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On 2025-02-25 03:29:03 +0000, moviePig said:
> On 2/13/2025 7:57 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>      'Dungeons & Dragons' Live-Action Series in the Works at Netflix
>>      ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>      The live-action "Dungeons & Dragons" TV series has found new
>>      life.
>> 
>>      Variety has confirmed with sources that a new iteration of the
>>      project is currently in development at Netflix. There had
>>      previously been a "DnD" series set up at Paramount+ with a
>>      series order, but that project ultimately did not move forward
>>      due to strategic shifts at Paramount as well as the sale of
>>      co-studio eOne by Hasbro. Hasbro Entertainment is also
>>      producing the new project.
>> 
>>      The series is currently titled "The Forgotten Realms," named
>>      after the famous "DnD" campaign setting. Drew Crevello, who was
>>      previously attached as the showrunner of the Paramount+ project,
>>      will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner on the
>>      Netflix version. Shawn Levy will executive produce along with
>>      Dan Levine via 21 Laps under the company's overall TV deal with
>>      Netflix.
>> 
>>      Reps for Netflix declined to comment.
>> 
>>      Crevello previously co-created and served as co-showrunner for
>>      the Apple limited series "WeCrashed." He also helped to develop
>>      films like "X-Men: First Class" and "Deadpool" during his time
>>      as a film executive.
>> 
>>      "Dungeons & Dragons" was originally created in 1974 by E. Gary
>>      Gygax and Dave Arneson in Lake Geneva, WI. Considered one of the
>>      most influential games of all time, "DnD" sees players create
>>      characters from a wide range of fantasy races like elves, orcs,
>>      and dwarves and take part in elaborate role playing through a
>>      wide range of settings and stories.
>> 
>>      Previous "Dungeons & Dragons" onscreen projects include an
>>      animated TV series in the 1980s and a series of live-action
>>      movies beginning in 2000. Most recently, the well-received
>>      action-comedy "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" grossed
>>      over $205 million worldwide in 2023.
>> 
>>      Crevello is repped by UTA, Anonymous Content, and Ziffren
>>      Brittenham. Levy is repped by WME and Ziffren Brittenham.
>> 
>>      Deadline first reported the development news.
>> 
>> <https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/dungeons-and-dragons-live-action- 
>> series-netflix-1236307153/>
> Is the action "live" if most of it is CGI?...

Some of Disney's recent movies ("The Lion King" remake and the new 
"Mufasa" for example) are advertised as "live-action" despite the fact 
that ehat you see on-screen is 100% CGI. The excuse is because they 
used real actors and motion-capture techniques to animate the CGI 
characters.

At least this Dungeons & Dragons show does have some actual live actors 
on-screen.