The D&D Movie Finds Its Director

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Valetudo

Explorer

• Apr 1, 2016

• #51

There is no way this movie is going to be any good. Im sorry but everything ive heard so far makes me cringe. Its gonna have no budget, bad writing, and probably bad actors. Not to mention once again they will add bad dnd jokes that they will deserve to be punched in the thoat for even thinking. I agree with others that they should just do crystal shards. And im not even a drizzt fan.

 

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Kaodi

Hero

• Apr 1, 2016

• #52

I will stand with the poster who said before, "Hope springs eternal."

Maybe one day we will get a D&D movie written by [MENTION=189]jonrog1[/MENTION] .

 

TheSwartz

Explorer

• Apr 2, 2016

• #53

Hey, there's nowhere but "up", right?

 

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Reinhart

First Post

• Apr 2, 2016

• #54

As critical as I am of WotC, I don't think they're really to blame for any of this. It wasn't even their choice to work with Warner Bros. That decision was made by Sweet Pea when Hasbro originally wanted to work with Universal Studios.

So what's happening here is they're just taking what's given to them. I suspect that Warner Bros doesn't really know what to make of the D&D IP, as this is somewhat uncharted territory for success. As a result they're playing it cautious and looking at which fantasy/action writers and directors they already have on contract and that aren't tapped for more lucrative projects already. Basically we're getting the "don't risk too much, then roll the dice and maybe get lucky" approach to movie making.

 

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Storyteller Hero

Adventurer

• Apr 2, 2016

• #55

Somehow I feel like the biggest hope for the movie is that it may still be early enough for the producer to have the director and writer replaced.

A great movie can still be made on a relatively small budget. Deadpool showed the world that much this year.

It actually doesn't matter if the director and writer are DnD fans as long as they are good at what they do and are respectful to source material. The writer especially needs to be someone who takes the time to do the proper research, unlike the debacle of The Last Airbender...

 

cmad1977

Hero

• Apr 2, 2016

• #56

I have zero confidence that this will be even an OK movie.

 

cmad1977

Hero

• Apr 2, 2016

• #57

Olaf the Stout said:

My guess is Vin Diesel probably would want a lot more money that the budget would allow.

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And would probably not want to be part of something that is just going to embarrass the product he loves.

 

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Mavkatzer

Explorer

• Apr 2, 2016

• #58

Well worth the protracted legal battle...

 

martinlochsen

Explorer

• Apr 2, 2016

• #59

Reinhart said:

As critical as I am of WotC, I don't think they're really to blame for any of this. It wasn't even their choice to work with Warner Bros. That decision was made by Sweet Pea when Hasbro originally wanted to work with Universal Studios.

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Ok. I didn't know any of that. Where is this info from? I was under the impression the legal difficulties were between Sweat Pea and Warner.

EDIT: Found that info on my own. You're right, of course. I haven't been paying attention.

Anyway, everything they're doing gives me the impression that this whole "multimedia franchise" thing they're going for follows a sort of "get the highest profile people we can get for the budget we have"-strategy, rather than "who would be the right people to do this right". I'm not really business-savvy or anything, so I might well be wrong, but the whole thing just reeks of business minded people doing what should be done by creative minded ones.

Look at n-space too. They've never done anything interesting. Lots of ports of big games for NDS, and a bunch of really crappy original games.

 

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MarkB

Legend

• Apr 3, 2016

• #60

I'll be glad if they steer clear of Vin Diesel. Not because he's a bad fit for the style of story they're going for, but because if they did get him, it would in all likelihood become a Vin Diesel movie, and I'd much prefer it to be a true ensemble movie.