UPDATE: Hasbro files lawsuit - Warner Bros. to make a D&D Movie. AICN

[Mark CMG]

Plausible logic. However: Is Dungeons & Dragons as "big" as G. I. Joe?

Depends on the timing. If they can move quickly and time a summer blockbuster with the June 2014 release, or late summer with Gencon, it might catch the right synergy to help the game and movie simultaneously.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Just wish the team from Spartacus would set their eyes to a fantasy series!

 

[Grumpy RPG Reviews]

Just wish the team from Spartacus would set their eyes to a fantasy series!

Just imagine all the penises, sex and cursing a D&D series could provide!

 

[Hand of Evil]

Just imagine all the penises, sex and cursing a D&D series could provide!

seems that Micheal Bay is getting on the nudity band wagon with Black Sails. Also, History Channels Vikings was rather good.

 

[sabrinathecat]

Can Hasbro make a decent movie? When?
Transformers movies sucked (except for the 1986 one).
G.I.Joe movie 1 sucked (haven't seen second one). Yeah, GIJoe has been around since... the 60s at least (OK, a slightly different format).
Any bad movie is a wasted opportunity. If anyone has the power to make a movie, they have the power to make a good one. Or even a great one. Anything less than good is a waste.

I would love to see this guy win, then make a kick-a$$ movie.
I'll settle for someone--anyone--making a kick-a$$ movie.

 

[Nytmare]

I would love to see this guy win, then make a kick-a$$ movie.

First off, I'd argue that Hasbro is pretty far down on the list of people to blame for the bad movies they've sold the rights to. All they're interested in is backing a 90 minute commercial, having it accidentally end up being a work of art isn't something they're going to worry about. If you're going to look for someone to blame, you should start with the studio execs, director, and writers.

I would daresay however that Hasbro has backed a significantly higher caliber of bad movie than what Courtney Solomon is capable of producing. You have watched the two D&D movies he already made, right?

Just being able to make a movie in no way qualifies you to be able to make something good, great, or beautiful. In most cases, and especially at the budgets he usually operates at, all it means is that you've found a bunch of very gullible people with money, who haven't watched any of the movies you've already made.

 

[sabrinathecat]

No, I haven't.
Uwe Boll actually managed to make one 1/2way enjoyable fantasy movie, (In the Name of the King"). The reason he keeps making movies is because he is able to take advantage of various tax laws to get the job done. His movies otherwise, suck and blow. At the same time.
Yes, the writers, directors, and actors higher on the list of people to blame than the owners of the source material. Mind you, had they bothered to retain any level of control on their property--if only the right to supervise--then maybe they could have corrected some of the more major problems.

 

[Nytmare]

Uwe Boll actually managed to make one 1/2way enjoyable fantasy movie, (In the Name of the King").

I'm sorry.

I will no longer be able to accept any statements you make to be true.

 

[Cor Azer]

Mind you, had they bothered to retain any level of control on their property--if only the right to supervise--then maybe they could have corrected some of the more major problems.

Hasbro didn't have much choice; those rights were gone long before even WotC came into the picture.

 

[El Mahdi]

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