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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mecheon" data-source="post: 7731911" data-attributes="member: 6801776">Doing existing adventures is too risky for a first movie, honestly. You want to sell an audience who do not care about D&D and think its a joke. You have a certain movie to blame for that: The other D&D movie. Also Warcraft. Also King Arthur. Maybe take elements from stories, like Marvel did, but don't just follow themWe want to win the audience over to the concept so its at least enjoyable. Simplest way to do that? Scrub all excessive lore following, none of this following adventure paths, none of this blatant sequel-bait, you want pure "Here is an entertaining movie"So just go full on heist movie.You introduce the characters who each have their various powers per their class. First bit is getting the team together, and the rest is the 'heist', which is to say, going through the dungeon. Everyone gets their moment to shine through disarming/evading dangerous traps, fighting things, and eventually at the end there's a dragon they overcome to get the treasure and get out. Maybe there's a romance somewhere in there. Maybe a betrayal. But the main thing its that it immediately tells you about D&D and gives you everything from the title: A dungeon, and a dragon.You don't need 'setting' beyond 'D&Dish fantasy' and maybe a name drop if you're feeling generous. A rich fantasy world doesn't mean jack if you can't get the audience involved in it</blockquote>