DragonLance Movie confirmed by M. Weis

Mad Mac · Jun 28, 2006

You DL porn guys scare me. I mean, I don't want to see Tas like that, if you catch my drift....

Agamon · Jun 28, 2006

*happy dance*

Now we just need a "A Song of Ice and Fire" HBO series, and all is good.

And I don't mind that it's animated, as long as they stay true to Elmore's look. If they looked much different from that, I'd probably be put off by it.

Mad Mac · Jun 28, 2006

Official Movie site is up and running...

http://www.dragonlance-movie.com/movie/

Director is Will Meugniot, who did a lot of 90's cartoons, including Exosquad!

Screenplay is George Strayton, who did both Hercules and Xena.

"The film is being produced by Toonz Animation, Commotion Pictures and Epic Level Entertainment, with conceptual artwork from Kunoichi and others. Paramount Pictures will be looking after worldwide distribution."

Toonz Animation is an Indian Based animator, interestingly enough, while Kunoichi obviously has an anime influence.

Fall 2007....looking pretty solid, I have to admit.

Michael Rosenbaum as Tanis. Jason Marsden as Tas (He does a ton of cartoon voices, apparently).

All in all, this looks like a really, really, big project for an American animated film.

Edit: Going over the profile for Jason Marsden. Holy crap has he done a lot of shows. (Like, everything from Boy Meets World and Adventures of Brisco County Junior to more cartoons than you can think of) Background characters, mostly. Heh, he played Max in "The Goofy Movie".

Angel Tarragon · Jun 28, 2006

Steel_Wind said:
Over the weekend, the Media forum here on ENWorld linked to a post on Lucy Lawless' fan website that leaked the existence of a DragonLance animated movie. (Lucy Lawless has been cast as the voice of Goldmoon).

Animation? Oy. That isn't going to do the setting any justice.

John Crichton · Jun 28, 2006

Frukathka said:
Animation? Oy. That isn't going to do the setting any justice.

Justice is all and well. But would you rather Dragonlance not be put on the silver screen at all? If it does well, we may see a DL/FR live action film with a credible production crew at the helm in our lifetime.

One small step is good enough for me if it means that these stories are eventually told again outside of the written word.

Steel_Wind · Jun 28, 2006

Mad Mac said:
Official Movie site is up and running...

http://www.dragonlance-movie.com/movie/

Director is Will Meugniot, who did a lot of 90's cartoons, including Exosquad!

Screenplay is George Strayton, who did both Hercules and Xena.

Direction and writing pedigree scares the bejeezus out of me. I hope they are true fans.

Margaret and Tracy's involvement gives me some warm snugglie feelings though.

Not sure if this is destined for cinema, SF channel or straight to DVD. I'm feeling the later 2 - but hey - I might be wrong.

Ralph Bakshi's LoTR made an impression on a young Peter Jackson - so much so - he dedicated about ten years of his life to making what are probably the best live action films that could have been made of the novels.

If we get the same investment payoff out of this movie, it will be time well spent.

I suppose it is entirely possible that the movie could be a hit and actually create some BUZZ over D&D in mainstream culture. I cannot imagine why that would happen in this post LotR/World of Warcraft/Star Wars/Harry Potter society. It's not as if we are under-exposed to fantasy themes. But - stranger things have happened.

If I was WotC - I'd be doing everything I could to make this a successful film. Dragons of Autumn Twilight is their A list IP, as far as mass-media goes. They should treat it like the crown jewel it is.

Steel_Wind · Jun 28, 2006

On a separate note...

Is the Forest Master destined to meet the same fate as Tom Bombadil?

I say cut the Unicorn! You don't need this plot device. It was barely necessary as a railroad device in the orginal module/novel. Free of game design concerns, I think you can move striaght to Xak Tsaroth a little more cleverly - and a lot more directly.

Starman · Jun 28, 2006

Steel_Wind said:
On a separate note...

Is the Forest Master destined to meet the same fate as Tom Bombadil?

I say cut the Unicorn! You don't need this plot device. It was barely necessary as a railroad device in the orginal module/novel. Free of game design concerns, I think you can move striaght to Xak Tsaroth a little more cleverly - and a lot more directly.

I think that can easily be cut.

One scene I definitely don't want to be cut is Tas in the wicker dragon.