The D&D Adaptation That Could Redefine Streaming Fantasy for a Decade Netflix is developing The Forgotten Realms — a live-action Dungeons & Dragons series produced by Shawn Levy — and the commercial logic is compelling. D&D had an estimated 50 million fans globally in 2024, more than four times the 12 million readers George R.R. Martin's books had when Game of Thrones debuted on HBO. The franchise has been running for 52 years, generated over 300 Forgotten Realms novels, and
