New D&D movie in the works?

[Chainsaw]

Yeah, mocking and disparaging is the job of message boards!

Haha, that is true - written in the constitution somewhere I think.

 

[Ulrick]

Will they use 3e or 4e ?

Hum, this leads to another question : imagine a respective movie-maker : what edition should he choose ? Which one is the most interesting (or cause the less problem like "why don't they use cure light wound !") from a plot point of view ? From an action point of view ?

If they use 4e then the combat scenes will come to a slow grind.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

If the Cleric doesn't heal people, I don't want to bother with it. (Of course, they can actually do that now with 4E, but I don't care!)

 

[Starbuck_II]

Personally, I always wanted to see a movie version of the Tomb of Horrors. Don't even mention anything about D&D in the title, just call the movie "Tomb of Horrors". Have a party of 8 or so adventurers (all human) go in, and have only 1 or 2 characters make it out alive. Have one of the characters be a traitorous thief or assassin. The promotions for the film could have a tag line like "Who will make it out alive?", "The deadliest adventure", or "Heroes don't always live."

That was called Aliens versus Predator. But really, it was a Tomb of Horrors campaign.
Sure the DM decided the some monsters swould help the PCs when they were down to few left. Only one made it and she has no ride home. Very AD&D (yes AD&D had aliens in the books).

 

[Chainsaw]

Hollywood: Stop bastardizing a good game with trashy movies that mock and desparage it.

Don't drink and spell - let this be a lesson to you all! Brought to you by Guinness.

 

[Engilbrand]

A Drizzt movie probably has the best chance of succeeding. They wouldn't need to call it D&D at all. I had a student reading the novels a couple of years ago. I told him that they were D&D and he was completely surprised. It's a brand that's out there that a lot of people love.
Personally, I think that Eberron would be absolutely awesome. Especially a series of them. Throw a Warforged, a Changeling, a Shifter, and whatever else into the mix, and that movie would pull in a lot of people.
As a TV show, CSI: Sharn. Or is that just me?

 

[Dykstrav]

Maybe someday they'll do great D&D movies based on some of the novels that people love, but if they're smart, the films won't be called something condescending like "D&D Elves - Drizzt" right?? Just tell the story - call it Outcast or something. Let inquiring minds will figure out the connection.

You know, I wonder why they haven't tried to adapt the novels into some sort of project (other than the abomination released under the Dragonlance title). Many of the Forgotten Realms novels are proud to hawk the fact that they are on the New York Times best seller list, so either the fan base is big enough to support the idea or the novels appeal to people who don't play D&D.

Several years ago, there was a studio in Canada that had the rights to a Forgotten Realms TV show (Fireworks Television). It quietly dropped of the radar when the contract expired, but the idea always intrigued me and I would've watched it. If I remember correctly, R.A. Salvatore was even attached to it to develop the scripts. Of course, if it ever got off the ground, the fan base would get even more divisive, but I'm of the opinion that a sub-par TV show is better than no TV show. After all, I despised the D&D cartoon, but other people loved it.

Although I'd be loathe to call it a D&D movie (because it'd be nothing like a game session), I bet a movie based on the story of Lord Soth would probably do well. Maybe something like When Black Roses Bloom could be a good movie.

 

[Ulrick]

Personally, I always wanted to see a movie version of the Tomb of Horrors. Don't even mention anything about D&D in the title, just call the movie "Tomb of Horrors". Have a party of 8 or so adventurers (all human) go in, and have only 1 or 2 characters make it out alive. Have one of the characters be a traitorous thief or assassin. The promotions for the film could have a tag line like "Who will make it out alive?", "The deadliest adventure", or "Heroes don't always live."

I like that!

Some other good modules made into movies could be:

SPOILERS
The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh--a haunted house and PIRATES!
Against the Giants (made into an epic trilogy)
The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (the adventures are trapped and must escape)
The Wizards Amulet and The Crucible of Freya (Marauding Orcs! A ruined fortress to attack! A former apprentice hides a secret...)
Ravenloft (Your prophecy awaits...as does Strahd...)

 

[Orius]

Hollywood: Stop bastardizing a good game with trashy movies that mock and desparage it.

You know what a D&D movie needs? Uwe Boll.

*wonders just how many ignores this particular comment earned me*

Seriously though, there's plenty of stuff in D&D that could be turned into an entertaining film, that it's mindboggling we got that mess of a movie, or that wretched Dragonlance film. Hasbro's on a kick to make movies off its IPs, so there's no reason for them not to try to get even a passable summer popcorn flick out of this one.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

(Heck, I'd love a chance to write it... )

not to be tooo pushy....but get the pitch in there man...


also as for what 'edtion' to use...I say all of them, and none of them... follow what the guy that writes OotS says...plot first, jokes second, rules third...