It was recently revealed that HBO plans to produce a Baldur’s Gate live-action adaptation, helmed by Craig Mazin, one of the leads who has brought The Last of Us to life over the last few years. It has been confirmed that the show will continue after the events of Baldur’s Gate 3 and will feature the characters from the smash-hit 2023 game.
However, shortly after the news dropped regarding the show, it was confirmed that Larian Studios, the developer behind Baldur’s Gate 3, will have no involvement in the series.
Bucking the Trend and Not Involving the Developer
Larian having zero involvement in a Baldur’s Gate 3 television series is a bold move. From what we’ve seen already, developers of these popular games have had a direct input in the production of their live-action adaptations. For instance, Neil Druckmann is a writer and executive producer on The Last of Us, which surfaced in 2013 from Naughty Dog.
Similarly, the likes of Todd Howard (Bethesda Game Studios) have executive producer credits and deep involvement in the creation of Fallout, another award-winning adaptation that just wrapped its second season this week.
In recent years, one of the only examples of a developer not being involved in a live-action adaptation would be the Borderlands movie. Randy Pitchford, of Gearbox, revealed to Insider Gaming at Gamescom 2025 that he didn’t have any input in the movie and would have felt uncomfortable if he had.
On social media, the Director of Publishing at Larian Studios, Michael Douse, wrote:
Except that we made it popular enough for it to be referred to as Baldur’s Gate 3.
When prompted in the comments to confirm if Larian would ‘sue or something’, he simply said, ‘Not really.’
He then wrote a lengthy series of posts talking about Larian having some of the best video game writers in the world, explaining, ‘I genuinely don’t think anyone can trump our writers.’ He wrapped by saying, ‘Don’t abandon hope, but do expect the world. That’s the job.’
UPDATE: Later, Swen Vincke, the CEO of Larian, wrote:
The endings of BG3 were created so they could serve as narrative soil for new adventures. There’s plenty of directions they could go. I’m eager to find out which ones Craig and his team will pick. He’s reached out for a chat so we’ll have the opportunity to tell him our thoughts.
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It’s not theirs. I wouldn’t assume they’re involved.
You are God awful retarded if you think that’s the case. Larian created the characters and story that they are continuing in the show. This is so far away from acceptable to not allow them any involvement. This is gonna be utter dogshit with no respect for the source just like the borderlands movie and it is because of fucking lemmings like this dumb fuck over here
Agreed. Shocked there is such a reply in your section bring that rude to you. So much for “being civil” guess it’s ok when it’s shills acting that way. But yeah BG was made by old BioWare and owned by Hasbro. Larian did not create it and I do wobder how many of the BioWare staff now work at Hasbro that made the old games?
I dont have high hopes for this.
It’s so on brand for Hasbro (the same company that tried to squeeze the life out of everyone using their brand by retro-actively changing the licensing agreement) to do this that it barely merits examination.
There is zero chance that they can create a good show, because their values are completely out of alignment with that goal.
What happened to their GI Joe game? Also the Saber project Hasbro had in development?
They made 1 of 3 baldurs gate games. . Hasbros IP. Why would they have anything to do with the show? Wild