Heisserer Joins 'Dungeon Crawler Carl' as Co-Showrunner
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- Eric Heisserer was named co-showrunner of Peacock's upcoming live-action "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series alongside writer Chris Yost, with both serving as executive producers alongside Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins, and Rachel Hargreaves-Heald via Fuzzy Door, while author Matt Dinniman serves as co-executive producer.
- The adaptation is based on Matt Dinniman's best-selling LitRPG novel series and hails from Universal Global Television, with the series currently eight books into a planned ten-novel run.
- Jeff Hays, the narrator and producer behind all eight "Dungeon Crawler Carl" audiobooks, is the only cast member announced so far and will voice Princess Donut, the talking cat central to the story.
- Heisserer previously created and showran Netflix's "Shadow and Bone" and wrote the screenplays for the streamer's "Bird Box" and Denis Villeneuve's "Arrival."
- Dinniman's "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series has sold more than 14 million copies across all formats, with the Hays-narrated Audible version drawing over 140 million listening hours.
Why it matters: Peacock lands a showrunner with both prestige streaming experience (Shadow and Bone) and blockbuster film credits (Bird Box, Arrival) for a genre adaptation backed by 14 million books sold and 140 million Audible hours — meaningful built-in demand. For Seth MacFarlane's Fuzzy Door, the project extends the banner beyond animation and family comedy into darker, higher-concept sci-fi IP.
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