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The planned Dungeons & Dragons live-action series is not moving forward at Paramount+. The streaming service gave the project an eight-episode straight-to-series order in January 2023. The series is a part of the classic fantasy roleplaying game franchise that is nearly 50 years old.

A live-action film, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, was released in 2023 and is now available on the streaming service. An animated series aired on CBS for three seasons in the 1980s before being cancelled. The story got some resolution years later in a live-action car commercial.

Hasbro Entertainment is now shopping the Dungeons & Dragons TV series to other outlets, per Deadline. The project will go through some changes before it gets shopped around, though. The following was revealed about Hasbro’s plans for the series:

Now shepherded by Hasbro’s in-house division Hasbro Entertainment following eOne’s December 2023 sale to Lionsgate, the project will undergo a creative update before being taken out to other potential buyers, both production partners and platforms, sources said.

The changes will include a new creative team. The version, which sold to Paramount+, was from creator Rawson Marshall Thurber, who wrote the pilot script and was set to direct the first episode. He was subsequently joined by Drew Crevello, who came on board in April 2023 as executive producer and showrunner.

What do you think? Have you played the game or seen an earlier series or movie? Do you want to see a new Dungeons & Dragons series on the small screen?