D&D Movie/TV Dungeons & Dragons Adventures is a 24-Hour Streaming Channel Launching in Summer

This summer, a new free streaming channel will be launched by eOne, the entertainment company owned by Hasbro. It will be ad-supported and available on multiple (as yet unspecified) platforms and feature a mix of animation, third party influencers, and actual play shows.

The old 1980s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon will be available, along with shows like:

• Encounter Party is based on an existing podcast and set in the Forgotten Realms.
• Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! is a comedy game stream in each episode of which a party of 1st level characters march to their deaths against deadly monsters.
• Heroes's Feast is a cooking/talk show.

 

[BRayne]

Millennials have been writing "the Star Wars prequels were great, actually" opinion pieces for a few years now, so I'd expect so.

(Narrator: The Star Wars prequels were not great.)

Which non-Murph NADDPod person are you concerned about bringing their 2000 D&D movie opinions out from behind the paywall?

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Here the goal is not making money but the promotion of the brand. It is the reason because Hasbro has got youtube channels where you can watch cartoons.

This new streaming channel also could be used to reintroduce forgotten IPs, recycling and updating characters and creatures from old franchises.

I wonder about using AI in animated productions. Human artists would create the sketchs, with the poses of the characters, and the AI only "would add color". Or human actors playing in the motion-capture, and the IA creating the rest, the background, the clothing, FXs..

Hasbro also could talk with other companies to publish licenced D&D mash-up version of old licences, for example with Wagner-Discovery for a reimaginated version of two old cartoons, "Wildfire" and "Pirate of the Dark Waters".

* They also could produce documentaries about other (vintage) RPGs, not only by TSR but also by other companies.

* The 2000 D&D movie was not so bad. (Oh my God! I can't believe it was more twenty years ago).

* Will be it only English? I would thank subtitles.

* I wonder how would be sponsoring game-live shows with player groups from different countries.

 

[Tatooineunited]

I had to look up the FAST terminology, which appears to be a new media thing in the last few months. Basically, it's the equivalent of whatever the heck Amazon is calling the thing that used to be IMDB TV: A non-stop stream broken up with commercials, but not being broadcast over traditional airwaves or appearing in a cable channel line-up.

The advantage for the corporations appears to be a bigger slice of the advertising pie (I cannot imagine that Hasbro has an ad team, and is probably getting some vendor to handle that in exchange for a cut of the proceeds), but for the consumer, it's about the same as watching something on Twitch.

Faster, Purple Worm, Kill, Kill! which I first heard about on Facebook, when they were soliciting audience members in the LA area, sounds very good, but I hope WotC doesn't do the thing Dragon Talk does, and assume that every actual play podcast is worth elevating. They should be reaching out to Not Another D&D Podcast, Nerd Poker and other shows with professional performers if they're intent on making this a commercial success. I'd also look at the content producers forging swords and the like and get them in the mix.

Good to see the cartoon is coming home at last.

EDIT: They're definitely going to stick Dragon Talk and all future D&D Live Events on there too, aren't they?

I would love to see Nerd Poker on there.
I would not want my own Actual Play on there. Lol no no no

 

[talien]

And this is where my mind went to....

It's WOTC company speak. They talk like this all the time to investors. Here's what they mean by quadrants:

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Well, we do have data that it is going to lose money at the box office, and was basically forgotten as soon as Mario came out. And it's going to be the biggest financial loss that D&D has had, even when you go back to the TSR/Random House days.

While it did not make its marketing budget back at the box office, that does not really matter. It’s selling very well digitally, and merch sales are apparently great. D&D the game also has probably gotten a boost.

 

[GreyLord]

While it did not make its marketing budget back at the box office, that does not really matter. It’s selling very well digitally, and merch sales are apparently great. D&D the game also has probably gotten a boost.

I did my part. I bought a digital copy (and I never buy digital, always just get a hard copy).

Anyone else also gotten it digitally?

 

[Azzy]

I did my part. I bought a digital copy (and I never buy digital, always just get a hard copy).

Anyone else also gotten it digitally?

I'd rather have it on disk, but may buy it digitally too.

 

[R_Chance]

It's WOTC company speak. They talk like this all the time to investors. Here's what they mean by quadrants:

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So, a new planar chart?

 

[Parmandur]

I did my part. I bought a digital copy (and I never buy digital, always just get a hard copy).

Anyone else also gotten it digitally?

I've pre-ordered the steelbook, which will come with digital copy.

 

[Retreater]

I did my part. I bought a digital copy (and I never buy digital, always just get a hard copy).

Anyone else also gotten it digitally?

I bought 7 tickets to see it in the theaters, so I'm good for now.