Peacock Greenlights Dungeon Crawler Carl Series

Peacock has greenlit the development of a live-action television series adaptation of Matt Dinniman's bestselling LitRPG book series Dungeon Crawler Carl, with Seth MacFarlane and the author himself serving as executive producers.

The project, originally acquired by Universal International Studios in early 2025, marks a significant step forward for the franchise, which blends science fiction and fantasy elements inspired by tabletop role-playing games and video game dungeon crawlers. Chris Yost, known for his work on films including Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: The Dark World, will write the series and executive produce alongside MacFarlane's Fuzzy Door Productions banner. Dinniman joins as an executive producer, with Erica Huggins also producing and Rachel Hargreaves-Heald overseeing production for Fuzzy Door.

At the center of the story is Carl, a Coast Guard veteran who survives an alien invasion that devastates Earth. Forced into a brutal intergalactic game show, he must navigate a resource-stripped planet transformed into a deadly dungeon, battling monsters, aliens, rogue artificial intelligence, and fellow survivors. His unlikely companion is Princess Donut, his ex-girlfriend's...