{"id":508320,"date":"2026-06-19T18:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508320\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:15:12","slug":"bestselling-sci-fi-series-officially-gets-live-action-tv-show-from-orville-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508320\/","title":{"rendered":"Bestselling Sci-Fi Series Officially Gets Live-Action TV Show From &#8216;Orville&#8217; Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surviving the apocalypse is a hugely popular science fiction trope at this point. The key is doing it differently that everybody else. You can have wastelands, the undead, nuclear fallout, you name it \u2014 but these are overdone, right? You know what isn&#8217;t overdone? A talking cat in a tiara. That&#8217;s exactly what to expect from the <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/next-sci-fi-series-dungeon-crawler-carl-show-peacock\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cult science fiction series<\/a> that&#8217;s heading straight for a new streaming service, from the twisted mind of <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/tag\/seth-macfarlane\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seth MacFarlane<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/dungeon-crawler-carl-replacement-series-future-man\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dungeon Crawler Carl, the cult-favorite science fantasy book series<\/a> from author Matt Dinniman, has been given a straight-to-series order. The <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/dungeon-crawler-carl-tv-series-peacock-seth-macfarlane-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">series has been in development at Peacock<\/a> and will be written for television by Chris Yost, whose work spans film, TV, and comic books. Dinniman will serve as a co-executive producer, while Yost executive produces alongside MacFarlane, Erica Huggins, and Rachel Hargreaves-Heald.<\/p>\n<p>Dinniman confirmed the news on social media, writing, \u201cMe, Chris Yost and Seth MacFarlane and his team at Fuzzy Door are all really excited to get to work.\u201d He also teased that more details are on the way, including an upcoming Dungeon Crawler Carl panel at <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/tag\/san-diego-comic-con\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Diego Comic-Con<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What is &#8216;Dungeon Crawler Carl&#8217; About?<\/p>\n<p>Based on Dinniman\u2019s popular LitRPG book series, Dungeon Crawler Carl begins after an alien invasion wipes out most of humanity. The survivors are then forced into a sadistic intergalactic game show, where they have to fight monsters, aliens, artificial intelligence, and even each other to stay alive.<\/p>\n<p>At the centre of the story is Carl, a Coast Guard veteran who finds himself trying to survive the end of the world with his ex-girlfriend\u2019s award-winning show cat, Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk. Unfortunately for Carl, Princess Donut is not just a cat anymore. She can talk, she wears a tiara, and she has opinions. Lots of them.<\/p>\n<p>The official synopsis reads: \u201cWelcome to Dungeon Crawler World: Earth, where the apocalypse will be televised \u2026 and Coast Guard vet Carl finds himself stuck with his ex-girlfriend\u2019s 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 \u2026 all for the sake of good TV. Survival is optional. Entertainment is not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to Collider for more updates on the future of Dungeon Crawler Carl.<\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"960\" height=\"1422\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"the-orville-poster.jpg\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/the-orville-poster.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/the-orville-poster.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Release Date<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t2017 &#8211; 2022-00-00<\/p>\n<p>                                            Network<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFOX<\/p>\n<p>                                            Directors<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJon Cassar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surviving the apocalypse is a hugely popular science fiction trope at this point. 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