D&D Movie/TV There’s a Baldur’s Gate TV Show Coming!

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According to Deadline, there’s a TV show based on Baldur’s Gate 3 coming from US TV studio HBO and the co-creator of The Last of Us—another TV show based on a popular video game.

Craig Mazin will “create, write, executive produce and showrun” the TV adaptation. Other executive producers include Hasbro's Gabriel Marano, plus Jacqueline Lesko and Cecil O'Connor.

Chris Perkins—who used to work at WotC—will be acting as a consultant for the show.

Larian Studios, which made the bestselling video game, is not involved with the TV show. When Larian CEO Swen Vincke was asked if any of Larian’s writers were contributing, he answered “Not to my knowledge. But Craig did reach out to ask if he could come over to the studio to speak with us. From the conversation we had, I think he truely is a big fan which gives me hope.”

The show will be a sequel to the video game, rather than a retelling of it (as was done with The Last of Us).

Mazin said “After putting nearly 1000 hours into the incredible world of Baldur’s Gate 3, it is a dream come true to be able to continue the story that Larian and Wizards of The Coast created. I am a devoted fan of D&D and the brilliant way that Swen Vincke and his gifted team adapted it. I can’t wait to help bring Baldur’s Gate and all of its incredible characters to life with as much respect and love as we can, and I’m deeply grateful to Gabe Marano and his team at Hasbro for entrusting me with this incredibly important property.”

The show will feature both characters from Baldur’s Gate 3 and new characters.

Separately, Netflix is still producing Shawn Levy’s Forgotten Realms based TV show.

 

[Artamo]

Depends on the PC.

An optimized gaming rig will beat a console. How many people have top end gaming PCs?

This was my issue. I did not want to have to think about the components of the PC at all.

 

[JDazzle]

I'm seeing a bunch of TikToks being angry at this adaptation and swearing violence on HBO/Mazin for trying to ruin "Their" game and I'm so confused... Mostly because these people are not typical gamers!

And then there are the typical people asking why the original actors aren't being used... while the article states that Mazin wants to reach out to have them appear in the show (I imagine they may just be cameos and not their original character, but with Merle Dandridge reprising her role in TLoU, it seems that's a possibility).

The outrage is crazy and the announcement article just seems full of info suggesting Mazin wants to do the right thing, reaching out to the OG actors, making a "continuation" and not a sequel necessarily. Swen Vincke even reported that he heard that his writer's have been contacted... and yet the rage continues?

I'm confused and worried about the fans

 

[Zaukrie]

I'm seeing a bunch of TikToks being angry at this adaptation and swearing violence on HBO/Mazin for trying to ruin "Their" game and I'm so confused... Mostly because these people are not typical gamers!

And then there are the typical people asking why the original actors aren't being used... while the article states that Mazin wants to reach out to have them appear in the show (I imagine they may just be cameos and not their original character, but with Merle Dandridge reprising her role in TLoU, it seems that's a possibility).

The outrage is crazy and the announcement article just seems full of info suggesting Mazin wants to do the right thing, reaching out to the OG actors, making a "continuation" and not a sequel necessarily. Swen Vincke even reported that he heard that his writer's have been contacted... and yet the rage continues?

I'm confused and worried about the fans

Fans suck. We know nothing, and they are already complaining?

 

[Zardnaar]

Fans suck. We know nothing, and they are already complaining?

Always get a few. How widespread is the pitching and moaning is the real indicator not it happens

 

[bedir than]

I'm seeing a bunch of TikToks being angry at this adaptation and swearing violence on HBO/Mazin for trying to ruin "Their" game and I'm so confused... Mostly because these people are not typical gamers!

And then there are the typical people asking why the original actors aren't being used... while the article states that Mazin wants to reach out to have them appear in the show (I imagine they may just be cameos and not their original character, but with Merle Dandridge reprising her role in TLoU, it seems that's a possibility).

The outrage is crazy and the announcement article just seems full of info suggesting Mazin wants to do the right thing, reaching out to the OG actors, making a "continuation" and not a sequel necessarily. Swen Vincke even reported that he heard that his writer's have been contacted... and yet the rage continues?

I'm confused and worried about the fans

they aren't even waiting for the casting announcement to be angry about casting!

It's a speed run to anger

 

[JDazzle]

It seems clear to me (at least based on the announcement) that the cast of BG3 will be, at most, cameos in the show and we will be introduced to new characters to propel the new story forward. These characters will likely be residents of BG3 (or perhaps have survived being True Ones somehow and originated elsewhere) and the various possible endings of BG3 will be avoided as much as possible to honor the players... which still leaves them a whole bunch of room to play in!

 

[Dire Bare]

I'm seeing a bunch of TikToks being angry at this adaptation and swearing violence on HBO/Mazin for trying to ruin "Their" game and I'm so confused... Mostly because these people are not typical gamers!

And then there are the typical people asking why the original actors aren't being used... while the article states that Mazin wants to reach out to have them appear in the show (I imagine they may just be cameos and not their original character, but with Merle Dandridge reprising her role in TLoU, it seems that's a possibility).

The outrage is crazy and the announcement article just seems full of info suggesting Mazin wants to do the right thing, reaching out to the OG actors, making a "continuation" and not a sequel necessarily. Swen Vincke even reported that he heard that his writer's have been contacted... and yet the rage continues?

I'm confused and worried about the fans

There will always be toxic, angry fans who are angry without any real reason to be angry.

They are not a majority of fans, but they are loud. Ignore them.

The show might be great, it might suck, it might not even make it out of the development process. We don't know enough right now to judge.

The fact that this is a video game adaptation that takes place after the game's story is not cause for alarm or anything else really. Some folks are casting aspersion on the showrunner, who's long career in Hollywood isn't 100% hits. I'm not worried about that either. I'm not really concerned at all, and will just patiently wait until the show is actually filming, then wraps, then show up in my queue on HBO Max.

 

[Scribe]

The outrage is crazy and the announcement article just seems full of info suggesting Mazin wants to do the right thing, reaching out to the OG actors, making a "continuation" and not a sequel necessarily. Swen Vincke even reported that he heard that his writer's have been contacted... and yet the rage continues?

I'm confused and worried about the fans

Hi there, welcome to fandom in the age of social media.

 

[Zardnaar]

There will always be toxic, angry fans who are angry without any real reason to be angry.

They are not a majority of fans, but they are loud. Ignore them.

The show might be great, it might suck, it might not even make it out of the development process. We don't know enough right now to judge.

The fact that this is a video game adaptation that takes place after the game's story is not cause for alarm or anything else really. Some folks are casting aspersion on the showrunner, who's long career in Hollywood isn't 100% hits. I'm not worried about that either. I'm not really concerned at all, and will just patiently wait until the show is actually filming, then wraps, then show up in my queue on HBO Max.

This. Theres no obvious big red flag here just wait and see.

 

[Shades of Eternity]

I wonder if they are going to do a willow, like that series: aka a young cast with poor, going with Minsc, guiding them throughout the adventure?