World of Darkness is also coming to TV!

It's not just Dungeons & Dragons, or this week's announced Scion TV show, that are getting the live-action treatment. The World of Darkness is getting a TV and movie franchise too!

According to Deadline, Paradox Interactive (owner of the World of Darkness) and The Witcher and The Expanse studio Hivemind.

Writer-producer Christine Boylan said "“The World of Darkness story universe is deliberately and unapologetically inclusive and diverse. It has always made a point of including equal gendered characters, protagonists and antagonists of every race, and representation of all creeds – bringing a female and diverse audience to gaming like nothing prior. Its games and fandom are a place where women, POC, and the LGBTQI community feel welcome and we are very proud to bring these stories to life.”

The developer, Eric Heisserer is the showrunner for Netflix's current Shadow and Bone series.

It's not WoD's first appearance on TV. Back in 1996, a short-lived 8-episode series called Kindred: The Embraced was broadcast.

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May 3, 2021

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Stormonu said:
Shouldn't this be "Another World of Darkness TV Show?" They already did one in the late 90's or 00's that didn't get a second season, as I recall.

And it should be noted that Vampire was heavily based/influenced by the Anne Rice novels, and as I recall she went a couple rounds with White Wolf before things were settled.

Actually, Mark Rein-Hagen hadn’t read any Anne Rice novels when he wrote Vampire: The Masquerade - according to interviews. He read it afterwards apparently, and noted its broader influence, but his actual sources are more likely the various romantic vampire movies that were around in the 1980s (which in turn were probably influenced by Anne Rice novels).

I don’t recall there being any situation with Anne Rice directly in terms of IP. White Wolf did have a legal dispute with the Underworld franchise, as discussed earlier in the thread, but that was settled out of court.

The vampire TV show in the 1990s was Kindred: The Embraced. It was short lived and....ah...not very good. One hopes this new TV franchise will be better.