D&D 5E (2014) My Crazy Theory about 2015 5e

[Nebulous]

Yeah, it would be great if they (the litigants) could play nice and settle this quickly. Hey, Mr. Solomon, don't you want to see a $100 million dollar D&D movie????


Earlier in the day, Solomon, director of the first D&D movie and the man at the center of the case was on the stand as the trial’s final witness. In perhaps the understatement of the whole matter, at one point in his testimony Solomon characterized his relationship with Hasbro as “not the best of friends.” That lack of a friendship didn’t stop Solomon or Glaser from trying to display how he had attempted to do right by his agreement with Hasbro by picture creation and incorporating the unique D&D brand into the three movies in question. With Jeremy Irons among those onscreen, more than a dozen clips from the 2000 D&D pic and the more recent Book of Vile Darkness played on courtroom monitors, with images of Red Dragons, teleportation spells, vicious blades, healing magic and magic blood.

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

Personally, not being familiar with the Drizzt books but aware of the outsider mythology, I would rather not see this as a film. Too sparkly vampire/moody teenager for my liking. However, Dragonlance does offer a clear trilogy/tetralogy and in Raistlin has the more interesting character. Vader trumps Luke and even Han for interesting conflict hands down (Hans down?). IMO. Plus, Cumberbatch and (tbc) as the Majeres and Damien Lewis as Tanis. Plus Scarlett Johanssen because, Scarlett Johanssen. Any other casting? Hobbit style size reduction Hasselhoff as Tasslehoff?

 

[DMZ2112]

Hasbro and Warner Bros. now, WB bought out Sweetpea for five million dollars.
Sooo, at least one major studio thinks they can get at least five million out of the property. Time will tell.

In fairness, these days even total box office disasters make more than $20 million (and lose four times that).

Yeah, it would be great if they (the litigants) could play nice and settle this quickly. Hey, Mr. Solomon, don't you want to see a $100 million dollar D&D movie????

Given that this is a proxy battle between Warner Brothers and Universal at this point, I think we get the $100 million D&D movie either way. What Hasbro is concerned about is having to give Universal their money back, and not having automatic merchandising rights to the characters and places in the film.

Personally, not being familiar with the Drizzt books but aware of the outsider mythology, I would rather not see this as a film. Too sparkly vampire/moody teenager for my liking.

Yeah, but this is so in right now in Hollywood. It's the millennial zeitgeist. I would bet the farm that both the Warner Brothers and Universal scripts star smoky-eyed faux-teens who save the world without ever having to exert effort or even visibly care about what they're doing.

We want Viggo Mortensen, but we are totally going to get Robert Pattinson.

However, Dragonlance does offer a clear trilogy/tetralogy

Are the Dragonlance novels still NYT best sellers? Because the Drizzt novels still hit the list regularly.

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

Yeah I meant in a complete story arc/nicely delineated saga with a beginning a middle and an end all tied up in an epic saga bow. Drizzt feels (to my uneducated self) to suit a more episodic format like a TV show.

 

[Nebulous]

We want Viggo Mortensen, but we are totally going to get Robert Pattinson.

Oh God. I'd still take Robert though

 

[Nebulous]

Given that this is a proxy battle between Warner Brothers and Universal at this point, I think we get the $100 million D&D movie either way. What Hasbro is concerned about is having to give Universal their money back, and not having automatic merchandising rights to the characters and places in the film.

Well, I learned 2 things from George Lucas: Don't overuse CGI, and Merchandise the crap out of your movie (and own the rights) if you really want to strike gold. So I can see why a toy-making company would be disappointed that it can't make toys to go with its movie.

 

[Nebulous]

Yeah I meant in a complete story arc/nicely delineated saga with a beginning a middle and an end all tied up in an epic saga bow. Drizzt feels (to my uneducated self) to suit a more episodic format like a TV show.

This actually does exist within the Drizzt saga. The whole arc of how he begins as a drow in Menzo and then graduates to the surface world and ultimately finds a place among friends under the sun would make a pretty epic trilogy.

Homeland / Exile / Sojourn

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

Sojourn is an unlikely title for a mainstream movie, considering 'licence revoked' was considered too highbrow a title...but ok, as I say, I've not read the Drizzt books so I bow to your better knowledge.

 

[billd91]

Oh God. I'd still take Robert though

Bad idea either way, casting a white guy for a black skinned race. We all know that Drow aren't meant to be black as in African, but think of the make-up job needed and how it would be compared to acting in blackface. The history of theater and film has a few too many skeletons in its closet to make that an easy pitch for a studio or an actor.

 

[Nebulous]

Sojourn is an unlikely title for a mainstream movie, considering 'licence revoked' was considered too highbrow a title...but ok, as I say, I've not read the Drizzt books so I bow to your better knowledge.

I didn't mean the actual titles per say, sorry, just the plot arc of his beginning, his growth, and the end. They should definitely rename them. As for a white actor having to do blackface, that's a whole other issue.