Peacock has give a series order to the TV adaptation of “Dungeon Crawler Carl,” a New York Times best selling book from Matt Dinniman. Seth MacFarlane‘s Fuzzy Door is behind the series, which comes from the newly renamed Universal Global Television. Variety reported in April that the show had landed at Peacock.
Chris Yost (“The Mandalorian”) is on board as writer and executive producer, while Dinniman is set as a non-writing co-executive producer. MacFarlane will serve as an executive producer, while Fuzzy Door’s Erica Huggins and Rachel Hargreaves-Heald are also EPs.
Based on the book series of the same name by Matt Dinniman, the project was originally acquired by Universal International Studios in early 2025, though no network or streamer was attached at that time.
“Surprise! I’m happy to announce that our friends at Peacock have officially greenlit the Dungeon Crawler Carl television series,” Dinniman wrote on social media. “Me, Chris Yost and Seth MacFarlane and his team at Fuzzy Door are all really excited to get to work. In the coming weeks I’ll have more details, and if you’re going to SDCC be sure to catch me and Chris on our DCC panel. In the meantime I wanted to thank you, the fans, for helping make this happen.”
Here’s the logline: “An alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity and any survivors are forced to fight for their lives on a sadistic intergalactic game show. Sounds bad, right? Now try doing it with bare feet and a stuck-up, self-centered, tiara-wearing talking cat as your partner. Welcome to Dungeon Crawler World: Earth, where the apocalypse will be televised … and Coast Guard vet Carl finds himself stuck with his ex-girlfriend’s award-winning show cat, Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk, as they try to survive the end of the world, fighting monsters, aliens, an insane A.I. and even other survivors … all for the sake of good TV. Survival is optional. Entertainment is not.”
“Dungeon Crawler Carl” has sold over 10 million copies. Ace Books and Audible are the publishers behind the series; there have been seven entries in the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” book series to date, with the eighth set to be released on May 12. Dinniman has previously indicated that he plans to release 10 books overall in the series.
