| Inari7 | 15 May 2013 3:59 a.m. PST |
Lawsuit, to stop the new D&D movie. link |
DontFearDareaper  | 15 May 2013 4:31 a.m. PST |
Much ado about nothing IMHO  |
| Double W | 15 May 2013 5:12 a.m. PST |
"Solomon produced the 2000 film version of "Dungeons and Dragons" and is reportedly working with Warner Bros. on another film based on the board game Chainmail." The fact this is the guy responsible for the idiocy that was the first D&D movie makes me root for Hasbro. |
 20thmaine  | 15 May 2013 5:15 a.m. PST |
There's a chainmail boardgame ? |
| 20thmaine | 15 May 2013 5:16 a.m. PST |
Could they do a Dragons & Dungeons film instead  After all – we're just talking a generic fantasy movie. Call it something else. |
| The Beast Rampant | 15 May 2013 5:35 a.m. PST |
No, it's all about the license. It's ALWAYS about the license. |
| Maddaz111 | 15 May 2013 5:51 a.m. PST |
yes there is a chainmail board game – but it is nothing to do with chainmail the gary gygax game. |
| 20thmaine | 15 May 2013 6:21 a.m. PST |
Couldn't find it on boardgame geek ! |
| LeadLair76 | 15 May 2013 6:49 a.m. PST |
Considering how bad the last one was I'm not sure this is much of a loss if it doesn't get made. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 15 May 2013 6:51 a.m. PST |
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| Coelacanth | 15 May 2013 7:00 a.m. PST |
If they have to make a fantasy movie, what's wrong with (for example) David Eddings? Instead, we're getting a reboot of a movie based on a tabletop RPG, based in turn on a mélange of fantasy tropes culled from Tolkien, Vance, et al. There are heaps of novels by a small army of writers which could readily be adapted for the screen, but instead we'll take the remake, please. Ron |
| richarDISNEY | 15 May 2013 7:24 a.m. PST |
Personally, I'd like to see Universal do it over Warner…
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| 20thmaine | 15 May 2013 7:25 a.m. PST |
Well – since John Carter apparently had little audience recognition (i.e. no-one had heard of the books, games, comics, wargame figures,…) it's likely that a lot of cheap to buy book rights will struggle to find a ready audience. D&D is at least a "well known brand". |
| PJ Parent | 15 May 2013 8:01 a.m. PST |
DnD will have a cult following of people who will watch it and buy the DVD. Others wont. Now if that Peter Jackson guy isnt busy right now he could make a fantasy movie from a small writer and I think it could be a success. |
| Wellspring | 15 May 2013 8:48 a.m. PST |
Can't they just license Pathfinder instead? (Pure snarkistry here…) |
| Dynaman8789 | 15 May 2013 8:59 a.m. PST |
> DnD will have a cult following of people who will watch it and buy the DVD Maybe, but that didn't help the last movie to use the name. I doubt it managed to break even much less turn a profit. Then again Hollywood made a movie called "Battleship". |
| The Beast Rampant | 15 May 2013 11:38 a.m. PST |
There's probably a draft for "Oreo, The Movie" on some producer's coke-dusted desk as we speak. |
| Double W | 15 May 2013 12:58 p.m. PST |
@Beast Rabban: I hope so -- I like cookies. |
| Woolshed Wargamer | 15 May 2013 2:01 p.m. PST |
Will a movie be Basic, Advanced, 2nd Ed, 4th or something else. |
| richarDISNEY | 15 May 2013 2:17 p.m. PST |
Nooooo….
I WON'T go see a 4th ed movie!
I will wait for my 3.5 flick instead.
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| Katzbalger | 15 May 2013 6:49 p.m. PST |
Has anyone written an expose on the use of lobotomies in the motion picture industry? Rob |
 Parzival | 16 May 2013 11:47 a.m. PST |
Find a good writer, and it will be a good movie. I'm available. |
| billthecat | 17 May 2013 9:40 a.m. PST |
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