New D&D Movie Announced

[Ranger REG]

Any fantasy genre film is okay, if you want that.

But I prefer a well-produced, better quality film to carry the D&D label. I don't want to throw up like the last D&D-labeled film.

 

[Klaus]

Making the mext DnD movie should be like making a 3.5 monster (where you start with the CR): know your budget and what you can do with it. The DnD movie had too low a budget to feature a fully-rendered magical empire with tons of spellcasters, a fully-rendered elven treetop village, a fully-rendered battle with hundreds of gold and red dragons and a beholder, to boot...

A DnD movie might follow a group of 6 mercenaries hired to root out a nest of evil (ruined temple or somesuch): a knight (fighter), a wizened sage (wizard), a pious templar (cleric), a smart-aleck thief (rogue), a dwarf and an elf. Cast the kid who played Peter Pan to be the elf and a short beared guy to be the dwarf and you avoid the need for altering people's sizes (a reason why a halfling would be a bad idea, unless you add a 10-year-old to the cast to play one).

Get the make-up artists from Buffy and Angel to reproduce hallmark DnD races, like orcs, bugbears and hobgoblins. Throw in a troll or two. And end up with hints of a larger conspiracy involving the return of a beast of legend: a fire-breathing red dragon. Oh, and add familiar names to the movie to please the fans, like having the evil temple follow Vecna or Tiamat, having the wizard cast magic missile (and call it that) and having the cleric turn undead using a Pelor symbol.

 

[Zappo]

Making the mext DnD movie should be like making a 3.5 monster (where you start with the CR): know your budget and what you can do with it. The DnD movie had too low a budget to feature a fully-rendered magical empire with tons of spellcasters, a fully-rendered elven treetop village, a fully-rendered battle with hundreds of gold and red dragons and a beholder, to boot...

The D&D movie's budget was the least of its problem. The CGI was ok, it was everything else that sucked.

 

[The_Universe]

Why are we talking about this? I thought that it was almost certain that the license for both the Forgotten Realms show, and the potential sequel for that abysmal piece of trash had expired...?

 

[Ranger REG]

Fireworks Entertainment's FR option (who claimed they were to make a TV series) have expired and is put back in the market. That means it's up for grab.

Courtney Solomon still hold the D&D film rights, unfortunately. Joel Silver's production company (you may know his name is attached to the Matrix films) is now interested in doing a D&D film.

Now you know why.

 

[WanderingMonster]

Fireworks Entertainment's FR option (who claimed they were to make a TV series) have expired and is put back in the market. That means it's up for grab.

Courtney Solomon still hold the D&D film rights, unfortunately. Joel Silver's production company (you may know his name is attached to the Matrix films) is now interested in doing a D&D film.

Now you know why.

Because the sequels to The Matrix were so much better than the original? History's not supporting your point there, RR.

I think this discussion has more to do with the human tendency to pick at scabs.

 

[Ranger REG]

Sequels are usually never better than the original, except maybe for LOTR, but even I know there are still criticisms.

Still, the rights do not end once the movie is made.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Sequels are usually never better than the original, except maybe for LOTR, but even I know there are still criticisms.

Lets not forget Godfather II as well, but then if you could get a cast and director of that quality I don't think anyone would be complaining.

 

[Trainz]

Last christmas, my wife gave me the Dragonslayer VHS tape. I could have kissed her...

... wait... I did.

That movie is awesome. When the dragon inhales right before breathing fire... *shudder*... it's just awesome. Just to show that special effects are just a small portion of a movie. WHAT you do with these effects is the key. You can either use them properly (LOTR) or not properly (EP 1, EP 2). You have to use these effects to create scenes that will be memorable.

Back on topic, the second D&D movie will be better, quite simply because I do not think it's humanly possible to do worse. IMHO.

 

[Bass Puppet]

oh god,

You know, when I first read the thread title, I thought this was a joke. Then I continued to read the article and thought it was something I've read before in the Onion. I mean, come on, DMX? Jet Lee? Tom Arnold? I'm starting to think their is some ANTI-D&D studio producer who is creating these films in order to prove to the world that D&D is lame.

I won't pay any money to see this and I wouldn't be suprise if Ashton Kutcher not only starred in this flim, but half way through it, turned to the camera and said "You just got Punk'd".

All I want to know is, what brand of glue where they sniffing when somebody said, "You know what would be totaly cool? A D&D Movie SEQUEL. But this time, we'll cast DMX, Jet Lee and Tom Arnold, because they will totaly make this movie."

Please let me know when the joke is over.