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So if you have not yet been exposed to the book series Dungeon Crawler Carl, let me take you by the hand. From Wikipedia:

Dungeon Crawler Carl is a science fantasy LitRPG book series written by American author Matt Dinniman. Initially self published by Dinniman via online publisher Royal Road, it, and its six sequels, were acquired by Ace Books in 2024.[1]

The series follows Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, two of the few survivors of the mining, transporting, processing, and consumption of Earth’s resources by an alien corporation as they are forced to compete in a dungeon crawl recreated from those resources for an intergalactic reality show program. As of December 2025, the first seven books have sold over six million copies, and there are plans for a television adaption, graphic novels, audio programs, a card game, and a tabletop role-playing game.

I have read all of the books (1-7) and was not able to put them down. One of my nephews is enjoying the series via their audio book versions which are also quite popular.

As for the TV show:
A Dungeon Crawler Carl live-action TV series is in development by Universal International Studios and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions. Confirmed in 2024, the adaptation of Matt Dinniman’s popular LitRPG book series is being written by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok).”

I imagine as Seth MacFarlane is involved that he may get his Orville band of scoring talent together to score this series which would be an absolute delight – but I could also see someone like Bear McCreary also being tapped in as I feel the theme song might require some rock or metal elements.

Has anyone else here checked out the series?

[Thor Joachim Haga]

I definitely needed taking by the hand, because I’ve not heard of this (suppose I’m not really the target audience either). But seems to be in that popular THE RUNNING MAN/BATTLE ROYALE/THE HUNGER GAMES etc. premise, which can sometimes be rather entertaining and often provide interesting scores.

Seth MacFarlane often “ressurects” those orchestral composers of the 90s we all grew up with. But somehow, I’m guessing this will be something a bit more contemporary in sound.

[Malte Müller]

Never heard of that book but I don’t read that and in general a lot but there seems to be loads of such scifi fantasy series out there. McCreary and team could surely deliver something fitting.

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