one would ever like but nevertheless became popular in the general public, that’s all.

 

[KYRON45]

You made a dismissive comment that struck a memory for me of people who dismissed other things that they thought no one would ever like but nevertheless became popular in the general public, that’s all.

The Marvel movies used top tier talent on every front. Also you know…they had an unlimited Disney war chest for funding.

The D&D movie/tv show will likely use the talent that you get when you don’t have Disney money behind your project.

Is there a chance the D&D brand on its own will have the same affect as Marvel/ Disney backing? Maybe but I doubt it.

Im a D&D fan, but not a sycophant.
Of course I want the project to succeed. But we’ve had a few attempts at this now and so far it hasn’t been the next big thing. The common denominator being what?

Good luck to all involved.

 

[TiQuinn]

I’ve only seen one attempt in earnest and that has been one of the most streamed movies of the past year and a half so

 

[Mistwell]

The Marvel movies used top tier talent on every front. Also you know…they had an unlimited Disney war chest for funding.

The D&D movie/tv show will likely use the talent that you get when you don’t have Disney money behind your project.

Is there a chance the D&D brand on its own will have the same affect as Marvel/ Disney backing? Maybe but I doubt it.

Im a D&D fan, but not a sycophant.
Of course I want the project to succeed. But we’ve had a few attempts at this now and so far it hasn’t been the next big thing. The common denominator being what?

Good luck to all involved.

The choice isn't "sycophant or not."

You're starting out, with zero information, assuming the worst. And making claims like "we've had a few attempts at this" when we've had no attempts at this.

That's not logical. Neutral would make sense. But going in assuming the worst? Not logical.