By Chris Snellgrove | Updated
If you are a fan of sci-fi TV, it can be very difficult to find something that feels new and refreshing. After all, many sci-fi shows try to be like Star Trek, outside of Star Trek, which makes its best impression of Star Wars. Star Wars, meanwhile, has it there is no sense what it wants to do, which is why the last few years of TV shows have felt like a complete fever dream.
Fortunately, the TV landscape is about to get a sci-fi show unlike any we’ve seen before. Peacock adapts to Matt Dinniman’s popularity Dungeon Crawler Carl book series in a new show to be written by Chris Yost and executive produced by Seth McFarlane. As the author plans to release 10 books (seven have been released so far), Dungeon Crawler Carl is poised to be one of the longest-running and most innovative sci-fi shows of the modern entertainment era.
We entered the Pit
What Dungeon Crawler Carl about, exactly? In the first book, aliens invade Earth, flatten it and kill most of the population. Survivors are encouraged to enter a video game-style dungeon where they can climb, develop special abilities, and use any number of colorful powerups. Carl enters the dungeon with his pet cat, Princess Donut, who is transformed into an intelligent warrior thanks to an upgraded pet biscuit. Together, they battle strange creatures, complete strange quests, and seek patrons from a galaxy of eager spectators. Descending one floor at a time, this deadly duo has a simple mission: get out or die trying.
Universal International Studios has snapped up the TV rights to Dungeon Crawler Carl in 2025, but there have been very few announcements about the show (including which network broadcast platform it would appear on) for more than a year. Now, it’s been confirmed that the show will air on Peacock, and its creative pedigree should make sci-fi fans very excited. Chris Yost has written movies that fans like Thor: Ragnarok and shows like The Mandalorian. Seth McFarlane, on the other hand, is the producer of The Orvillewhich many consider to be the best Star Trek show anything else on NuTrek. McFarlane’s production company, Fuzzy Door, also has extensive experience in bringing talking characters like Princess Donut to life.
Matt Dinniman’s Own Platinum Awards Box
So far, that’s all we know about Dungeon Crawler Carl the exhibition. There’s no release date, and we don’t yet know who will voice Princess Donut, play Carl, or bring this weird sci-fi universe to life. Fortunately, in between casting for this upcoming show, fans have plenty to keep them busy. The eighth Dungeon Crawler Carl The book will be released on May 12, and Renegade Studios is releasing both Dungeon crawler Carl: It’s unstoppable (player card builder 1-2) and Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Role Playing Game for fans who want to explore World Dungeon in tablet form.
We can only imagine that Dungeon Crawler Carl creator Matt Dinniman, like Princess Donut before him, is thrilled to have his stuff, including an upcoming series of toys that can’t get here soon enough. But the television adaptation is certainly a big indicator that his ambitious storytelling has reached the big time. With the latest Star Trek series being canceled and Star Wars still reeling from the failure of the Sequel Trilogy, Dungeon Crawler Carl and you have a chance to give hungry sci-fi fans something they’ve been asking for for years: something original and new.
Hopefully, he can avoid encouraging the incoming hordes of new fans with his infamous character’s expletives: “glurp glurp, motherf*ckers!”
