D&D Movie/TV What's The Latest On The D&D Movie?

Last we heard about the D&D movie was that it was coming on July 23rd, 2021. That was back in December. Various outlets are now reporting that Chris McKay, who is currently working on the Nightwing movie, will be directing. Also, separately on 14th February, Dragonlance authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman posted a photo of themselves on a "secret mission" with actor Joe Manganellio, who at one point tweeted a photo of a Dragonlance script (Manganellio tweeted the same photo saying "With two of the architects of my childhood, the authors of the Dragonlance novels Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman").

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We've heard so many little rumours over the past few years. Repeating from a previous article I wrote: in the past we heard that the movie would be produced by the Lego Movie's Roy Lee, that it would be directed by Rob Letterman (Goosebumps, Monsters vs. Aliens, Shark Tale). Originally scripted by David Leslie Johnson (Wrath of the Titans), it's now being written by Joe Manganellio, might be Dragonlance and then again might feature the Yawning Portal, and will adopt a Guardians of the Galaxy tone. Oh, and that we should take everything I just said with a pinch of salt as the movie appears have jumped from WB to Paramount at some point in the process!

I think it's safe to say we know nothing at all. But we can have fun connecting the dots to see if we can make a picture!

 

[transtemporal]

As several others have pointed out (and several more are choosing to miss), the setting honestly isn't the key - the story is.

This. So much this.

And how do we know this? Guardians of the Galaxy. Completely leftfield property, known to a handful of diehard comic lovers. Awesome.

Also, Pirates of the Caribbean (significantly, made before Marvel rewrote the way studio movies are made). That film was waaaaay better than any film based on a theme park ride had any right to be!

Inversely, Lone Ranger. Based a story known the world over and it was awful, because the story and the characters were TERRIBLE.

 

[LordEntrails]

And how do we know this? Guardians of the Galaxy. Completely leftfield property, known to a handful of diehard comic lovers. Awesome.

I am Groot!