We’re going down, down, down by the river, and back to the city of Baldur’s Gate… albeit on TV, rather than in a game.
Deadline reports that HBO is working with Hasbro to develop a Baldur’s Gate TV series, which will be set immediately after the events of Larian’s third entry in the beloved RPG series. Craig Mazin, who has been the at-times-controversial figure behind HBO’s other big-ticket video game adaptation, The Last of Us, will create, write, executive produce, and showrun the new series.
Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O’Connor and Hasbro Entertainment’s Gabriel Marano will join Mazin as executive producers, while Chris Perkins—the former senior story designer for Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast, who jumped ship from the company to join actual-play company and rival TTRPG designer Critical Role last year—will serve as a consultant on the series.
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Source: Gizmodo