Shawn Levy is developing a Dungeons & Dragons live-action series at Netflix, The Forgotten Realms, along with Drew Crevello.
Levy is serving as producer with Crevello as the writer-showrunner. Levy produced Stranger Things at Netflix which is in part inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, and he produced Unsolved Mysteries, Shadow & Bone, and released The Adam Project on the streamer. Drew Crevello’s credits include the WeCrashed TV miniseries on Apple TV+.
The details include that the Dungeons & Dragons Netflix series will no be at all related to the recent Honor Among Thieves movie or any previous series that was in development.
Deadline offers that initially the D&D series was in development from Red Notice filmmaker Rawson Marshall Thurber who is now directing the live-action Voltron for Amazon but that the D&D series has “underwent redevelopment with Crevello at the helm and a brand new concept not related to the past D&D development with Thurber and Paramount or the Honor Among Thieves movie.”
The site adds the series could lead to a D&D universe on Netflix.
What is Forgotten Realms?
Forgotten Realms is a high-fantasy setting for Dungeons & Dragons created by Ed Greenwood in the 1980s and later developed by TSR and Wizards of the Coast. Set primarily on the continent of Faerûn, it features a rich world filled with magic, powerful deities, legendary heroes, and iconic locations like Waterdeep, Baldur’s Gate (popular video game), and Neverwinter. The setting is known for its deep lore, detailed history, and numerous novels, video games, and tabletop adventures, including works by authors like R.A. Salvatore, who popularized the drow (dark elf) ranger Drizzt Do’Urden.
