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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 7754908" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>Except we're not talking about Wizards of the Coast. We're talking about Hasbro. You know, Transformers, My Little Pony, GI Joe, etc. They've got billion dollar franchises. I wouldn't be surprised if Monopoly alone made more money in a day for Hasbro than D&D does in a year. </p><p></p><p>And the movie rights were settled...and they went back to Courtney Solomon...who then lost them again because he couldn't get a project off the ground even though, before the lawsuit was filed in 2013, there were two films in pre-production fast-tracked for release in 2014 for the 50th anniversary of D&D and the release of the new edition. After Solomon lost them, the rights reportedly went as part of Hasbro's deal with Universal...except in 2017 Hasbro signed an exclusive deal with Paramount for all Hasbro Studios/Allspark Films projects (the latter formed in 2015 in conjunction with Paramount). But Universal still holds the rights to several properties. And 20th Century Fox (soon to be Disney) currently has the rights to Magic: The Gathering. And Clue. And Play-Doh. Are you starting to see how covering this crap gets surreal after a while? Time-Warner has the rights to Furby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 7754908, member: 6669048"] Except we're not talking about Wizards of the Coast. We're talking about Hasbro. You know, Transformers, My Little Pony, GI Joe, etc. They've got billion dollar franchises. I wouldn't be surprised if Monopoly alone made more money in a day for Hasbro than D&D does in a year. And the movie rights were settled...and they went back to Courtney Solomon...who then lost them again because he couldn't get a project off the ground even though, before the lawsuit was filed in 2013, there were two films in pre-production fast-tracked for release in 2014 for the 50th anniversary of D&D and the release of the new edition. After Solomon lost them, the rights reportedly went as part of Hasbro's deal with Universal...except in 2017 Hasbro signed an exclusive deal with Paramount for all Hasbro Studios/Allspark Films projects (the latter formed in 2015 in conjunction with Paramount). But Universal still holds the rights to several properties. And 20th Century Fox (soon to be Disney) currently has the rights to Magic: The Gathering. And Clue. And Play-Doh. Are you starting to see how covering this crap gets surreal after a while? Time-Warner has the rights to Furby. [/QUOTE]
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