Dungeon Crawler Carl: Eric Heisserer Joins Series as Co-Showrunner/EP

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Dungeon Crawler Carl: Eric Heisserer Joins Series as Co-Showrunner/EP

Eric Heisserer has joined Peacock's adaptation of Matt Dinniman's "Dungeon Crawler Carl" book series as co-showrunner and executive producer.

Published Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:40:08 -0500
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Article Summary

  • Eric Heisserer joins Peacock’s Dungeon Crawler Carl adaptation as co-showrunner and executive producer.
  • Chris Yost remains writer and co-showrunner, with Jeff Hays returning to voice fan-favorite Princess Donut.
  • Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door produces, while Matt Dinniman boards the Dungeon Crawler Carl series as co-EP.
  • Peacock’s Dungeon Crawler Carl adapts Matt Dinniman’s hit litRPG books, which have sold 14 million copies.

We've got some production news regarding Peacock's upcoming series adaptation of Matt Dinniman's bestselling lit RPG novel series "Dungeon Crawler Carl" to pass along. With Chris Yost in place as writer and co-showrunner, and voice actor Jeff Hays returning to voice Princess Donut, it looks like Eric Heisserer (Shadow and Bone) will be joining the project as a co-showrunner. The news comes as excitement over the project continues to grow, largely due to what Dinniman and Hays have shared about the series so far. In addition to serving as showrunners, Yost and Heisserer will serve as executive producers. Stemming from Universal Global Television, the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series will also be executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins, and Rachel Hargreaves-Heald for MacFarlane's production banner, Fuzzy Door (with Dinniman serving as a co-executive producer).

Cr: Peacock & Penguin Random House

Here's a look at the official overview for the upcoming streaming series adaptation:

An alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity, and any survivors are forced to fight for their lives on a sadistic intergalactic game show. Sounds bad, right? Now try doing it with bare feet and a stuck-up, self-centered, tiara-wearing talking cat as your partner. Welcome to Dungeon Crawler World: Earth, where the apocalypse will be televised … and Coast Guard vet Carl finds himself stuck with his ex-girlfriend's 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 … all for the sake of good TV. Survival is optional. Entertainment is not.

Dinniman's "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series consists of eight novels so far, with ten reportedly planned. To say it's a hit series would be a serious understatement, with more than 14 million copies sold across all formats. On Audible, the book series has drawn more than 140 million listening hours.

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