D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie Delayed to 2023

[Parmandur]

Apparently parts of the movie have already been filmed!

Part of ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Filmed in Iceland

Scenes for the adventure/fantasy film Dungeons & Dragons, set to be released in the US in March of 2023, were recently filmed in Iceland.

icelandmonitor.mbl.is

Interesting, some Icewind Dale stuff?

 

[darjr]

I.... didn’t connect those dots!

 

[hopeless]

Volcanic environment, ice everywhere are we talking Ice Wind Dale?
Edit: Beaten to the punch!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Volcanic environment, ice everywhere are we talking Ice Wind Dale?
Edit: Beaten to the punch!

I don't think there are any volcanos in Icewind Dale.

 

[Ibrandul]

I don't think there are any volcanos in Icewind Dale.

I think we can be sure of one thing: if this movie's screenwriters and director want there to be a volcano in Icewind Dale—or in the Sword Mountains, or in Mount Waterdeep, or erupting in the middle of Farmers' Road in Daggerford—then there will be a volcano in that place.

 

[Nefermandias]

Too bad they are making a Vecna movie in Forgotten Realms instead of Greyhawk.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Interesting re: Iceland. It says they filmed "recently", which means it's going to definitely be ice & snow stuff, rather than green-but-rugged stuff.

That does lend some credence to a possible Icewind Dale movie. Honestly it wouldn't be a bad idea. Though given they were doing little enough that they didn't even need to send the actual actors, just stand-ins, one suspects it might merely be part of the movie rather than a focus.

 

[J.Quondam]

One line in the Iceland article stands out to me:

None of the actors traveled to Iceland for the scenes, since Icelandic stand-ins were used in their place.

So a question for those familiar with film production:

What might this mean? What parts of a movie would be filmed with stand-ins rather than the actors themselves?

 

[Prakriti]

What might this mean? What parts of a movie would be filmed with stand-ins rather than the actors themselves?

Wide aerial shots showing off the landscape. So your 4-5 main characters (the adventuring party) trudging through a vast snowy plain, or entering an enormous icy cavern, or approaching a ruined castle. It doesn't matter who the actors are at 500 feet.

 

[darjr]

Too bad they are making a Vecna movie in Forgotten Realms instead of Greyhawk.

Pshaw! Blackmoor is part of greyhawk!