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Peacock has given Dungeon Crawler Carl a straight-to-series order, tapping Chris Yost to write and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door to produce, as Matt Dinniman’s popular RPG novels head to TV with production set to begin without a pilot.
Peacock has ordered a straight-to-series live-action adaptation of Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl, produced by Universal Global Television and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door. Chris Yost will write and executive-produce, with Dinniman and Yost set to lead a Comic-Con panel. Rights to the books were acquired in 2024. The logline centers on an alien invasion and a televised survival game show starring Carl and a self-absorbed talking cat as they fight for survival in a televised apocalypse.
Peacock has ordered a straight-to-series adaptation of Matt Dinniman’s LitRPG novel Dungeon Crawler Carl, developed by Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door and Universal Global Television. Dinniman will be a co-exec producer, and the story follows two survivors of an alien-corporation resource operation who must compete in a dungeon crawl reality show. The eight-book series is ongoing, with the latest volume released May 12, 2026, and two more sequels planned; no premiere date has been announced.
Peacock has given a series order to Dungeon Crawler Carl, adapting Matt Dinniman’s bestselling books for TV with Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door producing alongside Universal Global Television. Chris Yost will write and serve as an executive producer, with Dinniman as a non-writing EP and MacFarlane also an EP. The logline centers on a post-apocalyptic Earth where survivors are forced to compete in a savage intergalactic game show, partnered with a talking cat; the book series has sold over 10 million copies, and the project originally landed at Peacock after Universal International Studios acquired it in 2025.
Peacock has ordered a straight-to-series live-action adaptation of Matt Dinniman’s LitRPG novels Dungeon Crawler Carl, from Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door and Universal Global Television. Scripted for TV by Chris Yost with Dinniman as co-executive producer, the show follows Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat Princess Donut as they survive an apocalyptic, televised intergalactic game show against monsters, aliens and other survivors.
The eighth book in the popular Dungeon Crawler Carl series, titled 'Parade of Horribles,' is available for preorder with a release date of May 12, 2026. Preorders are open on major online retailers, with Amazon offering the best price guarantee and free release day delivery. The audiobook, narrated by Jeff Hayes, will also be released on the same day. While details about the plot are scarce, it involves Carl and Donut moving to the next dungeon floor and an expanding Dungeon AI.