Director Courtney Solomon Talks 'Dungeons & Dragons' Movie

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Director Courtney Solomon Talks 'Getaway' & 'Dungeons & Dragons Movie
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We spoke to director Courtney Solomon at the premiere of his new movie 'Getaway' to talk about his new film as well as plans for the 'Dungeons & Dragons' movie.

I wonder how good or bad it will be?

 

[MatthewJHanson]

Considering that Solomon also directed the 2000 D&D movie, I have very low expectations.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Here's the aggregate of the review for his current movie, Getaway: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/getaway/

....that's....not good news.

 

[Umbran]

Solomon's never gotten more than a 12% on the tomatometer. It is a wonder he still gets jobs.

 

[Ahnehnois]

Solomon's never gotten more than a 12% on the tomatometer. It is a wonder he still gets jobs.

That is a real issue. In any field, I always wonder why some people who do poor work get rewarded for it. This guy keeps getting millions of dollars to produce bad movies. Surely there's some young/fringe/foreign/unknown director the studio would be better served giving a shot to than a guy who's record looks like this.

 

[RangerWickett]

He knows people. Have you ever let a friend who sucks at cooking make you dinner? Played a game run by a friend who's a terrible GM? It's like that, multiplied by millions of dollars.

 

[n00bdragon]

That is a real issue. In any field, I always wonder why some people who do poor work get rewarded for it. This guy keeps getting millions of dollars to produce bad movies. Surely there's some young/fringe/foreign/unknown director the studio would be better served giving a shot to than a guy who's record looks like this.

Like Uwe Boll?

I kid. His movies are funded by German businessmen exploiting a producer's-like loophole in German tax law. There might be something like that going on here. That or, as P.T. Barnum once said, "a sucker is born every minute".

 

[Jester David]

I'm a little impressed with his track record of consistently bad movies he managed to get one back in the theaters and scored Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez.

Still, he's mostly a producer, so if they get a better director and writer there's no reason a new D&D film couldn't be a success. I'd still prefer a different producer and studio.

 

[doghead]

I can't speak to this movie or director. But I have never understood how when there are so many talented people out there, how many bad movies are made. Its not like they are cheap to make.

thotd

 

[D'karr]

I can't speak to this movie or director. But I have never understood how when there are so many talented people out there, how many bad movies are made. Its not like they are cheap to make.

thotd

Cheap is a relative term when you're talking about producing movies.