Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness (2011)

[Dannyalcatraz]

As Ian Malcom would say:

"Oohh, Aahh, that's how all of this starts, but then later there's the running and screaming..."

 

[Wycen]

I know everyone has different levels of what counts as vile but I think that was a horrible choice of iconic artifact.

 

[Relique du Madde]

< speculation >
I think they came up with the idea of using the Book of Vile Darkness after reading the script. Before the readthrough it was the Necronomicron... but then the producer said "That script was vile."
< /speculation >

 

[megamania]

Dungeons & Dragons III: Script of Vile Darkness




that said .... will I buy it? Give a "Hell Yes!" sigh....... OCD.

 

[Beginning of the End]

I remember being lightly entertained by the second movie (although it was apparently completely forgettable, since I can't remember anything about it beyond this vague impression). This is written by the same guy. I'll at least give it a viewing.

 

[megamania]

The first movie was a "fantasy" movie. There were leaps and bounds in believability and actions / outcomes of characters.

The second movie was a "DnD" movie. There were clear class distinctions, clear creature distinctions and a lot of DnD adventures mentioned and hinted at. I hope the third one is the same- I really appreciated hearing about Plume Mountain and the such. It made it more "real" as a DnD gamer to me.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Why, oh why...did this not get mentioned on the news sites?

Never mind...

 

[Klaus]

According to this week's Ampersand, this is going to be a SyFy original movie.

 

[El Mahdi]

Yeah, I read that too. Not sure if that bodes good or bad for the quality of the movie...or if it's completely inconsequential.

It could simply be that the movies haven't done that well in the past, and with the current economy and environment for movies, going the SyFy original movie route and then straight to DVD/BluRay might be the most effective course.

Honestly though, I'm expecting quality on a par with The Librarian movies (on TNT). I'm not going to get my hopes up over it...but I'll watch it anyways (even moreso now, since it will be on TV).

 

[Mark CMG]

The second movie was definitely better (more a D&D movie) than the first but due in part to some special effects that must have cost them a fair amount. I wonder how the budget will weather the shift to SyFy.