Live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series gets direct-to-series order on Paramount Plus
Live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series gets direct order on Paramount Plus from writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber
As Paramount Pictures is gearing up to release its highly anticipated Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie, which Chris Pine said is a cross between Game of Thrones and Princess Bride, the studio has landed a D&D TV series.
The studio’s streaming service, Paramount Plus, has delivered an eight-episode order for a live-action Dungeons & Dragons television series, via Deadline.
Rawson Marshall Thurber (Red Notice) will write the pilot script and direct the first episode of the series, which will be a co-production between Paramount Pictures and eOne.
Movie: As Paramount Pictures is gearing up to release its highly anticipated Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie, which Chris Pine said is a cross between Game of Thrones and Princess Bride, the studio has landed a D&D TV series.
New Series: The studio’s streaming service, Paramount Plus, has delivered an eight-episode order for a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series, via Deadline.
Rawson: Rawson Marshall Thurber (Red Notice) will write the pilot script and direct the first episode of the series, which will be a co-production between Paramount Pictures and eOne
eOne, said to be the ‘lead studio’ on the project, first bought the series back in November, attracting a number of suitors.
Paramount ultimately placed the series in what was described as a “competitive situation,” though it’s unclear what other networks and/or streamers were competing for it.
Both eOne and Paramount Pictures are also producing the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, in theaters March 31.
Landed: Paramount ultimately placed the series in what was described as a “competitive situation,” though it’s unclear what other networks and/or streamers were vying for it.
The series is said to have been a “major focus” for eOne’s President of Global Television, Michael Lombardo, after Hasbro acquired the company in 2019.
Little is known about the history of the live-action series, though it is said to be the studio’s most far-reaching television project that could launch a franchise of scripted and unscripted shows.
Gabriel Marano, eOne’s EVP Scripted Television, is overseeing the TV series, though it’s unclear if it will tie into the upcoming movie.
Focus: The series is said to have been a “major focus” for eOne’s President of Global Television, Michael Lombardo, after Hasbro acquired the company in 2019.
The original Dungeons & Dragons board game was created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in 1974.
The game quickly grew in popularity and has been published by Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast since 1997.
It was estimated in 2017 that the game had between 12 and 15 million players in North America alone.
Gameplay: The original Dungeons & Dragons board game was created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in 1974
Thurber made his feature directorial debut with 2004’s Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, which he followed with 2008’s The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.
He then directed the hit 2013 comedy We’re The Millers with Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston, and Central Intelligence, his first film with Dwayne Johnson.
He would reunite with The Rock in 2018’s Skyscraper and 2021’s Red Notice, and is currently filming a sequel to Red Notice.
Debut: Thurber made his feature directorial debut with 2004’s Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, which he followed with 2008’s The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.