I dont think the well is deep enough. Comics have decades upon decades to work with. Also, household name iconic characters to grow from. TTRPGs are the opposite, other than a few novels, the point is to make your own iconic character.
Nobody knew who Iron Man was prior to the RDJ film, except that it was something on some cartoon they saw or their kid watched or something? D&D and tabletop games in general easily have as much cultural penetration as 2nd tier Marvel characters like Blade and Iron Man.
What exactly is there to dip into?
I mean, have you never played or read anything besides D&D?
Plenty, and none of it sticks out to me to be even remotely as big as you think.
Huh. There’s a reason the first property Marvel did as a movie was Iron Man. They sold the rights to Spider-Man, X-Men, and the FF so they could launch the MCU. And they picked Iron Man as the first to go. He’s not 2nd tier.
That isn't true at all. There was a conscious choice to not use the top tier Marvel characters in case it bombed, thereby protecting Cap and Thor for future licensing and sale. It was thoroughly discussed at the time.
You misunderstand. I'm saying that as the interest in the field is elevated, there are a few properties that are likely to be brought to bear first. Shadowrun, for example, has a number of associated successful video games as well as a relatively robust fictionine. Much like Iron Man, it doesn't matter so much that anyone remembers the particulars, but that some portion of the cohort remembers the name and a vague notion of the premise. Then the marketing department says "Blade Runner meets Lord of the Rings" and folks perk up.Plenty, and none of it sticks out to me to be even remotely as big as you think.
I’m not sure what to make of the 40K news. Hopefully it’s a Chaos or Imperial Guard story instead of the Space Marines. Talk about going as boring as possible to launch your cinematic hopes.
I dunno. Maybe. It might be nice. Depending on what is made. The Warcraft movie was bad. I don’t see the D&D movie doing much better, honestly.
HBO just did Lovecraft Country but pulled it after one season. How long ago was Fringe? Are we due for another government agents vs horror show already? I could see a lot of properties becoming anime or western cartoons like VM. But the trouble with most of those is there’s no ready-made story to pull from. I think that’s why comics adapt so well, generally. There are characters well known and beloved for generations. Everyone knows Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man. Who’s the character from those properties with that kind of cultural penetration? None. Like the Battleship movie. There’s a game many have played, but there’s no characters or stories ready to adapt.
