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Yeah tons of lower budget movies get made all the time but due to the fantasy nature of D&D it would be difficult since you got a wide variety of species, the need for fairly unique locations/environments/costumes (compared to a movie set in the modern day) and stuff like magic. Sure you could...

Getting the budget that low will likely be difficult. Chris Pine is asking for $13 million for Star Trek 4. https://variety.com/2022/film/features/movie-star-salaries-joaquin-phoenix-joker-2-tom-cruise-1235320046/ While he may not be be asking for that much for a D&D sequel his salary alone...

I agree, I would love to get more films with these characters though I have my doubts it will happen unless VOD and merchandise sales really pull through and bring in big money for Hasbro and Paramount.

If this set was legitimately purchased and was just accidentally sold early (which seems like a possibility given the name of this set being similar to other sets) then WotC has 0 property rights to the cards. There is no law that says I can't purchase or own something before street date...

Even if it was purchased in person from a retailer it's not the Youtuber's responsibility to police the retailer breaking street date and they can spoil the set if they aren't under NDA from WotC. That sort of thing happens a lot, for example the upcoming Star Wars videogame has already been...

I could certainly be wrong and it may only apply to unsolicited things sent to you but do you have a source on that? And even if that is the case I don't see Wizards being the ones who should be sending people to this guy's house to attempt to get the cards back. I'm sure physical copies of...

Actually in the US if Amazon accidentally sent you a TV that you never ordered you would own it. As per the FTC it's considered a gift and you legally don't have to return it. There is info about it on the FTC's website...

Update from Linda Codega, sources tell her this isn't the first time WotC has used Pinkertons to track down MtG leaks: https://gizmodo.com/magic-the-gathering-leaks-wizards-wotc-pinkertons-1850374546

I'm sure Linda will put out an excellent story on this.

The film had a $150 million production budget, likely a $100 million or more advertising budget, and the movie is going to make $200 million or less in it's theatrical run (of which theaters take around half). It's not the biggest theatrical flop we've ever seen but it's not going to make back...

The reason the 2000s D&D movie got cheap direct to DVD sequels was so the guy TSR sold the rights to could keep the rights. Having to make a movie within X years to keep the rights was a very common contract clause when companies sold the film rights to their IPs. Foe example it's why the...

Yeah like I posted a lot of "toys" are made for adults these days. I wouldn't be surprised if Honor Among Thieves figures sell fairly well to adult DnD fans/toy collectors.

Paramount absolutely has not recovered their investment when you factor in the cut that theaters take, and the likely $100 million dollar or more marketing budget a big budget release like this has. They are likely tens of millions of dollars in the red still and wont come close to breaking even...

At the end of the day if you feel like Ender's Game is a better comparison because of different factors it really doesn't matter, that film also never got a sequel due to poor box office performance. The combination of this movie either loosing money or maybe eventually limping to breaking even...

I would say it's not a perfect comparison but I believe there are enough similarities to find it useful in the discussion about if D&D is considered a success. Do you have another film that you think would be a better comparison?

My comparison has more to do with how well known the IPs are, budget and talk about a sequel based on box office. It's a good compasion point of what a big studio would consider successful enough to fast track a sequel (and the fact the DND movie probably wont hit that). There might be better...

Honestly I don't think coming up with ideas for a story or the lack of a sequel for the game is a big issue for Detective Pikachu 2. I think it's a really good comparison just because it's another big IP (honestly Pokemon and Pikachu are probably much better known with the general public than...

If the film eventually does break even we may eventually get a sequel, but the process will likely be slow moving and may sputter out before it actually gets into production. I would suggest looking at Detective Pikachu for an example. It's a film from an even more popular IP than D&D, had a...

Objectivity they're not. They made several times their budget from box office alone so tyey eithermade a good amount of profitfor the higher performing ones or were around breaking even for the lower performers. The DnD movie will only make around it's budget or a little bit more at the box...