Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show

Shawn Levy has provided a brief update on the Forgotten Realms series in development at Netflix. Speaking to Collider ahead of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, Levy was asked about the progress of the new Dungeons & Dragons series that he's producing for Netflix. "I think that the reason it's taken so long and the reason why it is a challenging process is you're not adapting story IP," Levy told Collider. "You're adapting a world and a lexicon and a spirit, but story needs to be invented largely from scratch. And it needs to be invented in a way that feels organic to everything that's great about DnD. So that one is in very active every day chipping-away-at-it development at Netflix."

Announced earlier this year, Netflix is developing a live-action television series titled the Forgotten Realms. No further details were provided about the nature of the series, but Levy's comments suggest that they're developing an original storyline as opposed to adapting a novel or adventure story into TV. Levy is serving as the producer of the series, with Drew Crevello serving as the writer/showrunner.

Collider also asked if the Forgotten Realms series would move forward, Levy replied "I really hope so. I really really hope so."

 

[Paul Farquhar]

This is definitely off-topic (and it's entirely my fault) but can you share what parts of Pern would go over well today? I remember it holding up pretty well when I re-read it about 5 years ago...

edit: WAIT! I remembered one... not going to list it here, but yeah... nevermind... they COULD easily remove this one pervasive part of the world but yeaaahhhh...

Aside from the elements that haven't aged well, Pern isn't actually as romance focused as the modern genre. People called McCaffery "The Barbara Cartland of Sci Fi" as an insult. Sometimes she did romance, but it's rarely the main focus, and I can't think of any time she sets up the female-male-male love triangle which is compulsory these days. What she did do is often have female central characters, which was the main reason for the insults.

 

[Not a Decepticon]

That comment is a great reminder to all us folks (old or not) that it doesn't take long for an incredibly popular book (series or not) to evade knowledge of its existence to novice members of our community.

I'm not a novice and I would appreciate if you want to insult me to do it at least directly to my face.

And I stand by what I have said. I know that works like Dune, Wheel of Time or Foundation are huge deal in speculative ficiton genre. YOU know that. People who actualyl had decency to quote me know that.

Mainstream audiences these adaptations are pirmarly aimed at have no idea. Most of people shows like these are supposed to attract do not read or does not read fantasy or science-fiction, pasisonate readers are not big enough group to have mass appeal. For them everything beyond the biggest names like Tolkien is obscure. Hell, even in the fandom itself I am baffled how many supposedly big names in literature are obscure and forgotten. Elric of Melnibone may be one of most influential fantasy characters of all time and yet outside ot very narrow group on very specific forums, I'm constantly meet with confusion and ignorance when I mention the series. Hell, Lovecraft for how influential his work was was himself obscure outside narrow small group of fans before Cthulhu became a meme in 2000's-2010's.

I don't think admitting classic fantasy and sci-fi literature is a niche part of an already niche hobby and their classics are "relatively" obscure, warrants vaguely insulting me behind my back. Seriously, this reaction remainds me very much of this

 

[JDazzle]

I'm not a novice and I would appreciate if you want to insult me to do it at least directly to my face.

And I stand by what I have said. I know that works like Dune, Wheel of Time or Foundation are huge deal in speculative ficiton genre. YOU know that. People who actualyl had decency to quote me know that.

Mainstream audiences these adaptations are pirmarly aimed at have no idea. Most of people shows like these are supposed to attract do not read or does not read fantasy or science-fiction, pasisonate readers are not big enough group to have mass appeal. For them everything beyond the biggest names like Tolkien is obscure. Hell, even in the fandom itself I am baffled how many supposedly big names in literature are obscure and forgotten. Elric of Melnibone may be one of most influential fantasy characters of all time and yet outside ot very narrow group on very specific forums, I'm constantly meet with confusion and ignorance when I mention the series. Hell, Lovecraft for how influential his work was was himself obscure outside narrow small group of fans before Cthulhu became a meme in 2000's-2010's.

I don't think admitting classic fantasy and sci-fi literature is a niche part of an already niche hobby and their classics are "relatively" obscure, warrants vaguely insulting me behind my back. Seriously, this reaction remainds me very much of this

There was no attempt to insult, direct or indirect in my post. I'm sorry that you took it that way but your response here is really weird and trying to argue something I was never even trying.

I wish you luck in your future interactions.

 

[gnarlygninja]

Because no one under 50 cares about his books?

I think those books are awful but they're very popular with the (relatively) young Gen X and with Millennials who are into fantasy, there are a ton of people under 50 who still read them.

 

[TiQuinn]

I'm not a novice and I would appreciate if you want to insult me to do it at least directly to my face.

And I stand by what I have said. I know that works like Dune, Wheel of Time or Foundation are huge deal in speculative ficiton genre. YOU know that. People who actualyl had decency to quote me know that.

Mainstream audiences these adaptations are pirmarly aimed at have no idea. Most of people shows like these are supposed to attract do not read or does not read fantasy or science-fiction, pasisonate readers are not big enough group to have mass appeal. For them everything beyond the biggest names like Tolkien is obscure. Hell, even in the fandom itself I am baffled how many supposedly big names in literature are obscure and forgotten. Elric of Melnibone may be one of most influential fantasy characters of all time and yet outside ot very narrow group on very specific forums, I'm constantly meet with confusion and ignorance when I mention the series. Hell, Lovecraft for how influential his work was was himself obscure outside narrow small group of fans before Cthulhu became a meme in 2000's-2010's.

I don't think admitting classic fantasy and sci-fi literature is a niche part of an already niche hobby and their classics are "relatively" obscure, warrants vaguely insulting me behind my back. Seriously, this reaction remainds me very much of this

You also admitted that it was a hot take with no follow-up.

I don’t think many people have a great grasp of either who comprise a mainstream audience or what that audience likes or knows, particularly since it’s constantly changing. It really just boils down to one person’s opinion based on whatever take they want to have and they’re using an absent and silent majority to make their point.