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Legend
You could easily say much the same about the Lego films (and interestingly the director appears to be the director who did the amazing Lego Batman). Another example, incidentally, if a major studio sinking money into another companies intellectual property.
But, yes, generic fantasy is the brand: the ability to tell nearly endless generic fantasy stories in a family friendly manner. A Hollywood gold mine when finally tapped. The main fantasy franchise isn't GoT, but LotR, which is necessarily limited. A D&D cinematic universe could go on and on and on with no worry about "staying true to the original story."
Big difference.
1. Lego is a world wide phenomenon.
2. They have had ten years+of good to great game development.
3. Childhood memories going back generations.
4. Successful outside the USA (D&D is niche in USA, outside its a lot smaller).
5. Better managed IPs (no detested editions, no bad games, no major blunders).
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