‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ TV Series Sets Netflix’s ‘Shadow and Bone’ Creator Eric Heisserer as Co-Showrunner
Attention crawlers: Eric Heisserer has been named co-showrunner of Peacock’s upcoming live-action “Dungeon Crawler Carl” TV series alongside the previously announced writer Chris Yost.
Based on Matt Dinniman’s best-selling LitRPG novel series, the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” TV show will be led by Yost (pictured above right) and Heisserer (pictured above left) who will executive produce alongside Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins, Rachel Hargreaves-Heald for MacFarlane’s banner Fuzzy Door. Dinniman is co-executive producer. The adaptation hails from Universal Global Television.
Here’s the official logline for the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” TV series: “An alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity and any survivors are forced to fight for their lives on a sadistic intergalactic game show. Sounds bad, right? Now try doing it with bare feet and a stuck-up, self-centered, tiara-wearing talking cat as your partner. Welcome to Dungeon Crawler World: Earth, where the apocalypse will be televised … and Coast Guard vet Carl finds himself stuck with his ex-girlfriend’s award-winning show cat, Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk, as they try to survive the end of the world, fighting monsters, aliens, an insane A.I. and even other survivors … all for the sake of good TV. Survival is optional. Entertainment is not.”
So far, only one cast member has joined the TV series: Jeff Hays, the narrator and producer behind all eight of the currently released “Dungeon Crawler Carl” books, who will be doing the voice of Princess Donut.
Heisserer most recently served as the showrunner, executive producer and creator of “Shadow and Bone.” He is also the screenwriter behind Netflix’s “Bird Box” and Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival.”
Dinniman’s “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series — which currently consists of eight books out of a total of 10 planned novels — has sold more than 14 million copies across all formats. On Audible, the Hays-narrated series has drawn more than 140 million listening hours.
Based on Matt Dinniman’s best-selling LitRPG novel series, the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” TV show will be led by Yost (pictured above right) and Heisserer (pictured above left) who will executive produce alongside Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins, Rachel Hargreaves-Heald for MacFarlane’s banner Fuzzy Door. Dinniman is co-executive producer. The adaptation hails from Universal Global Television.
Here’s the official logline for the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” TV series: “An alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity and any survivors are forced to fight for their lives on a sadistic intergalactic game show. Sounds bad, right? Now try doing it with bare feet and a stuck-up, self-centered, tiara-wearing talking cat as your partner. Welcome to Dungeon Crawler World: Earth, where the apocalypse will be televised … and Coast Guard vet Carl finds himself stuck with his ex-girlfriend’s award-winning show cat, Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk, as they try to survive the end of the world, fighting monsters, aliens, an insane A.I. and even other survivors … all for the sake of good TV. Survival is optional. Entertainment is not.”
So far, only one cast member has joined the TV series: Jeff Hays, the narrator and producer behind all eight of the currently released “Dungeon Crawler Carl” books, who will be doing the voice of Princess Donut.
Heisserer most recently served as the showrunner, executive producer and creator of “Shadow and Bone.” He is also the screenwriter behind Netflix’s “Bird Box” and Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival.”
Dinniman’s “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series — which currently consists of eight books out of a total of 10 planned novels — has sold more than 14 million copies across all formats. On Audible, the Hays-narrated series has drawn more than 140 million listening hours.