Dungeon Crawler Carl TV Series Finds Its Princess Donut in Jeff Hays
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Jeff Hays, narrator and producer of the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" audiobook series, has been cast as the voice of Princess Donut in the upcoming Peacock TV adaptation of Matt Dinniman’s LitRPG novels.
- Princess Donut is a tiara-wearing talking cat and partner to the protagonist Carl as they navigate a deadly intergalactic game show following an alien invasion.
- The series, led by writer and showrunner Chris Yost and executive produced by Seth MacFarlane and others, was recently ordered to series by Peacock, with Seth Green also expressing interest in joining the cast.
- The "Dungeon Crawler Carl" book series has sold over 14 million copies, and the audiobook versions narrated by Hays have accumulated more than 140 million listening hours on Audible.
- The show is produced by Universal Global Television, with Matt Dinniman serving as co-executive producer, and was officially announced at San Diego Comic-Con during Penguin Random House’s panel.
