DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Live-Action Series Created By Rawson Marshall Thurber Ordered Ordered at Paramount+
Red Notice director Rawson Marshall Thurber has been developing a live-action Dungeons & Dragons series over the past year and Paramount+ has officially given it a series order. Thurber wrote the pilot for the series and is also set to direct the first episode.
There aren't any official details on the project yet, but it's been rumored in the past that the story "might be" centered on a popular drow ranger character named Drizzt Do'Urden. It’s been speculated that the show could focus on "Drizzt's early life growing up in the drow city of Menzoberranzan, also known as the city of Spiders."
"Born" in the ‘80s, Drizzt is very much as relevant today as he was then and continues to be a hero for new and old fans discovering or rediscovering him. He may not have the biggest sword, but he does what is right, even when it is the hard choice.
Paramount+ has given the show an eight-episode order and it’s a co-production between eOne and Paramount Pictures, with eOne serving as the lead studio.
The news comes as Paramount Pictures and eOne are preparing to release the highly-anticipated live-action film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves on March 31st, which looks like a lot of fun! That movie comes from directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Gilio.
As a fan of D&D, I really hope that these projects do the franchise justice. Right now there’s a lot of fan backlash against the changes that Hasbro is making with the epic fantasy role-playing game. I wonder if that will sour what Paramount is trying to do with these film and TV adaptations.
Source: Variety