From the 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' duo, new dramedy 'AWOL' lands at Netflix
Netflix just snapped up a promising new dramedy that brings the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves creative duo back together — the reunion you were hoping for.
The streamer has quietly locked down AWOL after a reported bidding war, with the dramedy set up at Netflix from filmmaking duo John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein — the team behind 2023’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Plot details are being kept under wraps for now.
Craig Rowin is writing the series. His recent credits include Apple TV+ ’s The Big Door Prize and The Off Weeks, a mix that suggests an eye for high-concept premises grounded in character.
- Project: AWOL — dramedy series (storyline TBA)
- Creators: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
- Writer: Craig Rowin (The Big Door Prize, The Off Weeks)
- Status: No logline, cast, or production schedule announced
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Where it fits
AWOL arrives as Netflix continues to bulk up its comedy pipeline for the next few years. Separately, the platform had been developing The Forgotten Realms, a live-action Dungeons & Dragons series from Shawn Levy that was reportedly unrelated to Honor Among Thieves and has now been scrapped, according to What’s on Netflix.
A 2027 debut is unlikely; 2028 or later is possible.
With the show still in early development and no casting underway yet, Netflix hasn’t set a timetable for when AWOL will hit the service.
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