What does D&D mean to movie goers?

[Yora]

How many non-children fantasy movies are there really that are considered "great movies"?

All I can think of is Conan the Barbarian and Lord of the Rings.

While science fiction has had a number of very successful well regarded movies, fantasy movies are still generally a pretty trashy thing.

 

[Umbran]

We know that now that the Marvel brand has been built. How do you do it from scratch and for D&D?

In this case, quite possibly you start not based on "D&D", but on the cast name recognition.

Chris Pine - Wonder Woman and Star Trek
Michelle Rodriquez - Fast & Furious movies
Sophia Lillis - It
Regé-Jean Page - Bridgerton
Hugh Grant - too many things to list

The film is loaded with names the target audiences are going to recognize. Get people in the seats to see the actors, and if the film uses their talents, it'll be viewed positively.

 

[Ryujin]

I think that it's pretty hard for folks on this forum to put ourselves in the shoes of the "general public." We don't have the same experience that they do, when it comes to tabletop role playing. I think that the 'average' person on the street will have an impression based on what they saw in "Big Bang Theory" and "Community" which is decidedly... not good.

 

[Cadence]

Hopefully not accurate memories of the cartoon!

 

[hopeless]

Hopefully not accurate memories of the cartoon!

Some were actually good or do you remember the D&D movies so far?
I'm not arguing I just think they would make a better advertisement.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

How many non-children fantasy movies are there really that are considered "great movies"?

1) It's not aiming for "great", it's aiming for "popular". Like the game.

2) It's not aiming for "adult" either. Hasbro are keen to promote a family friendly image for D&D.

 

[payn]

In this case, quite possibly you start not based on "D&D", but on the cast name recognition.

Chris Pine - Wonder Woman and Star Trek
Michelle Rodriquez - Fast & Furious movies
Sophia Lillis - It
Regé-Jean Page - Bridgerton
Hugh Grant - too many things to list

The film is loaded with names the target audiences are going to recognize. Get people in the seats to see the actors, and if the film uses their talents, it'll be viewed positively.

This is definitely the way. In fact, its how they sold Horrible Bosses and Game Night.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

In this case, quite possibly you start not based on "D&D", but on the cast name recognition.

Chris Pine - Wonder Woman and Star Trek
Michelle Rodriquez - Fast & Furious movies
Sophia Lillis - It
Regé-Jean Page - Bridgerton
Hugh Grant - too many things to list

The film is loaded with names the target audiences are going to recognize. Get people in the seats to see the actors, and if the film uses their talents, it'll be viewed positively.

You forget poor old Smith, and his electric rat.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

This is definitely the way. In fact, its how they sold Horrible Bosses and Game Night.

It's how they always used to sell movies, before franchises became the big thing.

 

[ART!]

Most people will expect it to have a similar tone to the LOTR movies, maybe GoT, and might expect it to be a little lighter in tone than either of those.

If they are indeed going for a GotG feel for this movie, one can only hope the first trailer sets expectations as well as the first GotG trailer did.