The Dungeon Crawler Carl series, created by (and initially self-published by) author Matt Dinniman, has just been confirmed to have a TV adaptation in development at Peacock. The new show will be written by Chris Yost, a comic book and film/television writer with credits on projects like The Mandalorian and Thor: Ragnarok, and will be executive produced by Yost, Seth McFarlane, and Dinniman himself. McFarlane’s production company, Fuzzy Door, is responsible for tongue-in-cheek comedies like Ted and The Orville. At first glance, it seems like a good fit for a series with such an emphasis on referential humor and metatextual deconstruction.
But the really interesting thing here is that a series based on Dungeon Crawler Carl is really a triumph not just of a popular fantasy series getting turned into a TV show, but an entire style of RPGs jumping to the mainstream.
