Not sure if this is allowed here, but I really enjoy this series and I’m thrilled to see it’s getting a TV adaptation. I’ve always thought it seems like the perfect book to adapt, given, well you know, the whole intergalactic TV setup.

The live-action “Dungeon Crawler Carl” TV series is now officially in development at Peacock, Variety has learned.

As previously reported, Chris Yost will write and executive produce the series, with Seth MacFarlane set to executive produce under his Fuzzy Door banner. Dinniman is also an EP, as is Fuzzy Door’s Erica Huggins. Rachel Hargreaves-Heald will serve as executive in charge of production for Fuzzy Door.

Dinnman also addressed fans who were concerned about the prospect of a live-action series versus an animated one, given the fantasy nature of the books. But Dinnman expressed his confidence in MacFarlane’s ability to bring the books to life.

“[We’re] not going to do it if it’s gonna look like absolute shit,” he said. “And they will do CGI testing on Princess Donut and stuff like that. And that’s all I can say, I think. It’s all gonna hinge on what it looks like. But Fuzzy Door, specifically, if you watch ‘Ted’ or ‘The Orville,’ you’ll see that they know what they’re doing when it comes to this.”

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[–] 34 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There aren't a lot of people I would expect to be able to adapt DCC well, but Seth MacFarlane is one of them. I'm looking forward to it. Too bad it'll be a Borant Peacock exclusive.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I think they should do it with a stylized animation, like Batman TAS or Ralph Bakshi
    https://youtu.be/S5vOLSBI9So

    I've only read the first book, but I'm guessing that it would require a Marvel movie budget per episode to do justice to the series.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    If they don't get Jeff to do the voice of the AI I'm gonna riot

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Right? I really hope they use Jeff Hays for this. He is the only voice I want to hear in this role.

    He’s the only one I can accept hearing NEW ACHIEVEMENT, or creepy breathing from

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Holy shit! I'm literally relistening to the audiobooks right now in preparation for the new book next month! Imagine my surprise to see this here and more than 4 people excited about it!

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Oh nice! Ill def watch. Thanks.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Fuck Peacock and hate exclusives.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Yost was heavily involved in Cowboy Bebop on Netflix. I believe he wrote it. I know it got a lot of hate, but I really liked it. I suspect if Netflix had marketed it to non-anime fans it would have done fairly well.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I was really hoping for animated like Vox Machina. I'm afraid live action will look like the wrong kind of cheese.

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Isn't that the guy who did the really unfunny Family Guy show...?

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Obviously the author deserves to get paid but there's no way the current NBC doesn't sabotage the message

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    [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I head about this a while ago, glad to see there is progress being made. I like the CG in Orville, they might have competent people to have a solid Donut.

    For the people asking for animation. There is the first book as comic on webtoon, I wonder if they would follow the art there.

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