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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8709084" data-attributes="member: 59082">There's really no single way I'd like to see a D&D cinematic universe play out. To be honest, the more (films and series), the merrier - as long as a basic threshold of quality is maintained.That said, I'd much rather see them focus on series over films, if only because a single season of a 10-episode series provides 10 hours of watching per year vs 1-2 films providing 3-4 hours of watching.And of course we should be reasonable in our expectations. If we project forward over the next five years (2023-27), what can we reasonably expect, and assuming the first film is a success? Maybe 3-4 films and/or 1-2 series?Given the caveat that there is almost zero chance that a D&DCU would be anywhere near the popularity of the MCU (it doesn't have to be), let's look at the MCU and how it developed over its first five years:2008: Two films - Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk2009: No films2010: One film - Iron Man 22011: Two films - Thor, Captain America 12012: One film - The AvengersSo in the first five years, there were only six films. The first TV series (Agents of SHIELD) didn't come out until 2013).In the next five years, 2013-17, there were ELEVEN films and TEN TV series that began.In the third trio of five years, 2018-22, there were THIRTEEN films and TEN new TV series.So as you can see, the MCU started small - the first half decade saw an average of one film per year, with no TV series. Now that doesn't mean we'll see the same pattern, though I'm guessing we won't see a D&D movie next year. They'll at least want to get initial returns before investing in further films and TV series. But they also might be able to accelerate the process a bit, given that they have a lot of recent history to draw from or various franchises. My totally wild guess is that if we do see further films and tv series, the second film won't come out until 2024 at the earliest, and no later than early 2025, as they'll want to build some momentum (and even 2025 is a bit too long). Third and further films would probably be one per year, at least for the next few years, with a series not before 2025, and probably more like 2026-27.So my guess for 2022-26 would be 3-4 films, and 0-1 series. After that depends upon popularity. We can hope that 2027-31 would give us 5-8 films and 1-3 series, but that might be a bit greedy. It wouldn't have to be anything like the MCU in popularity, but it would have to be very successful.As for what they "should" do or what I want them to do, as I said, I just want good quality. I don't care as much if they're all set in the Realms, or if we get other worlds - at least at first. I suspect they'll stick to the Realms for the first few offerings at least. Maybe a third or fourth film (or series) will be set elsewhere.</blockquote>

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