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       'Baldur's Gate' HBO Series in the Works   
       From 'The Last of Us' Co-Creator Craig Mazin   
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       HBO is developing a TV adaptation of Hasbro's fantasy role-playing   
       video game series "Baldur's Gate."   
      
       Craig Mazin, the co-creator and showrunner of HBO's hit video game   
       adaptation "The Last of Us," will serve as showrunner and executive   
       producer. Mazin is also the created of HBO's 2019 limited series   
       "Chernobyl." Mazin also executive produces alongside Jacqueline   
       Lesko, Cecil O'Connor and Hasbro Entertainment's head of television   
       Gabriel Marano.   
      
       Part of the "Dungeons & Dragons" franchise, the first "Baldur's   
       Gate" game was released in 1998. Most recently, "Baldur's Gate 3"   
       debuted in 2023 and achieved significant critical and commercial   
       success, becoming the first-ever title to win all five major Game   
       of the Year awards and crossing 15 million players.   
      
       "After putting nearly 1000 hours into the incredible world of   
       'Baldur's Gate 3,' it is a dream come true to be able to continue   
       the story that Larian and Wizards of The Coast created," Mazin said   
       in a statement. "I am a devoted fan of 'D&D' and the brilliant way   
       that Swen Vincke and his gifted team adapted it.  I can't wait to   
       help bring 'Baldur's Gate' and all of its incredible characters to   
       life with as much respect and love as we can, and I'm deeply   
       grateful to Gabe Marano and his team at Hasbro for entrusting me   
       with this incredibly important property."   
      
       "We're thrilled to continue our partnership with Craig Mazin on   
       'Baldur's Gate,'" said Francesca Orsi, executive vice president and   
       head of drama programming at HBO. "His deep and long-standing   
       passion for the source material paired with his remarkable talent   
       for building immersive worlds filled with rich, compelling   
       characters promises groundbreaking results."   
      
       "The fans have been eagerly awaiting an adaptation of 'Baldur's   
       Gate,' and we could not ask for better partners than HBO and the   
       incomparable Craig Mazin to build this world with," said Marano.   
      
      
          
      
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