Dungeons & Dragons: Netflix is ​​preparing a series adapted to the famous role -playing game

We knew itHasbro did not intend to abandon his serial project Live action based on the famous role -playing game Dungeons & Dragons. It has therefore been revised and corrected and will now take the form of a series at Netflix entitled The Forgotten Realms (Forgotten kingdoms in French), title given to a well -known setting for game players.

A series produced by Shawn Levy

Originally, it is Paramount+in collaboration with Eone and Paramount Pictures, which was to set up a series Live action Inspired by the universe D&D. Then, last year, this project was canceled following strategic changes on the side of Paramount and the buyout of Eone by Lionsgate.

But the inspiring company, Hasbro, who holds the game D&D Via its subsidiary Wizards of the Coast immediately set out to find another house and new production partners for its series.

It's now done since Netflix has decided to develop The Forgotten Realmsa series produced by Hasbro Entertainment and one of the flagship producers of the streaming giant, Shawn Levy (Deadpool & Wolverine). It will be written by Drew Crevello (Wecrashed), who was already associated with the first version of the project At Paramount+. Here he will hold the post of showrunner.

Crevello having redeveloped the serial project D&D Hasbro, the concept of Forgotten Realms East a priori different from the previous one, unrelated to the film Dungeons & Dragons: The honor of thieves Released in 2023 – except that the latter also took place in the forgotten kingdoms.

In the context of the role -playing game Dungeons & Dragonsthe forgotten kingdoms is a universe of High Fantasy (genre Rings), where adventurers participate in all kinds of quests and meet many fantastic creatures. D&D is a game led by a “Master of the Dungeon”, which is played out using special dice and has entered more than 50 million fans since its creation in 1974.

It is not totally surprising to see Shawn Levy at work in a series inspired by D&Dthe producer-director being already behind another Netflix series which gives pride of place to this role-playing game in his story: Stranger Things.

According to Deadlineif this series Dungeons & Dragons See the day and becomes popular, it could give birth to a universe of & D on the streaming platform. What delight fans of 20 -sided dice.