mamba
Legend
I am not saying they don’t, of course they do. I am saying the D&D logo / brand is not the same as IP.They have IP... we went through this.
Also, most of their IP carried over from TSR, WotC has been trying hard to make that IP more generic in 5e instead of actually building upon it.
so they have IP, but using it would be foolish… not sure I agree, you can have a FR movie (arguably we are getting one), a DL movie and so forth. To me that is no different from having a Iron Man and an X-Men movie.The Brand of D&D is not the same and actually transcends a singular IP they own... and I think they would be foolish to tie it to one IP when they have a multitude of IP to draw on. The minute they tie D&D to specific characters, or a single campaign setting it becomes less about all of the various games we play and more about that one thing.
so the best they can do is generic fantasy with a D&D logo… not sure I have any reason to care then, might as well watch a different generic fantasy movie without the logo. At that point all that matters is the story, so there is no competitive advantage an IP would have given them…Homebrew is the most popular setting... why would they ever limit themselves like you and a few others seem to suggest they should.
There is a reason why we have Iron Man movies rather than ‘random super guy, brought to you by Marvel’
and the answer is, the name sells, and they also did not stray too far from the established lore / IP. If you had ‘Metal Guy’ instead of ‘Iron Man’ I doubt they would have had the same level of successEDIT: As for the MCU and their characters/stories... they have no problem totally redefining both for the MCU... to the point that some have asked... why even base these on the existing characters and stories in some cases.