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<blockquote data-quote="pickin_grinnin" data-source="post: 6299211" data-attributes="member: 6697674">Movies based on comics usually come with characters with histories, stories, and complete universes.&nbsp; In most cases, they also come with a pre-existing fan base.D&amp;D doesn't come with any of that.&nbsp; It doesn't have much in the way of characters and stories (outside of individual campaigns run by customers), and there is no single set universe.&nbsp; WotC is going to have a real struggle marketing D&amp;D to the general public across a range of media if they don't have a recognizable universe with a set of strong characters.&nbsp; Movies are about characters and their stories within a particular setting.&nbsp; WotC is going to need to zoom in on some property within D&amp;D - not D&amp;D as a whole - to sell it.&nbsp; The fact that it comes from a concept within the D&amp;D world should not be the major selling point.They are also going to need to pick characters, stories, and a universe that is not obviously a blatant ripoff of Lord of the Rings, and that is recognizably different than any other generic high fantasy property.&nbsp; I have no question that it can be done.&nbsp; In the right hands, it could be done really well.&nbsp; My real question is whether WotC and Hasbro can pull it off.&nbsp; That's a really big &quot;if&quot; right now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pickin_grinnin, post: 6299211, member: 6697674"] Movies based on comics usually come with characters with histories, stories, and complete universes. In most cases, they also come with a pre-existing fan base. D&D doesn't come with any of that. It doesn't have much in the way of characters and stories (outside of individual campaigns run by customers), and there is no single set universe. WotC is going to have a real struggle marketing D&D to the general public across a range of media if they don't have a recognizable universe with a set of strong characters. Movies are about characters and their stories within a particular setting. WotC is going to need to zoom in on some property within D&D - not D&D as a whole - to sell it. The fact that it comes from a concept within the D&D world should not be the major selling point. They are also going to need to pick characters, stories, and a universe that is not obviously a blatant ripoff of Lord of the Rings, and that is recognizably different than any other generic high fantasy property. I have no question that it can be done. In the right hands, it could be done really well. My real question is whether WotC and Hasbro can pull it off. That's a really big "if" right now. [/QUOTE]

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