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Joe Manganelio is Writing the D&D Movie? And Is it DRAGONLANCE?
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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7713418" data-attributes="member: 6704184"><p>I think you may be underestimating DL, especially if WOTC put out a module set there, and made a big thing of reprinting the novels, during the lead up. Hell, Weiss is dying to publish a revised Chronicles. </p><p></p><p>Just the current DnD audience, by itself, is enough to drive such a thing into the wider public conciousness, discounting the people who read the books but didn't play DnD, and the people who did neither but are always looking for new fantasy worlds to fall in love with. </p><p></p><p>But beyond that, the idea that getting a 2 1/2 hour movie would be hard seems overly pessimistic, to me. I that with someone like Joe involved, and if they get Vin Deisel and any other huge nerds in Hollywood involved, selling execs on going big won't be hard. </p><p></p><p>People will go see 2 1/2 hours of Vin talking about life, man. </p><p></p><p>The main point of worry is whether it does well enough and the right contracts are drawn up with the actors to make a second and third, but Hollywood loves sequels. They will literally make a sequel they know will barely make profit, over a new deal that they see as a risk. They also are hungry for franchises. </p><p></p><p>Books I've never bloody heard of have gotten big budget full length productions. </p><p></p><p>And like I said, some cutting will be necessary. But nowhere near what you propose. Not even in the same ballpark. I guarantee that script is mostly just the first book, with revisions for pacing and time, and maybe cutting out a few extra things like gully dwarves, and likely working with the ending to make sure it's a solid film on its own. </p><p></p><p>Because it's much more likely that they will want to make a movie that can be left alone if it flops, be understood on its own, AND be the first of three films if it does well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 7713418, member: 6704184"] I think you may be underestimating DL, especially if WOTC put out a module set there, and made a big thing of reprinting the novels, during the lead up. Hell, Weiss is dying to publish a revised Chronicles. Just the current DnD audience, by itself, is enough to drive such a thing into the wider public conciousness, discounting the people who read the books but didn't play DnD, and the people who did neither but are always looking for new fantasy worlds to fall in love with. But beyond that, the idea that getting a 2 1/2 hour movie would be hard seems overly pessimistic, to me. I that with someone like Joe involved, and if they get Vin Deisel and any other huge nerds in Hollywood involved, selling execs on going big won't be hard. People will go see 2 1/2 hours of Vin talking about life, man. The main point of worry is whether it does well enough and the right contracts are drawn up with the actors to make a second and third, but Hollywood loves sequels. They will literally make a sequel they know will barely make profit, over a new deal that they see as a risk. They also are hungry for franchises. Books I've never bloody heard of have gotten big budget full length productions. And like I said, some cutting will be necessary. But nowhere near what you propose. Not even in the same ballpark. I guarantee that script is mostly just the first book, with revisions for pacing and time, and maybe cutting out a few extra things like gully dwarves, and likely working with the ending to make sure it's a solid film on its own. Because it's much more likely that they will want to make a movie that can be left alone if it flops, be understood on its own, AND be the first of three films if it does well. [/QUOTE]
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