Netflix Developing Live-Action Ravenloft Series Centered on Strahd
Writer John August is executive producing the Dungeons & Dragons adaptation, which replaces a shelved Forgotten Realms show.
Netflix is developing a live-action TV series based on Ravenloft, the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, according to screenrant.com. The show will center on the vampire Darklord Strahd von Zarovich.
John August is attached as writer and executive producer. The series is set to trace Strahd's path from tragic antihero to notorious villain.
No release date has been announced.
The project would be the first live-action TV show based on Dungeons & Dragons. It takes the place of a planned Forgotten Realms series, which was shelved.
Earlier D&D adaptations
Dungeons & Dragons was created in 1974. The 2023 film Honor Among Thieves drew 91% and 92% positive Rotten Tomatoes scores from critics and audiences respectively, but a planned sequel appears to have been put on hold after insufficient box office success.
Quick answers
Is Netflix making a Dungeons & Dragons TV series?
Yes. Netflix is developing a live-action series based on the Ravenloft campaign setting, with John August as writer and executive producer.
When will the Ravenloft series be released?
No release date has been announced.
Who is the Ravenloft series about?
It centers on the vampire Darklord Strahd von Zarovich and follows his transformation from tragic antihero to notorious villain.