HBO developing TV series based on ‘Baldur’s Gate,’ Deadline reports

Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) HBO is developing a TV series based on video game franchise “Baldur’s Gate,” which is based in Hasbro’s (HAS) “Dungeons & Dragons” universe, with “The Last of Us” series co-creator Craig Mazin set to create, write, executive produce, and showrun the adaptation, Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports. Also set to serve as executive producer on the project are Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O’Connor and Hasbro Entertainment’s Gabriel Marano, the author notes. Unlike HBO’s “The Last of Us” series, which retells the stories from the PlayStation (SONY) video games, the “Baldur’s Gate” TV show will be a continuation of the games, the author says.