New D&D movie in the works?

[Mouseferatu]

I agree. Making a "D&D movie" seems to me sort of like making a "Monopoly movie".

You know there's a Monopoly movie in pre-production as we speak, right?

(Nope, not kidding.)

 

[coyote6]

You know there's a Monopoly movie in pre-production as we speak, right?

(Nope, not kidding.)

Yup, I remembered hearing about it. I expect it to be as high a quality as the original D&D movie.

 

[inkmonkeys]

Yup, I remembered hearing about it. I expect it to be as high a quality as the original D&D movie.

I'm hoping for something as good as Clue.

 

[occam]

I like that!

Me, too! I never considered using classic standalone modules as bases for movies, but I could definitely see ToH as a scary fantasy/horror flick.

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...)

I like the Saltmarsh and Tamoachan ideas, too; not sure about the others. Also, I believe the Desert of Desolation series could make for a compelling trilogy. None of these films or trilogies would need to tie to each other, freeing things up for different styles, different directors, different studios, etc.

I think Forgotten Realms would make a good setting for a TV series, probably based on Drizzt, with a lot of room for a variety of stories and character development.

 

[TiwazTyrsfist]

You know what they should do with D&D?

They should have a good Anime Studio do a series based off it.

Oh Wait, they did.

Slayers
Record of Lodoss War
Rune Soldier Louie

And probably others...

Did you know: Slayers is based off the authors entry in the Japanese version of Dragon Magazine's Campaign Contest back in the 80's?
True story.

So, That kind of proves that D&D CAN be a successful franchise, make a successful series, and be good. If, and this is a big if, it's written, directed, and acted/voiced by people who have at least SOME talent.

Now if we could only get the property into the hands of someone competant here in the US...

I wonder if Wil Wheaton and Joss Whedon could be drafted into it some how... It'd be nice.

 

[Klaus]

Imagine a movie entirely set in the Mines of Moria from the FotR movie, with flashbacks inserted to show more of the characters' background and the reason why they're there (and possibly some research they made about the dungeon and its inhabitants). The movie starts with them approaching the dungeon and ends with the survivors leaving the dungeon, bruised, battered and laden with treasure.

That is the essence of D&D, and would make a great movie.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'm not sure ToH would make a good fantasy movie

Done right, it could be at least as good as the Cube trilogy. OK, not exactly the highest praise, but still.

You know what they should do with D&D?

They should have a good Anime Studio do a series based off it.

I own a lot of Slayers and Lodoss...they do a decent job of storytelling in the comedic and serious styles of D&D campaigns.

But even in the USA, we had the D&D animated series. Not exactly great, but fun.

Whether a decent series could be made isn't the issue. Whether a decent movie could be is.

After that, something based on Against the Giants or the Slave Lords or ToEE. All three have villains with names, backgrounds, and characters. All the giants might be a bit too expensive for live action, and vulnerable to looking cheesy as hell, so maybe the last two.

Combining forced perspective, greenscreening, motion capture and other CGI/camera techniques could make them seem as real as anyone else on screen- after all, its worked for depicting giant-sized gods and the like in other films. I bet the Giants would be better looking than the Dragons did in D&D1

 

[InVinoVeritas]

...there was a second film?


But the (first) film was a piece of rotten lower intestine. The best way to enjoy the film, I and my brother found, was to pop in the DVD, turn on the director's commentary, and drink heavily. Then, the movie was awesome. Although the random segues from David Arneson were kind of poignant.

 

[Kaodi]

I am with the crowd who think there is nothing stopping there being a good D&D movie except a good combination of script, director and actors being attached to it.

Personally, I do not want to see Forgotten Realms as the setting though. I would rather it be either a new setting or Eberron if Keith was attached to building the story, if not the script.

I would *really* like to see a Changeling in the party. Maybe I am biased because they are about my favourite race, but I think they have good potential for both comedy and character development. It would also be nice to see a female lead.

Party wise, it should really be about making a party that is good for a story though, not a party that is good for a game of D&D. It would not be a D&D movie without some D&D tropes, but party makeup is the wrong one to go with. You could have something like a female human swordmage, a changeling bard, a male dwarven ranger who uses a returning axe and hammer (if it is an underground adventure, at least), or the like.

And honestly, I would not feature dragons in the third movie. At all.

 

[darjr]

Although the random segues from David Arneson were kind of poignant.

BLAST!

Did you give me a good reason to own this film?