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.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

100% chance it's set in the Sword Coast and never leaves it. Just floating between

• Waterdeep.
• Neverwinter.
• Luskan.
• Baldur's Gate.

Also, 0% chance of Dark Elves. They aren't going to chance the wrong impression with "Purple Face" or whatever color they make Drow now.

They have the John Wick guy doing a Drizzt script so your pretty wrong about the Drow.

 

[payn]

They have the John Wick guy doing a Drizzt script so your pretty wrong about the Drow.

John Wick as Drizzzit actually tracks. Here is a sneak trailer.

 

[Mallus]

Hasbro is doing a bad thing vs. Paramount has Star Trek.

I wish it was close, but it's not.

Engage!

 

[DarkCrisis]

They have the John Wick guy doing a Drizzt script so your pretty wrong about the Drow.

A lot of stuff never gets past the script stage. Hasbro/WotC just cancelled 6 shows/movies apparently. But we will see.

Edit: May have been cancelled games

 

[OB1]

I'd guess that they'll be leveraging assets used in the movie to keep costs down on the show, so I'd guess that it's going to be based in Neverwinter and the Sword Coast. If the first season does well it could branch out from there.

 

[bedir than]

Hasbro/WotC just cancelled 6 shows/movies apparently.

Are you thinking of the video games report from Bloomberg that included a game that the company supposedly cancelled is still hiring and developing for?

 

[DarkCrisis]

Are you thinking of the video games report from Bloomberg that included a game that the company supposedly cancelled is still hiring and developing for?

Oh yeah maybe

 

[DarkCrisis]

double post

 

[Shiroiken]

You do know he does that because Frakes has an injury, and it would be out of character Riker to go "ooch ooch ouch" every time he sits down?

He says that, but we all know it's just because he's really weird

 

[Zaukrie]

And I won't watch it and give it a terrible review to help undermine Hasbro

You'll give it a terrible review even if you don't watch it? Why?

I get people are mad at WotC....and I don't love big companies. But man, I think emotion is running very high over logic. Compared to how phone companies treat their employees, farms treat migrant workers, big companies steal wages from employees, etc.....WotC is doing nothing compared to them. I don't like what WotC is doing at all.....but it is a drop in the bucket compared to the awful things other companies do all the time, companies people on this site buy from all the time (like Amazon and UPS not having AC.....).