As Doom fans eagerly awa🍌it November, which will (finally) bring the r🅠elease of Doom Eternal, they might also be getting more of the Doom content tꦑhat they cr🍎ave in the form of a television series.
USA Network has ordered a drama pilot based on David Kushཧner’s nonfiction book, Masters of Doom, which tells the true story of the Doom video game franchise origin and its creators, John Carmack and John Romero, whose 90s creation rose to icon🍒-status at the sake of their friendship.
James and Da♒ve Franco’s Ramona Films and The Gotham Group are slated to produce the show, the former of which will likely appeal most to the fans of the franchise, with UCP as the studio. Masters of Doom is being planned as an anthol𓂃ogy series, at least tentatively, with Gears of War writer, T🎐om Bissell, attached to write and executive produce the show.
According to , Masters of Doom is a per🍌fect addition to USA Network, with its focus on the stories of iconic American characters. The series is slated to kick off the network’s pilot season cycle.
It’s no secret that video games in most other mediums haven’t exactly be🌠en successful. Howeverꦓ, because Masters of Doom is based on the true story 𒀰of the franch📖ise’s early beginnings and not a show based within the Doom universe itself, it should give fans a little bit more ♊hope. Additionally, besides Gears of War, Tom Bissell has written for the Battlefield and Uncharted franchises, along with authoring the novel, Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter. With that kind of resume, it’s clear that Bissel knows and apprecia🏅tes video games enoughꦺ to at least have some insight into what Doom fans will want to get out of the show.
No casting information has been 🀅an📖nounced as of yet. John Carmack that he doesn’t really have much “𒁃influence” in regards to the show, but John Romero is wondering who might be playing him:
Pilot seasons generally takes place between May - June, as well as November - December, with seasonal episodes normally beginning this month. It’s unlikely that the just-announced series premiers anytime other than late 2019. Just keep♉ holding on, Doom fans. It’s going to be an exciting time for you towards t🌃he end 𒉰of the year.