Overview
- Multiple outlets reported this week that Netflix has begun developing Ravenloft, a live-action TV adaptation of the Dungeons & Dragons gothic-horror setting.
- Writer John August is attached as writer and executive producer and Alfonso Cuarón is attached as an executive producer, with additional executive producers from Hasbro and Esperanto Filmoj.
- The series is described by producers as a prestige fantasy that will follow the origins of Strahd von Zarovich, tracing his turn from tragic figure to the vampire Darklord at the center of Barovia.
- Netflix’s Ravenloft development replaces a previously announced Forgotten Realms project that the streamer is no longer moving forward with.
- The show remains in early development with no cast, episode order, production start date, or release date announced, and its timing and scope could change as Netflix and Wizards of the Coast move toward any formal series order.