Paramount+ lands Dungeons & Dragons series (that definitely isn’t just Stranger Things)
The series is produced by the same studio as upcoming Chris Pine film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, although the show will be distinct from the movie
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The streaming wars get more specific every day. First, everyone had to have a superhero show, then they had to have a prequel to a beloved high-fantasy franchise, then they had to have a show about a wide-eyed brunette in a dead-end marriage involved in a murder at a lavish resort. Now, apparently, the newest requirement is a show that somehow incorporates the classic role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Why not!
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount+ is set to contribute the newest addition to this very niche genre, which is widely associated with Stranger Things but arguably started way back in 2011 with Community’s classic “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” episode. The streamer has landed an eight-episode series based on the role-playing game; Rawson Marshall Thurber (Red Notice) wrote the pilot script and will direct at least the first episode.
If you’re experiencing a strange sense of deja vu right now, it may not just be that your friend’s wizard character was successful in their spell-casting attempt. Studio Entertainment One (eOne), the show’s co-producer, is also producing Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which is currently set to premiere on March 31.
The film, which stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, and Hugh Grant, is a lighthearted take on the high-fantasy genre set within the D&D universe. We don’t yet know whether the show will take this same approach or also have scenes set in our world, but THR reports that the series will be separate from the film.
If that isn’t enough, eOne is also working on a D&D documentary co-directed by Joe Manganiello, which is slated for a 2024 release. So if you haven’t already, you have lots of time to organize your party and prepare your campaign—just try not to release any demogorgons or other horrors in the process.
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File this under S for “Sure, why not”
Why the tone of this article?Why is a D&D series -produced by the company who are releasing a D&D movie- such an insane idea that can only exist because of ST? The movie isn’t a thing because of ST, why the fuck would the series be beholden to it?
Seriously, what the fuck was the point of the snark in this article?
I’m guessing Uwe Boll isn’t doing much. Let’s do this!
Damn, you had to remind me that Community’s maybe-best episode isn’t available to stream because a dude dressed up as an elf.
Well, unless you’re a Pierce fan.
Rawson Marshall Thurber (Red Notice) wrote the pilot scriptOof.
I’d be more excited if it was a reboot of the cartoon (or if it would / could ever stream!), but this’ll do for now.
They needed something to distract from the OGL 1.1 slow motion catastrophe.
There was a point in my life I would have been thrilled, but I’m not digging SF/Fantasy these days. I’ll watch the movie, but that’s it. I can’t stand the culture now-but I could say that about so much else. Plus I LOVE the writers idea that DnD “started” when it was featured on TV. Its been around for over 40 years, you know.
I’m not convinced your not one of the Rings of Power elf racists.
Naw I just got tired of fantasy in general. It’s more a personal choice.
I think they were talking about shows featuring people playing the game, not the game itself. Even though Mazes and Monsters, based on a novel by Rona Jaffe, featured a young Tom Hanks a little more than 40 years ago, the Community episode probably does mark the first time D&D players were depicted positively in film or television. Mazes and Monsters is pretty much a relic of the Satanic panic of the 80s.
Fair point. I get prickly about dnd these days. I quit dnd after 40 years and have a love/hate relationship with it. Same with KISS.
Dexter’s Laboratory did a great D&D episode in 1997.
And for live action, Freaks and Geeks did it back in 2000.
Yo I’ve never seen a man’s hair quite like that before. Gross.
Why does he look like wax figure in the header image? lol
Strangers Things didn’t invent Dungeons & Dragons, calm down.
That’s a very Joker-y smile. And a very Nantucket-y name.
Surely Joe should be making Mythic Quest?