Selome Hailu Rawson Marshall Thurber will creatively oversee Entertainment One’s upcoming live-action “Dungeons & Dragons” series, a rep for eOne confirmed to Variety.
Thurber will write and direct the pilot script and executive produce the series, which is based on the popular fantasy role-playing game franchise published by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro.The hourlong series will be one of the one of the first projects set in the “Dungeons & Dragons” TV universe that has been in planning stages at eOne since the indie studio was acquired by Hasbro in 2020.
eOne recently finished production on an untitled “Dungeons & Dragons” feature film being jointly produced and financed with Paramount.
The film was written and directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley and was the initial project as part of a first-look deal between eOne and former Marvel Studios executive producer Jeremy Latcham.
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