Dungeons and Dragons is an extremely valuable intellectual property in the entertainment world. Now, aside from tabletop and video games, it’s true that it didn’t make much of a difference in film and television. However, this will soon change. According to information from TermParamount Pictures green-lights production Series live action from Dungeons and Dragons.
According to his report, the series Dungeons and Dragonswho will have 8 episodes in the first season will Paramount+ Exclusive, one of the video streaming platforms that has grown the most in the last year. Largely, of course, because of the offer of original content. However, the company’s idea is to speed up the production of exclusive series in order to attract more subscribers.
At the moment it is known that Rawson Marshall Thurberresponsible for films such as Red Notice, Skyscraper D One and a half spyamong other things, wrote the script for the pilot episode, and will also be responsible for directing the first chapter.
Series live action from Dungeons and Dragons will be produced by Paramount Pictures and eOne. The latter is a film studio owned by Hasbro. They took on last year’s project in the hope that some platform would be interested in acquiring it. Luckily, a few services raised their hands, but it was Paramount+ who made a very attractive economic offer.
Both Hasbro and eOne prioritized the series Dungeons and Dragons. They know very well that the franchise has a huge audience and the likelihood of success, if done right, is very high.
It’s worth noting that Paramount Pictures and eOne have done deals in the past. In fact, they recently joined forces to produce the highly anticipated film. live action from the same franchise. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thievesstarring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez and Rager-Jean Page, will be released on March 31, 2023. In mid-2022, we were able to see its first and promising trailer.
Dungeons and Dragons joins the wave of gaming series
So, there are two important points that we can highlight after learning about this important announcement. First of all, it is clear that Hasbro wants to explode Dungeons and Dragons in film and television as soon as possible. The perception of the series, yes, will depend on what happens to the feature film. Yes Honor among thieves does not convince, episodic bet will be compromised without seeing the light of day. Hence the importance of the film meeting the expected quality.
On the other hand, it has become clear that Paramount+ is, to some extent, following the same path as Netflix and HBO Max. These services have established game adaptations they have the potential to succeed in other entertainment sectors; that is why many are on the way.
Netflix recently announced the series Gears of Waralthough they also rely on locking, Assassin’s Creed, Pokemon, League of Legends (Mystical), Cuphead, sound, cyberpunk, bioshock, Big difference, Department D Zero dawn horizon. HBO Max, for its part, is in the spotlight thanks to the series Last of usbased on the popular PlayStation franchise.
Paramount+ is not entirely alien to this strategy, as last year they released Halo. The series, inspired by the Xbox and Microsoft game, was positively received by Master Chief fans. The next step is to throw the house out of the window with live action from Dungeons and Dragons.
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