D&D Movie/TV Paramount+ Orders 8-episode D&D TV Show

According to Deadline, an 8-episode TV show has been ordered by Paramount+. The pilot epidode of this Dungeons & Dragons TV show was written by Rawson Mashall Thurber (Red Notice) who will also direct that episode.

Apparently multiple networks were interested in the show, with Paramount+ winning out.

The show is a partnership between Paramount+ and eOne, Hasbro's studio. Hasbro is currently in the process of selling eOne.

 

[Seramus]

Way more slick than the Picard Maneuver.

Took me a second to notice! Bwahaha.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It is funny - two weeks ago this would have been really exciting news. All of a sudden this and the movie are two reasons not to get Paramount+.

Honestly, with the streaming wars ending, I think a lot of these shows (if they make it to market) will likely be on one of the big survivors. I don't have any faith that Paramount or NBC, for instance, will find it worth pouring loss leader money into their channels long enough for this show to air.

And I think most consumers will be happy to have fewer channels to subscribe to, as those survivors pick up content from the shuttered streamers.

 

[payn]

Honestly, with the streaming wars ending, I think a lot of these shows (if they make it to market) will likely be on one of the big survivors. I don't have any faith that Paramount or NBC, for instance, will find it worth pouring loss leader money into their channels long enough for this show to air.

And I think most consumers will be happy to have fewer channels to subscribe to, as those survivors pick up content from the shuttered streamers.

I do find comments like, "I cut the cord and now I pay for CBS" to be very funny.

 

[schneeland]

Ah, Paramount+! That means, whatever they do, it will probably look like a TV show from the 80s

Spoiler: context

Paramount+ launched over here with a maximum resolution of Full HD and stereo sound. And when you start something, it is notably less than Full HD for a minute or so, so it really looks like you pulled out an old VHS cassette. 4k and Dolby sound are said to arrive "early 2023" - no definitive date so far, though.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I don't know if Hasbro has recovered totaly the rights of 80's cartoon.

I am very interested into a Dragonlance teleserie, but I don't advice it in the first phase, because they have to learn to find the right style.

Maybe an animated show should be an easier option to be produced.

If the licence by Mophidius ends we shouldn't be too surprised if WotC after wants to publish a d20 Star Trek, but with a different leveling-up system, and not totally retrocompatible with 5Ed. But what about a mash-up Spelljammer version of Star Trek? And could this be published in DM Guild?

Urban Arcana may be the "cheapest" option for an action-live production. They could try some miniserie.

Planescape is right for a bizarre epic comedy animated show style Rick Morty, Futurama or Star Trek Lower Decks.

A post-apocalyptic isolated town with a retrofuturistic 50's look could be an action-live show about a haunted place with a mistery to be discovered and explained... and the truth is... the town is a dark domain from Ravenloft.

Spelljammer is perfect for a kid-friendly epic comedy cartoon.

* I miss elves, dwarves, halflings and gnomes.

 

[payn]

All P+ jokes aside, they are the only network it seems without a fantasy series. Although, Amazon might be willing to part with one or more of theirs lol.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I've been meaning to watch We're The Millers and Red Notice for awhile, now is the time I guess just to get a read on this guys abilities.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I'm a Paramount + subscriber and I watch like, two shows on it.

And, with the exception of Strange New Worlds hate watch the trek shows.

The cartoons might be okay, idk.

Going by the audience scores (never go by critic scores alone) rotten tomatoes has Strange New Worlds with the best first season score of any live action trek except TOS.

Lower Decks and Prodigy have really good scores too, which is really good given some inherently hate the idea of trek toons period.

Picard and Discovery, which I personally don't hate them (also don't rewatch them like other series) have horrifying audience scores. Discovery's last season is 20%.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

All P+ jokes aside, they are the only network it seems without a fantasy series. Although, Amazon might be willing to part with one or more of theirs lol.

Jeff Bezos has been spotted looking at the fire insurance coverage on the set of Wheel of Time.

 

[bedir than]

Picard and Discovery, which I personally don't hate them (also don't rewatch them like other series) have horrifying audience scores. Discovery's last season is 20%.

Discovery was review bombed for political reasons. Almost all of its 1s use language like "woke" as a criticism.

Jeff Bezos has been spotted looking at the fire insurance coverage on the set of Wheel of Time.

Why? It was the third most watched series on Prime Video since its launch and is in the top 20 or right now. More than a year after its release it regularly pops into the 20 most watched shows in a week.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Why? It was the third most watched series on Prime Video since its launch and is in the top 20 or right now. More than a year after its release it regularly pops into the 20 most watched shows in a week.

Because it makes the Witcher look like Shakespeare.

Any dude riding a rocket penis into space has higher ambitions than "this would have been a below-average episode of Hercules in the 1990s."

 

[bedir than]

Because it makes the Witcher look like Shakespeare.

Any dude riding a rocket penis into space has higher ambitions than "this would have been a below-average episode of Hercules in the 1990s."

the viewer numbers and the renewal out to at least season three disagree with your assessment

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

the viewer numbers and the renewal out to at least season three disagree with your assessment

Amazon.com also stands by their terrible UI. Sunk cost fallacy rules the day inside their HQ.

 

[Gradine]

My favorite episode of D&D Trek is when they go to that Domain of Dread where everybody is an 1800s Irish person and the resident cleric Beverly Crusher has relations with an alien/ghost who was also romantically involved with her grandma days before.

[Don't you @ me this was a real episode of TNG]

It's the best episode of TNG

 

[DarkCrisis]

Going by the audience scores (never go by critic scores alone) rotten tomatoes has Strange New Worlds with the best first season score of any live action trek except TOS.

Lower Decks and Prodigy have really good scores too, which is really good given some inherently hate the idea of trek toons period.

Picard and Discovery, which I personally don't hate them (also don't rewatch them like other series) have horrifying audience scores. Discovery's last season is 20%.

SNW, Lower Decks, and Prodigy are all great. An episode of Prodigy even got me to weep.

Picard had its moments but need like half the episodes to tell its story.

Discovery…. It’s…. Fine. I guess. Some
Good moments but over all it really needs better writing or something. And don’t get me started on it’s jump into the far future

 

[bedir than]

It'll be interesting to see when the numbers come out what the bidding got up to. Part of the reason why Hasbro was selling eOne was because this show was competitively bid among most US streaming services

 

[wicked cool]

Ravenloft would be great!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Ravenloft would be great!

Ravenloft is the kind of setting I could see them using as a later season setting. Launching with it would mean the audience would have to figure out how this was D&D and not live-action Castlevania (which isn't a bad idea for a separate show).

At this point, they need to cement in the general public's mind what D&D looks like. Ravenloft will blur things a bit too much at this stage.

 

[billd91]

Discovery…. It’s…. Fine. I guess. Some
Good moments but over all it really needs better writing or something. And don’t get me started on it’s jump into the far future

Discovery is an odd one. I'm OK with the jump to the far future because it stopped them from messing too much with canon - which was its biggest problem. Now, the problem is writing compelling stories without the crutch of using kewl stuff from TOS. That said, where it really shines is its characters among the Discovery's crew and dealing with interpersonal issues. It's starting to look like they're finding more interesting things for the rest of the ensemble to do and not rest too heavily on Michael Burnham for everything.

 

[Mallus]

Why can't John Rodgers be involved in this?!!

On the plus side, Paramount's Halo series wasn't half bad.