"Warner Bros. to make D&D movie..." Topic
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 Parzival  | 03 Aug 2015 8:35 p.m. PST |
link Cue sarcastic remarks. (At least it's not the same bunch as did the last three; Warner bought 'em out.) Good: Roy Lee, producer of THE LEGO MOVIE and HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.
Bad: Script by the guy responsible for WRATH OF THE TITANS Wait and see, I suppose. |
| Dynaman8789 | 04 Aug 2015 4:45 a.m. PST |
Poor guys, couldn't get the LotR license…. |
| Dave Jackson | 04 Aug 2015 5:40 a.m. PST |
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| boy wundyr x | 04 Aug 2015 7:26 a.m. PST |
So it's a Forgotten Realms movie, which doesn't really help inform us, it's pretty much a kitchen sink setting. I guess Ed Greenwood sold his rights to Forgotten Realms away, since it was his house setting IIRC. I'm not really convinced D&D branding really helps that much, any D&D player would probably go see a well done fantasy movie anyway and it's not like the setting or game has anything special to offer the movie itself. |
| Moe Ronn | 04 Aug 2015 7:38 a.m. PST |
"Let's see…We need a dungeon. Oh, and a dragon." 'It's dragons. zzz. You need more than one. Dungeons, too.' "OK. At least two dragons and two dungeons. What else?" 'It has to start in a tavern. And end in a better sort of tavern. There will be an old guy with a map. Or a desperate young woman, maybe secretly a princess. That's how these things usually start.' |
| Parzival | 04 Aug 2015 8:34 a.m. PST |
Channel the spirit of Sir Terry Pratchett. At least the silliness will be deliberate. |
| The Beast Rampant | 04 Aug 2015 8:50 a.m. PST |
Roy Lee is a pretty good sign. David Leslie Johnson…well, that's a mixed bag. I'm not really convinced D&D branding really helps that much Hollyweird is convinced that if a good enough portion of the potential audience has HEARD of a brand, regardless in whatever connotation, that's good enough for a go. And since most everyone has heard of D&D at some point, Bob's your uncle. |
| Dynaman8789 | 04 Aug 2015 8:55 a.m. PST |
> Hollyweird is convinced that if a good enough portion of the potential audience has HEARD of a brand, regardless in whatever connotation, that's good enough for a go. And they are correct. Like it or not people will pay more attention to a D&D movie(*) then they would a "Generic Fantasy Film with a Dungeon and a Dragon". (*) – or would have if the first one had not been so terribly handled in advertising and execution. |
| The Gonk | 04 Aug 2015 9:56 a.m. PST |
Game of Thrones had nowhere near the name recognition of Dungeons and Dragons… |
| Mugwump | 04 Aug 2015 3:42 p.m. PST |
Game of Thrones has a plot, D & D doesn't. |
| Mithmee | 10 Aug 2015 5:50 p.m. PST |
Yes it does you just make it up as you go. |
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