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   On 2026-02-06 01:51:26 +0000, Your Name said:   
      
   >     '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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   Apparently the videos game's developer is not involved in the TV show   
   ... so that means this is likely to be an ill-fitting mess of the TV   
   show's maker own silly ideas of what it "should be".  :-(   
      
      
       Baldur's Gate to be turned into TV series - without the game's developers   
          
      
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