Deadline studies that Netflix has scooped up The Forgotten Realms, a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV collection from Shawn Levy (Deadpool & Wolverine) and Drew Crevello (WeCrashed).
You could recall that the Dungeons & Dragons collection was initially developed for Paramount+, which gave it an eight-episode, straight-to-series order in 2023. The undertaking was initially overseen by Rawson Marshall Thurber (Red Notice), and Crevello later joined as government producer and showrunner. However, it didn’t transfer ahead and Hasbro Entertainment started the method of procuring the collection elsewhere.
Crevello wrote the pilot for The Forgotten Realms and can function showrunner. He can even government produce alongside Levy and Dan Levine by means of their 21 Laps Entertainment banner. It’s nonetheless early days, however it may launch a Dungeons & Dragons universe for Netflix.
The final we noticed of the franchise in live-action was on the large display screen with Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Although the movie acquired some surprisingly rave evaluations, it solely grossed $208 million worldwide, leaving its future unsure. Chris Pine, who starred as Egdin Darvis, did say he was “pretty confident” {that a} sequel would occur. Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins has admitted that whereas Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves didn’t do in addition to they hoped, a sequel continues to be attainable; the studio wants “to determine a solution to make it for much less.“
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the wealthy world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying recreation to the large display screen in a hilarious and action-packed journey which follows “A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.” Chris Pine stars alongside Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, and Hugh Grant. I had initially ignored Honor Among Thieves because the stink of the primary Dungeons & Dragons film was nonetheless current in my mind. By the time I did lastly get round to watching it, I used to be very shocked by how enjoyable it was. I’d like to see extra, however I’m not about to carry my breath.