DragonLance Movie confirmed by M. Weis

[Klaus]

Just Michael Rosembaum (Lex Luthor in Smallville and Flash in JLU) as Tanis Half-Elven and Jason Marsden (Gear in Static Shock and Snapper Carr in JL) as Tasslehoff Burrfoot.

The director is listed as a veteran of the 90s X-Men and The Real Ghostbusters, two very good cartoon shows. Makes me hopeful.

 

[tecnowraith]

If you go to Epic Level Entertainment from the Dragonlance movie site, you will see other products they are doing as well like Deadlands, Magic: The Gathering, World of Darknes, Ubran Arcana (D20 Modern) and others.

 

[tecnowraith]

From Dragonlance movie site "with conceptual artwork from Kunoichi" which also did GI Joe: Sigma 6, so now we know how the characters will now look like.

 

[Mad Mac]

Steelwind:

What exactly about the direction and screenplay worries you?

The director basically worked on all of the 90's cartoons that were any good. Exosquad in paticular was a real gem. For an american, non-disney, animation director, it seems like a good choice.

Screenplay I can see your worries...but Xena and Hercules were basically good shows, just not the style that I want to see Dragonlance in. His involvement could go either way, I think.

 

[librarius_arcana]

What's with this hatred for animated? You do realize that the cost difference between an animated movie and a live-action one with the same quality is so staggering that no one in their right mind would ever make a live-action D&D movie, right?

I mean, a *good* live-action D&D movie; with a good storyline and special effects.

Animation was the only way to go with this project. I don't care if it looks like Macross or Akira or f****** Looney Toons; so long as it has a serious tone to it and it follows the story of the books as close as possible.

-TRRW

Yeah just like the first "Lord of the Rings" LoL

 

[Truth Seeker]

CineScape just got around to reporting it. But I have to say, thanks to you guys, the SCI FI News Page, could have been the first, in reporting it, directly.

 

[David Howery]

while I'm all happy and giddy over the upcoming movie, I admit I'm surprised by choosing DL... the story is a huge and complex one with dozens of named characters, and a huge adventuring party. I'd have thought a movie company would rather go for one of the Drizzt stories.. these are also widely popular and a lot simpler stories... easier to film...

 

[Truth Seeker]

I could be wrong, but, if it wasn't for the personal involvement of the creators of Dragonlance. There wouldn't have been a project to done in the first place. I think that is why, we are seeing this going 'first' before Drizzt.

Then again, who knows why, it was chosen at all. Only M & T would know.

while I'm all happy and giddy over the upcoming movie, I admit I'm surprised by choosing DL... the story is a huge and complex one with dozens of named characters, and a huge adventuring party. I'd have thought a movie company would rather go for one of the Drizzt stories.. these are also widely popular and a lot simpler stories... easier to film...

 

[MonsterMash]

Well if it actually proves to be a good movie I'll see it, but I'm not holding my breath and I'm not a DL fanboy to see it regardless of quality.

 

[Nightfall]

Well I'm a DL fan boy. If only to see Soth some time on the Big Screen. Some day.