3rd D&D Movie is planned - Is D&D that valuable a brand?

[Glyfair]

Apparently a 3rd D&D movie is planned already. http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/5954.html

Is D&D valuable enough of a brand that they can plan a 3rd movie before the 2nd is released? I doubt anyone considers the first one very successful by any measure.

 

[reveal]

Better to ask your question in the forum set up for movies. A thread on D&D3 exists here:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=105995

 

[fredramsey]

The question we should be asking ourselves is, "Could anything actually be *worse* than the first film?"

Or, "Is D&D going to be drug through the mud *again*?"

 

[Truth Seeker]

The question we should be asking ourselves is, "Could anything actually be *worse* than the first film?"

Or, "Is D&D going to be drug through the mud *again*?"

Too late, I am knee-capped deep in it already.

 

[Blue_Kryptonite]

You know, every now and then I must point out... I really like the D&D movie. It was fun, and felt a lot like a good tabletop session put on film.

 

[Ranger REG]

The question we should be asking ourselves is, "Could anything actually be *worse* than the first film?"

Or, "Is D&D going to be drug through the mud *again*?"

That depends on Courtney Solomon.

 

[Truth Seeker]

You know, every now and then I must point out... I really like the D&D movie. It was fun, and felt a lot like a good tabletop session put on film.

*taking the speaker's temperature*

 

[Knightfall]

That depends on Courtney Solomon.

Ok, EVERYTHING I've read ,researched, and metacrawled for about D&D 2 has told me that Courtney Solomon didn't and won't have anything to do with the film.

The movie is directed by Gerry Lively and is produced by Steve Richards (who co-produced the first one) and Wolfgang Esenwein [who is the CEO/Producer at Studio Hamburg WorldWide Pictures (WWP)]. Below is Esenwein's bio from the website.

Wolfgang Esenwein is a graduate of the producer's program at the Munich Film School HFF (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film) and he studied screenwriting at UCLA (University of California Los Angeles). After finalizing a trainee program at the Kirch Group he worked at the first German Digital TV channel, DF1, where he was responsible for feature film programming. He became a producer at Studio Hamburg in 1996 and while at Studio Hamburg LETTERBOX Filmproduktion (a successful feature film and TV subsidiary of Studio Hamburg) he developed and produced numerous TV movies and feature films. In January 2000 he became Managing Director of LETTERBOX. In 2001 Wolfgang Esenwein started the first studio based film production fund, WorldWide Pictures, for Studio Hamburg and became its Managing Director.

Later,

KF72

 

[Knightfall]

You know, every now and then I must point out... I really like the D&D movie. It was fun, and felt a lot like a good tabletop session put on film.

There are a few of us out there.

BTW, the movie is now offically done shooting and has moved into post-production.

Dungeons & Dragons 2: The Elemental Might
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0406728/

The movie will star Mark Dymond, Bruce Payne, and Clemency Burton-Hill. Other noted actors in the film are Steven Elder, Lucy Gaskell, and Roy Marsden.

Besides Payne, no other character from the first film is returning, as the movie is suppose to be set at least 100 years in the future. Damodar is rumored to be some kind of intelligent undead & no blue lipstick.

And for those that don't know the plot, updated from the last time it was poste here, read below (from IMDb):

Based on the phenomenally successful role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons 2 takes you deeper into the dark and fantastical world of this fantasy epic. When the evil sorcerer Damodar braves a perilous whirlwind vortex to steal the elemental black orb he declares a sinister plan of vengeance against the kingdom of Ismir. Berek, a decorated warrior, and Melora, an amateur sorceress join four heroes representing Intelligence, Wisdom, Honor and Strength to battle against Damodar's growing army of gruesome creatures, flying harpies and an ice dragon to reach a vault room holding the orb. Together, they build their own army to retrieve the orb using elemental forces to defeat Damodar before he summons the sleeping black dragon whose omnipotent evil powers could lay waste to the entire kingdom.

 

[Knightfall]

A post from the IMDB D&D 2 Messageboard, regarding D&D 3.

by - shaun213 1 day ago (Wed Nov 3 2004 05:02:28)
I just read on www.comingsoon.net that producer Joel Silver has just green-lit another installment. That must mean that part 2 has already turned a profit. I know that seems wierd, but it makes perfect sense. They probably sold the movie overseas for a hefty sum and the movie went into the black. It happens all the time with low-budget movies like this one.

"I have something to say...It's better to burn out than to fade away".

Taken with a grain of salt.